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The Nasty Little Writing Book : Longtime New York Publishing Insider Reveals Secrets Only Best-Selling Authors Know

The Nasty Little Writing Book: Longtime New York Publishing Insider Reveals Secrets Only Best-Selling Authors Know - Madelyne Simone Rovenhauer, D.W. St. John It had its moments, but I abandoned this book halfway through. I enjoy satire as much as the next person, but this ultimately became overbearing and flat, never really escaping the most basic level of sarcasm. Simply lampooning popular publishing myths -- consistently adopting a stance opposite of what most know to be true -- was funny at first, then felt smug, and then just became oppressive. This feels like a column stretched out to book length, and I finally decided it wasn't worth my time.