Review: Write Smart, Write Happy

WRITE SMART, WRITE HAPPY by Cheryl St. John is a fun and informative craft book on the writing life. There are all kinds of info chunks for the starting out writer and there are even a few tidbits for the longtime professional. The obvious emphasis is that writers should attempt to maintain a positive outlook because it impacts one’s writing. This is the crux of the main argument that St. John lays out and maintains over the course of almost 300 pages.

There isn’t much here for an experienced...