How To Be Happily Unpublished

About the Book

Writing creatively is important whether you publish or not. It’s not so much the destination that matters but what you learn along the way. As the world turned I’ve had to re-define myself. When myths fall apart, writing is the glue that holds my life together. What happens when your publisher uses your royalties to gamble in Las Vegas? My book deals with deadlines, rejections, book signings when nobody comes, and workshops when everything is great but your story. It shows how humor helps to heal, the joys of a journal and finding a voice you can trust. I describe in fictional form the lighter side of the writing life emphasizing that to fail is to achieve the unexpected.

About the Author

Gloria Marshall has lived in Arizona for the past thirty years; where her humor articles have appeared in local publications. She is the author of How to be a Faerie Grandmother, a humorous guide for grandparenting; and Mimosa: A French Country Mystery. Her book Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons is a humorous tale of her experiences in rural living on Orcas Island off the coast of Washington State. She has also written Forget Me Not: Writing My Way Through Alzheimer’s. She has also published articles in the Christian Science Monitor and written scripts for As the World Turns.