Betsy Thorpe

The Writer's Roller Coaster (eBook, ePUB)

Survival Strategies for the Wild, Emotional Ride to Publication

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

No one is immune to feeling queasy at any point in the loop de loops of book publishing, whether it's not knowing where to start, trying to find time for writing in your busy life, or overcoming the angt in showing your work to friends and querying agents. Next is the death spiral of anxiety before your book comes out: Will people find your book weird, terrible, and riddled with bad writing?

Your guide to managing these unruly emotions is veteran editor and author Betsy Thorpe, who through the years has edited, coached, and held the hands of bestselling authors at major traditional houses and also those of indie writers. In this book, she's here to cheer you to the finish line too.

Writers, buckle in to tackle the self-sabotaging feelings and embrace the positive ones. It's time to move from tortured, angsty artist to a euphoric published author.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hanson Road Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798869359414
• Artikelnr.: 75738873

Autorenporträt

Betsy Thorpe had an early love for books, thanks to her mov, the wonderful public library of Darien, Connecticut, and an eager imagination. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College with a BA in English, she also hold an MA in English Literature before 1525 from King's College London.Betsy has been working in publishing for over thirty years. Her book publishing career began at Atheneum Books, where she worker for the editor and publisher Lee Goerner. From there, she worked at HarperCollins as an assistant editor under Janet Goldstein, then moved with her to Broadway Books at Random House. These two mentors were crucial to Betsy's success. Betsy became an editor at Macmillan Books before moving to John Wiley & Sons and ultimately leaving traditional book publishing to start Betsy Thorpe Literary Services in 2000.Ever since, Betsy has been editing, coaching, and occasionally ghostwriting with numerous authors. Her cowritten books have appeared on the Today Show, on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and in The New York Times. She publisher her first novels-The Veil Between Worlds, The Veil of Time, and The Season of the Veil-under the pen name Hope Carolle.Betsy lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her faithful dog, Charlie. While not well behaved with other dogs and some humans, he makes sure she doesn't atrophy while writing and editing because of his near constant requirements. Betsy is also the mother of two adult women, who, like Mary Poppins, are practically perfect in every way and will always be her baby girls.