{"product_id":"james-a-micheners-writers-handbook-explorations-in-writing-and-publishing-9780679741268","title":"James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener has written about everything from the pristine islands of the South Pacific and the endless wilds of Africa to Spanish bullfighters, American revolutionaries, and pirates of the Caribbean. Now Michener turns to his favorite and most personal subject: the written word.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReproducing pages from his own handwritten rough drafts and working manuscripts, Michener walks the reader through a step-by-step guide to the entire process of writing, editing, revising, and publishing. Addressing challenges specific to both fiction and nonfiction, all the while providing thoughtful and useful solutions, \u003ci\u003eJames A. Michener's Writer's Handbook \u003c\/i\u003eis an invaluable resource for book lovers, editors, and, of course, writers--aspiring and accomplished alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for James A. Michener\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sentence for sentence, writing's fastest attention grabber.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Michener has become an institution in America, ranking somewhere between Disneyland and the Library of Congress. You learn a lot from him.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"While he fascinates and engrosses, Michener also educates.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James A. Michener\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.98h x 8.53w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679741268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames A. Michener\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the world's most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eTales of the South Pacific, \u003c\/i\u003ethe bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eThe Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCaravans, \u003c\/i\u003eand the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe World Is My Home\u003c\/i\u003e. Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43373240418419,"sku":"9.78068E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_9e16f4ed-011d-4dde-995c-c1a50c4f34d9.jpg?v=1754766961","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/james-a-micheners-writers-handbook-explorations-in-writing-and-publishing-9780679741268","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}