http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/ Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-33461 6 Books that Have Inspired Me Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:19:07 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-33461 [...] said it before and I’ll say it again: this was the book that got me turned on to writing. After I read it I [...] [...] said it before and I’ll say it again: this was the book that got me turned on to writing. After I read it I [...]

]]> http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-16289 Get Skinny and Be Successful Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:49:46 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-16289 [...] The Book That Turned me Into a Writer We all have certain moments in our lives that kind of take us and point us in a new direction. For me, reading David Foster Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never do Again was one of those moments. You may have noticed that in my Amazon Store I…… [...] [...] The Book That Turned me Into a Writer We all have certain moments in our lives that kind of take us and point us in a new direction. For me, reading David Foster Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never do Again was one of those moments. You may have noticed that in my Amazon Store I…… [...]

]]> http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-7978 There Are No Unremarkable Books Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:55:57 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-7978 [...] mentioned a couple of times that one book above all others put the wheels in motion in my becoming a writer. It was [...] [...] mentioned a couple of times that one book above all others put the wheels in motion in my becoming a writer. It was [...]

]]> http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-6442 More on David Foster Wallace Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:54:46 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-6442 [...] you all know by now, David Foster Wallace was one of my favorite authors of all time. His book opened my eyes to the possibility of becoming a [...] [...] you all know by now, David Foster Wallace was one of my favorite authors of all time. His book opened my eyes to the possibility of becoming a [...]

]]> http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-3949 The Writer’s Coin » Blog Archive » Gifts for the Writer Wannabe in Your Life Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:47:47 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-3949 [...] Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never do Again, by David Foster Wallace: This is the book that turned me into a writer wannabe. This man can make anything under the sun interesting. May he rest in [...] [...] Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never do Again, by David Foster Wallace: This is the book that turned me into a writer wannabe. This man can make anything under the sun interesting. May he rest in [...]

]]> http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-2508 The Writer’s Coin » Blog Archive » David Foster Wallace, My Idol, is Dead Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:45:34 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-2508 [...] written about DFW’s influence before. How a book he wrote made me want to become a writer and about his essay on John McCain that has become popular now that he’s running for [...] [...] written about DFW’s influence before. How a book he wrote made me want to become a writer and about his essay on John McCain that has become popular now that he’s running for [...]

]]> http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-2421 The Writer’s Coin » Blog Archive » Who is John McCain, Really? Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:21:47 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-2421 [...] P.S. If you really like David Foster Wallace’s writing (a lot of people don’t) and you like non-fiction, you can’t do much better than Consider the Lobster or A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never do Again, which was the book that turned me into a writer. [...] [...] P.S. If you really like David Foster Wallace’s writing (a lot of people don’t) and you like non-fiction, you can’t do much better than Consider the Lobster or A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never do Again, which was the book that turned me into a writer. [...]

]]> http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Living off dividends & passive income Tue, 13 May 2008 21:31:52 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-1069 thats sort of what happened to me when i saw Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark. oh wait, i didn't become an archaeologist, so its nothing like that! ;-P thats sort of what happened to me when i saw Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark. oh wait, i didn’t become an archaeologist, so its nothing like that! ;-P

]]> http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Ernie Tue, 13 May 2008 13:50:26 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/05/12/the-book-that-turned-me-into-a-writer/#comment-1066 You use a lot of extraneous words and cliches for a writer, Nut. Cutting both will take you a long way to being like the writer you adulate. You use a lot of extraneous words and cliches for a writer, Nut. Cutting both will take you a long way to being like the writer you adulate.

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