Although Sue’s career has been as a writer and teacher, the stories of her relationships with mentors are instructive for anyone in any industry who has thought to seek out the wisdom of a mentor to guide his or her career. I wish this book existed when I came to New York as a young, starving, unemployed writer. ("[Shapiro] doles out invaluable advice for aspiring scribes. Pulling back the curtain to reveal what it takes to earn a living with words, she emphasizes the usefulness of exploiting one's obsessions, writing about people you love and realizing that a page a day is a book a year. Shapiro's engaging stories about her career trajectory are replete with missteps. She provides guidance on transforming private humiliations into hilarity for the public forum and asserts that when it comes to getting published, 'no' never actually means 'no.' . . . The book's final chapters, which explain how to find a great mentor and be a good protégé, should be required reading for all would-be writers"--Kirkus Reviews.)
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Only as good as your word
My friend Susan Shapiro's new book, Only as Good as Your Word, is out now. Sue traces the effect mentors had on her life, from when she was a misfit high-school student to her arrival in New York as an aspiring poet to the present day--in which she finds she has become a mentor.
Although Sue’s career has been as a writer and teacher, the stories of her relationships with mentors are instructive for anyone in any industry who has thought to seek out the wisdom of a mentor to guide his or her career. I wish this book existed when I came to New York as a young, starving, unemployed writer. ("[Shapiro] doles out invaluable advice for aspiring scribes. Pulling back the curtain to reveal what it takes to earn a living with words, she emphasizes the usefulness of exploiting one's obsessions, writing about people you love and realizing that a page a day is a book a year. Shapiro's engaging stories about her career trajectory are replete with missteps. She provides guidance on transforming private humiliations into hilarity for the public forum and asserts that when it comes to getting published, 'no' never actually means 'no.' . . . The book's final chapters, which explain how to find a great mentor and be a good protégé, should be required reading for all would-be writers"--Kirkus Reviews.)
Although Sue’s career has been as a writer and teacher, the stories of her relationships with mentors are instructive for anyone in any industry who has thought to seek out the wisdom of a mentor to guide his or her career. I wish this book existed when I came to New York as a young, starving, unemployed writer. ("[Shapiro] doles out invaluable advice for aspiring scribes. Pulling back the curtain to reveal what it takes to earn a living with words, she emphasizes the usefulness of exploiting one's obsessions, writing about people you love and realizing that a page a day is a book a year. Shapiro's engaging stories about her career trajectory are replete with missteps. She provides guidance on transforming private humiliations into hilarity for the public forum and asserts that when it comes to getting published, 'no' never actually means 'no.' . . . The book's final chapters, which explain how to find a great mentor and be a good protégé, should be required reading for all would-be writers"--Kirkus Reviews.)
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