Heather Lee Schroeder Ralph Keyes … has a new guide out this fall. Titled The Writer’s Book of Hope: Getting From Frustration to Publication (Owl Books, $13), it is a nice companion to his 1995 book, The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear. Not only does Keyes explore what it means to have hope, …
Library Journal
[Ralph] Keyes, a longtime writer and teacher of writing, is best known for The Courage To Write: How Writers Transcend Fear. In this follow-up, he offers words of encouragement to would-be scribes, inviting them to take charge of selling their own work, to be open to new venues of disbursement, and to consider self-publishing. Similar …
Publishers Weekly
To be clear: this is not a guide on how to write a book (Keyes covered that in his last volume, The Courage to Write). Rather, it’s a tool for writers who have found their courage and now need hope: that their work is good, that it will be published despite the inevitable rejections, that …
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A book I recently read that you might enjoy is The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes. I found it very comforting to discover that virtually all writers, even the “greats,” are frequently near-paralyzed with fear at any or all stages of the writing process. Yes, it may be fear of failure, but there’s often …
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I’ve had The Courage to Write for about 5 years now. Since I bought this book, I’ve seen my first article published, followed by regular publication in several regional and national magazines in my genre. I’ve also just finished my first book (it’s at the printer) and am working on my second. This book is …