{"product_id":"work-of-fiction-making-a-living-from-writing-in-the-uk-9783031642050","title":"Work of Fiction: Making a Living from Writing in the UK","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWork of Fiction: Making a Living from Writing in the UK \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the lived experiences of fiction writers in the UK and how they make a living. Based on a substantial body of interviews with a range of fiction writers, it considers the ways that writers think about and talk about writing as work and how 'discourses of writing' operate to support or undermine them as cultural workers. It argues that discourses of love, luck, magic, and 'being a writer' function in complex ways to position writers in enchanted and elevated spaces which both nurture their practice and undermine their status as remunerated workers in the creative sector.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book shows how the positives and negatives of often precarious cultural work are played out for fiction writers. It has implications for writers in the ways that they think about and talk about themselves as workers, and how the publishing industry values their contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristina Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Lecturer in Media Communications at Bath Spa University, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916282859794,"sku":"9783031642050","price":118.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d1205c68-3c21-43af-8819-18f78b19ba9e.jpg?v=1738846752","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/work-of-fiction-making-a-living-from-writing-in-the-uk-9783031642050","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}