I Look Like This Because I'm A Writer: How to Overcome Sloth, Self-doubt, and Poor Hygiene to Realize the Writing Career of Your Dreams

by P.J. Fox

This isn't your grandmother's handbook. Half guide to the intricacies of the craft and half practical, no nonsense self help, I Look Like This Because I'm A Writer is the next best thing to your own personal writing coach. A coach who'll explain what you're doing wrong and how to do it right but, more importantly, who'll inspire you to produce your best work. A coach who'll help kick your butt into gear when you don't feel like writing, and who'll bolster you up when you're feeling down; who'll help you develop the self confidence you need, as a writer, to weather the inevitable storms of rejection--including those self-generated--that a career in this field inevitably brings.


I Look Like This Because I'm A Writer covers everything from crafting believable dialogue to crafting believable characters themselves; from writing descriptions that aren't boring to opening your story in a way that consistently draws the reader in. It also gives you the tools you need to develop your own unique voice as a writer, and thus tell the most original stories possible.


Warm-hearted and funny, if you're embarking on the adventure that is writing, then this is the companion you need.

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 16, 2014

About the author

P.J. Fox published her first story when she was ten. Between then and the present moment, she detoured to, in no particular order, earn several degrees (including a law degree), bore everyone she knew with lectures about medieval history, get married, and start a family. She realized, ultimately, that she had to make a go of this writing thing because nothing else would ever make her happy.