[It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer: Facts from the World of Writing and Publishing] (By: Erin Barrett) [published: September, 2003]

by Erin Barrett

Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are the Queen and King of trivia, relied upon by game shows, including Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, and game manufacturers. Millions of people read their daily newspaper column and together they've written twenty books. It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer puts a magnifying lens on the wacky world of writers, publishing, and the writing life.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published August 1, 2003

About the author

Erin Barrett grew up in South East Asia and traveled extensively through her childhood years, instilling a lasting and deep curiosity about almost everything. This is reflected in the diversity of topics she has written about in her numerous book titles, dozens of articles, and her long-running nationally syndicated column, Random Kinds of Factness, which appeared in newspapers around the country for over seven years.

Her innate curiosity has produced a rather eclectic CV. Barrett is an editor, a certified Life Coach, an urban sustainability expert, a beekeeper and beer maker, a writing coach, a painter, photographer, singer, and fine wine specialist, with over a decade of work within the wine industry. She currently resides in Northern California with her partner and their 5 year old feline, Eleanor Rigby Soupstock.

Reviews

[Peyton Stafford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amusing anecdotes about writers.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice book to get some informations on campus writers

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining - yes.
Helpful - no.
After reading this, who would ever want to be a writer????

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting, fun read for writers:)

[Jadi · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's really interesting and funny and full of cool information but...

It's Robert Louis Stevenson, not Robert Lewis Stevenson.