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Author:

McNally, John, 1965- author.

Title:

The promise of failure : one writer's perspective on not succeeding / John McNally.

Publisher:

University Of Iowa Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xii, 128 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

McNally, John,--1965-
Authors, American--21st century--Biography.
Failure (Psychology)
Self-realization.
Authorship.
Creative writing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Rejection, Failure, and the Bigger Picture (A Personal History) -- Prepared Spirits (Author Stakes and Risking Failure) -- The Life You Save May Be Your Own, Redux (Depression and Failure) -- To the Stars on the Wings of a Pig (Reinvention, Genre-Hopping, and Collaboration) -- 194 Days(When to Quit & When to Keep Going) -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

1609385756
9781609385750

LCCN:

2017042892

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)