Boxing the Octopus: The Worst Way to Become an Almost Famous Author & the Best Advice I Got while Doing It

by Joni Rodgers

Overview

"Joni Rodgers lives, loves, and writes without a safety net."—Entertainment Weekly

A voracious reader from age three, Joni Rodgers wrote her first two novels as a young mom in the crucible of chemotherapy. She went on to become a bestselling author, book club darling, and sought-after ghostwriter. Now, thirty-three books into a stellar career, she collaborates on celebrity book projects via Zoom while celebrating life as a WIP at her home on a remote peninsula in Washington State.

Boxing the Octopus chronicles Joni’s unorthodox journey through the Badlands of the publishing industry and engages aspiring writers with quizzes, worksheets, and thought-provoking activities. A bracing mix of memoir and meditation, it’s peppered with laughter and delivers a swift kick in the creative pants.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165830785
Publisher:	Joni Rodgers
Publication date:	03/31/2022
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	594 KB

About the Author

NYT bestselling author Joni Rodgers grew up performing in a family bluegrass band and spent her early career doing plays, music, and voiceovers. Her voice was featured on over 3,000 radio and TV commercials and special programs, many of which she also wrote and produced. Diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at age thirty-two, Joni used the chemo downtime to finish her first two novels, Crazy for Trying (MacAdam-Cage 1997) and Sugarland (Bertelsmann 1999), both of which were published to critical acclaim. Bald in the Land of Big Hair (HarperCollins 2001), Joni’s memoir about surviving cancer as a young mom, was an international bestseller and perennial book club favorite. Celebrities and other extraordinary people began asking her to help them tell their stories. As a ghostwriter and story consultant, Joni specializes in high-end memoirs but has collaborated on a wide range of projects including a long string of fiction and nonfiction bestsellers and an Oscar-nominated screenplay. She lives on the Pacific Coast with her husband, multimedia artist Gary Rodgers.