Every Midget Has an Uncle Sam Costume: Writing for a Living

By Donald Bain

For anyone wishing to travel with a raconteur, a true renaissance man, this volume is your ticket for the journey. Murder mysteries, comedies, investigative journalism, westerns, biographies, Mafia... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569802408
• ISBN13: 9781569802403
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: UNKNO
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Memoir gives an unique spin on the craft of writing

It took me a few chapters to warm up to this guy , but now Donald Bain has my heart AND ears.So many of the writing experts are either academic and high faluttin or woo woo spiritual or too acclaimed to stick their egos in the back seat and ghost write or co-write with other individuals - Donald Bain is none of these and he and his readers are richly rewarded with a breadth of work over decades...He writes stories that are a pleasure to read! Coffee, Tea or Me is a cultural icon at this point, a popular tell-all written from the perspective of two airlines stewardesses, during the glamorous heyday of air travel. Without Bain's participation, the story most likely would not have found its way into popular culture. What won me over to this consummate professional is the chapter on working with Veronica lake on her biography . Recently I watched Sullivan's Travels and the next day searched on the internet for more insight into her life;just yesterday I discovered Bain's book - out of print and commanding unusually high prices because of its rarity.The way Donald Bain tells it, originally the publishers were not pleased with the effort because it wasn't sordid enough, it just told the story- without sensationalism. Bravo.Someday I will get a copy of this book and I am sure I will appreciate the story as written. I am looking forward to finishing this book, I have yet to read about the woman who was a mind control experiment for the CIA, or the Murder She Wrote material. Both of these topics had a HUGE impact on the consciousness at the time. This is great stuff. The craft of writing aside , even as simple memoir of a working media professional in pre- boomer America this book suffices as an engaging read.

Love to Write? Love a Great Story? A Must Read.

For anyone who writes, whether you do it professionally, occasionally, or during moments of poetic inspiration in the quiet of your room, this is a must read. Don Bain is the consummate writer. If it needs to be reduced to words, he does it. Original novels, ghost-written books, editorial pieces, business writing, speeches . . . he may be the most accomplished jack-of-all-trades writer ever to click computer keys (or typewriter keys before that). Beyond the tips anyone who writes can pick up in this wonderful account of his life as a writer, there is the great, ongoing adventure that has been his life. Whether it be documenting the adventures of a couple of flight attendants, the life of a glamorous movie actress, the terrible effects of government-sponsored mind control, the mysteries of mystery writing, the inner workings of the underworld, the business of business, and on and on, Bain takes you there in a breezy autobiographical style that has been the trademark of the millions of books he has sold. Want a great read? Buy this book. Got any friends who love to write, buy it for them, too. You'll thank yourself for your good taste. They will thank you for thinking of them.