How Long to Read Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It

How Long Does it Take to Read Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 46 minutes to read Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It by Ronald C. Gordon

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 2009, Ronald C. Gordon published Not Fade Away, a coming-of-age story set in Texas in 1959. A first novel, it was the product of many drafts, considerable professional editing, and a long, arduous attempt to find an agent and publisher. Now, in Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It (one particular literary agent's sole criterion for submissions to him), Mr. Gordon recounts his painful and frequently hilarious rollercoaster ride to publication. The author details not only the joys and frustrations of creating a long work of fiction, but also the many pitfalls and compromises that await the first novelist with a "marketable" manuscript. He introduces us to the How-To tribe of Literary Wannabeeland, the horde of self-described experts who claim to know all the rules for writing saleable fiction and who, for a price (financial and otherwise), will share the secret to success with their even more numerous prey. He also explores the particular problems that await the author of literary fiction in a publishing marketplace dominated by genre fiction and a mythical target audience he designates "dumb and dumber." In doing so, the author demonstrates a profound understanding of literary history, the craft of writing, and the role of autobiography in creating fiction. Above all, he convinces us that a good writer is first of all a good reader. Part memoir, part literary analysis, and a thoroughly cautionary tale, Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It offers an entertaining and illuminating examination of what it means to be a unknown, unpublished novelist in today's highly competitive literary marketplace.

How long is Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It?

Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It by Ronald C. Gordon is 283 pages long, and a total of 71,599 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 31 minutes to read Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It aloud.

What Reading Level is Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It?

Don't Tell Me Your Wife Likes It is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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