From the Author's Preface: During the ten years I taught in
college, and the numerous writing conferences and workshops I have
been a part of since then, I've heard volumes of advice about the
technical aspects of writing. Plot, character, pace, description,
dialogue, theme, metaphor, symbolism, and so on. In the conferences
especially, there has been a lot of good practical information
about finding an agent, attracting a publisher, self-publishing,
e-publishing, and marketing a book once it is in print. All this is
very good, helpful, and necessary. For high school and college
writers, the technical material is useful; for those writing a book
or hoping to make a career in the world of words, the practical
material can provide a clear understanding of the publishing
landscape. But again and again in those classrooms and workshops, I
was struck by the fact that very little was being said about what
might be called the emotional or psychological aspects of the
writing process. Over the course of thirty years in the profession,
thirteen book publications, and several hundred articles, reviews,
Op-Ed pieces, travel essays, food essays, personal essays,
political analysis, profiles, and thanks to countless conversations
with writers - some famous, some widely published and admired, some
struggling to finish a first book or find an agent, and some simply
hoping to earn a good grade on a college assignment - I know how
critical that interior dimension of the writing life is. In this
book I hope to shed some light on that dimension of the work, not
as a psychiatrist or counselor, but as an author, because I am sure
that writing success - however that term is defined for the
individual writer - always has its roots in the soil of the
psychological/emotional world. From chapters entitled "Writer's
Block" to "Finding A Mentor" to "Impatience and Rejection," Merullo
covers these topics with the insight, empathy and encouragement of
an author who has "been there." Demons of the Blank Page is a
no-nonsense handbook and guide for aspiring and established writers
alike. Merullo's work has been hailed "happily inventive, precise
and musical" by The Boston Globe and "emotionally complex,
politically intelligent, and] beautifully written" by Kirkus
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