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SOMETIMES THE MAGIC WORKS : Lessons from a Writing Life by  Terry Brooks - First Edition - 2003 - from Diversity Books and Biblio.com
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In 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 Life

by Brooks, Terry

First Edition

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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.

  • Bookseller: Diversity Books AU (AU)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 006645
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Very Good +
  • Jacket condition: Very Good +
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0345458281
  • ISBN 13: 9780345458285
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Place: New York
  • Date published: 2003
  • Pages: 197
  • Size: 6 x 8.5 x 0.75 inches
  • Weight: 0.75 pounds
  • Keywords: Authors, Author Biography, American Authors, Terry Brooks, Writing Guide, Authorship, Autobiography
  • Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; REFERENCE / General;

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