Make Your Mess Your Memoir - David, Anna

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Résumé :
We've all made a mess.And that means we all have a message.This is the book that shows you how to take the former and make it into the latter.FROM THE NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR When Anna David got sober and sold a book about her recovery to the biggest publisher in the world, she thought she'd made it. She was wrong. Still, after years of struggle and self-discovery, she ended up thriving personally and professionally. Now she's sharing what she's learned-and showing others how to do the same. In this page-turning and useful memoir-meets-manual, David reveals her personal lows (doing cocaine by herself while contemplating suicide), her career lows (a past-his-prime celebrity hurling a phone at her as she wrote his biography) and how her life today wouldn't be possible without those experiences. The last quarter of the book is a practical guide so that readers can make their own mess into a message-and memoir. In this completely comprehensive biz-oir packed with proven and authentic tools and techniques, memoirists-in-the-making will travel with David on her journey from struggling addict to New York Times bestselling writer/entrepreneur and also learn: -How to determine a memoir message and why -How to select scenes -The advantages and disadvantages of traditional and self-publishing -How to come up with a title, rewrite a book and hire editors -Potential legal concerns and how to avoid them -How to gather blurbs, write acknowledgments and arrange for a foreword -How to be set up for success on Amazon -The importance of an Advanced Reader Team And much more. The best time to write a book was 10 years ago. The second best time is now. To start creating the business tool that will change your career-and life-click ADD TO CART before the price changes....

Biographie:
Anna David is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books and founder of Legacy Launch Pad Publishing. She's appeared on Today, Good Morning America and The Talk, among other top shows, spoken at three different TEDx events and speaks all over the world about the importance of sharing your story. Her first book, Party Girl, is in development as a movie and she's credited with creating the Reformed Party Girl movement....

Sommaire:
Anna David is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books and founder of Legacy Launch Pad Publishing. She's appeared on Today, Good Morning America and The Talk, among other top shows, and been written about in such publications as Entrepreneur, Forbes, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The New York Post, The Globe and Mail and The Hollywood Reporter.She lives in Hollywood, California with her boyfriend, filmmaker Jim Agnew, their son Benjamin and their cranky-looking cat Bernie....