Book summaryIn SOMETIMES THE MAGIC WORKS, part memoir and part writing guide, Brooks charts his course from lawyer to multimillion-selling author and offers tips to other would-be authors. |
SOMETIMES THE MAGIC WORKS : Lessons from a Writing Lifeby Brooks, TerryFirst Edition
Book desription: New York: Ballantine Books, 2003. viii, + 197pp. Book clean, square. Bump to head. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Introduction by Elizabeth George. "In addition to being a writing guide, this is Terry Brooks' self-portrait of the artist. Here are sketches of his midwestern boyhood; recollections of the fateful collaboration with legendary editor Lester del Rey; and an eye-opening look at the ups and downs of dealing with Hollywood, as a writer of official novels based on major movies . . . " Book weight approx. 340g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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