{"product_id":"runaways-a-writers-dilemma-9781892061898","title":"Runaways: A Writer's Dilemma","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn RUNAWAYS: A WRITER'S DILEMMA, author Michael J. Seidlinger centers a magnifying glass on the creative journey, with an honest and unabashed search into how and why someone would want to be accepted as a writer in a world that might not care. The book's breezy narrative contrasts with the despair that is often triggered by the wasteland of social media and the Internet. This is a story that reminds the reader that they aren't alone in a culture that pressures us to measure our work on a purely capitalistic level, driven by likes, hearts, and money. Like a darker and more skewed literary version of the metaphysical classic, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Seidlinger's RUNAWAYS: A WRITER'S DILEMMA shows us how our art, often made in solitary, can be the more important and inspiring part of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeidlinger, Michael J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael J. Seidlinger is a Filipino American author of \u003cem\u003eMy Pet Serial Killer, Dreams of Being, \u003c\/em\u003e and other books. He has written for, among others, \u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed, Thrillist, Goodreads, The Observer, Polygon, The Believer, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly.\u003c\/em\u003e He teaches at Portland State University and has led workshops at Catapult, Kettle Pond Writer's Conference, and Sarah Lawrence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Future Tense Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452421247250,"sku":"9781892061898","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef9e6e2d-82cb-43ad-94dd-1fc1091f6d79.jpg?v=1729811217","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/runaways-a-writers-dilemma-9781892061898","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}