The accidental life : an editor's notes on writing and writers by McDonell, Terry, 1944- author instant download

The accidental life : an editor's notes on writing and writers by McDonell, Terry, 1944- author instant download

xii, 368 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : 20 cm, \"A celebration of the pressures, obsessions, and satisfactions of a writing and editing life--from the raucous days of New Journalism and rowdy startups to McDonell's leadership of The Paris Review and his cofounding of Lit Hub.\"--Page [4] of cover, \"Orignially published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2016\"--Title page verso, My editor -- Word count -- Jim Harrison -- The other Bob Sherrill -- Rejection -- Ed Abbey -- Sans serif -- Peter Matthiessen -- Learning curve -- Boy howdy! -- Tom McGuane -- Cahill -- Pygmalion -- P.J. O'Rourke -- Money -- Bob Ward -- Editcraft -- Kurt Vonnegut -- Writer's block -- Steve Jobs -- More money -- Jimmy Buffett -- Richard Price -- The Hallmarkcardian Wars -- Discouragement -- Jann Wenner -- Covers, newsstands, hits -- Hunter Thompson -- Gonzo -- Dark nights -- Bibliomemoir -- Ambition -- Shooters -- Slide culture -- Collaboration (with Rust Hills) -- Assignments -- Little Jimmy -- Display -- The older Bob Sherrill -- Women's magazines -- Men's fashion -- Liz Tilberis -- Cowboy-hippie-poet weird -- Truth(s) -- Richard Ford -- Fiction, nonfiction -- James Salter -- Rocks, feathers, shells -- Elaine, Francis and Louie -- George Plimpton -- Camouflage -- Hunter -- Weather report -- Hunter and George -- Warren Hinckle -- Jann -- The end of fun -- Pocho -- Deadlines -- Mozart de Prairie -- Mix -- Robert F. Jones -- Less money -- David Carr -- Shipwreck -- Letters to the editor -- SI -- Reilly -- Swimsuit -- Ad sales -- Steve Jobs thinks your work is really stupid -- The Machiavelli Club -- Google -- Tenure -- When editors were gods -- The accidental life