How to Be a Writer: Who smashes deadlines, crushes editors and lives in a solid gold hovercraft

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'Beauty is good, but coin is better. You can't eat artistic integrity. It tastes like sawdust.'

This gonzo guide is a lesson in the practicalities of writing: how to be productive, professional and maybe one day even pay the rent.

Topics covered include 'How to slay writer's block', 'What the hell is workflow', 'How to write 10,000 words in a day' and 'The best apps for writers'.

How to Be a Writeris a kick-arse writing guide with a tough-love approach, written for the internet generation. John Birmingham is lauded as a prolific writer working across multiple genres. Here he shares his secrets. And some hard-core, real-world practical advice. And a few excellent descriptions of explosions.

Author Bio

John Birmingham is a journalist, Fairfax columnist, blogger, prolific tweeter and author of two Quarterly Essays, a number of books of fiction, non-fiction and memoir. These include He Died With a Felafel in His Hand, The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco, Leviathan: The unauthorised biography of Sydney and the Axis of Time series of thrillers, the How to Be a Writer: Disappearance series and the Dave Hooper trilogy.