How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies: Sweet and Savory Tips for the Writing Life

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Providing comfort food and inspiration for the aspiring novelist, How To Write a Novel in 20 Pies offers novelist and writing coach Amy Wallen’s insider secrets on living the writing life. Filled with chapters about writing, revising, submitting to an agent, and book promotion, this book combines Wallen’s experienced writing advice with the brilliant illustrations of Emil Wilson, including recipes for literary success and the full recipes for 20 sweet and savory pies.

As a novelist, memoirist, and associate director of the New York State Summer Writers Institute, Amy Wallen has a few things to say about the writing world, many of them irreverent and snarky. From her perspective as a teacher, mentor, and published author, her belief is that the way to survive the hard knocks of writing a book and trying to get published is to bust a gut working, laughing, and eating pie.

With chapters including “Oh Agent, Where Art Thou?”, “Revising, Rewriting, and Reimagining,” and “The Joy of Rejection,” Wallen balances out the challenging stages of the writing process with both sweet and savory goodness, featuring recipes for chocolate pecan pie, salmon and portobello pie, and the recipe for the best cherry pie ever.

Throughout the book, Wallen demystifies the vagaries of the publishing business, providing delicious recipes that will keep your belly full even when you’re staring at an empty page. Her writing advice is neatly paired with the brilliant illustrations of Emil Wilson, who shares her sharp wit, sardonic look at the demands of the writing life, and her mad love of pie. Combined, the stories, lessons, images, and recipes will provide encouragement and camaraderie for the novel-writing journey, from putting pen to page, to finding an agent, to celebrating publication—all with a piece of pie.

From the Publisher

Author and writing coach Amy Wallen serves up sweet and savory tips for writing, editing, and publishing a novel!

How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies is full of advice for aspiring authors—from the writing and revising stage, to submitting to an agent, to everything that comes after. Wallen offers practical tips for literary success and personal stories full of humor, accompanied by bright illustrations from Emil Wilson. Wallen urges her readers to keep the writing life light and suggests that when things get hard, it’s a good time for pie!

With 20 pie recipes included inside, Wallen encourages her readers to take the process one slice at a time!

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 18, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1524875651
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1524875657
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 0.8 x 9 inches