{"product_id":"dont-quit-your-day-job-the-adventures-of-a-midlist-author-9780998601069","title":"Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Adventures of a Midlist Author","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon't Quit Your Day Job: The Adventures of a Midlist Author, \u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir recounting the five-decade writing career of Michael Fedo, whose books have not attained best-seller status, despite receiving mostly favorable reviews in publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Library Journal, \u003c\/em\u003e among others. Rather than complaining, however, the author points out that while few authors earn a middle-class income from writing, aspiring writers can carve out a satisfying niche through diligence. Rich in anecdotes, the author encounters celebrities: James Stewart, Cloris Leachman; the late Lorenzo Music, Richard Wilber, and Harry Golden. He also tells of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e assistant financial editor who didn't know what Workers Compensation was, magazine fact checkers who questioned details in his satirical fiction. This book should engage general readers curious about the literary life of a workaday writer, as well as aspiring authors-in-waiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Fedo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holy Cow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998601069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Duluth, Minnesota native, Michael Fedo is a graduate of the University of Minnesota--Duluth, and taught 10th and 11th grade English at Duluth Denfeld High School, coaching tennis and football for two years before attending graduate school at Kent State University in Ohio, where he received an M. A. in broadcasting and theater. He spent the next thirty-two years teaching at colleges in Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. During his more than five-decade writing career, he has published hundreds of articles and essays in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Reader's Digest, McCall's, Runner's World, America, \u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. His short stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eGray's Sporting Journal, American Way, America West Airlines Magazine, North American Review, December, \u003c\/em\u003e and in many other literary quarterlies. He is a former book reviewer for the \u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune, \u003c\/em\u003e and for ten years taught writing at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. His essays have been broadcast on Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida Public Radio. \u003cem\u003eDon't Quit Your Day Job: The Adventures of a Midlist Author\u003c\/em\u003e is his tenth book. Please visit www.michaelfedo.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holy Cow Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40573362208883,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d68b9923-275c-431c-bad7-016720c4a1d1.jpg?v=1668263950","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/dont-quit-your-day-job-the-adventures-of-a-midlist-author-9780998601069","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}