In this survival guide for writers, Betsy Lerner shares her editorial wisdom and provides an insider's understanding of the publishing process. She looks at different writer personality types and addresses the concerns of writers just getting started as well as those stalled mid-career.
In this memoir, a bright, chubby girl believes thinness is next to godliness and attends one of the first meetings of Overeaters Anonymous in 1975. We follow her through yo-yo dieting and into a depression which lands her in a psychiatric institute. There she takes her first steps toward self-hood.