title: The Writer's Survival Guide
author:  Rachel Simon 
description: This is not a book about writing techniques or "markets," but rather, it is about what the hell to do with your life if you're a writer, or, what the hell to do with the non-writing parts. The book offer advice on how to organize your time so you can write, set boundaries with family members or co-workers who might secretly resent the "alone time" required to create, overcome writer's block, keep track of helpful contacts, and more. Rachel Simon, herself a published novelist, lays out her answers. And while she perhaps assumes too much naivet on the part of her readers, the book is still practical and affirming.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  ![Images](../Images/cover00178.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Thank you for downloading this Scribner eBook.
  
  
  * * *
  
  
  Join our mailing list and get updates on new releases, deals, bonus content
  and other great books from Scribner and Simon & Schuster.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CLICK HERE TO SIGN
  UP](http://eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com/front/9781476793887)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  or visit us online to sign up at  
  [eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com](http://eBookNews.SimonandSchuster.com/front/9781476793887)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Images](../Images/image00179.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Kyle and Amy: We made it. A life worth salvaging.
  
  
  For Robin and Taylor: You made it a life worth living.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  One man in his time plays many parts.
  
  
  --William Shakespeare, As You Like It
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Walter White
  
  
  She stopped coughing. Maybe she'd fallen back asleep. Then suddenly vomit
  flooded her mouth. She grasped at the sheets. She was choking. I instinctively
  reached to turn her over.
  
  
  But I stopped myself.
  
  
  Why should I save her? This little junkie, Jane,