With humor and humility, Jeff Vandermeer candidly discusses the stuff that no one (up until now) has candidly discussed outside of a stray blog post here or there. I found his approach honest and refreshing, with an almost zen-like appeal. The message I took away from this one: nurture equanimity.

But that doesn't even begin to do justice to the book. There's lots of nuts-and-bolts advice about the writing process itself and about how the publishing industry works. Highly recommended.