Preface; 1. Come, Let Me Tell You a Tale; 2. Articles and Columns; 3. Genesis; 4. The All-Important Book Proposal; 5. Chapters, Editors, and Agents; 6. Writing the First Draft; 7. Revision, Revision; 8. Production and Beyond; 9. Textbooks; 10. Academic Writing; 11. And Now We Go Digital; 12. Artificial Intelligence; Resources for writers; References; About the Author.
Biography
Brian Fagan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. After studying archaeology at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he spent seven years doing archaeology and museum work in Central and East Africa, before coming to the United States in 1966. His original specialty was the African Iron Age, an esoteric subject if ever there was one, and he became involved in the founding of multidisciplinary African history. He came to the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1967 and simultaneously changed intellectual directions, becoming a generalist who wrote about archaeology for general audiences. Since then, he has suffered through the writing of many books, including a series of widely used texts such as In the Beginning and People of the Earth. His numerous trade books include The Rape of the Nile, The Adventure of Archaeology, The Little Ice Age, Fish on Friday, and Climate Chaos. His other interests include bicycling, cruising under sail, kayaking, good food, and cats. He and his family are (at last count) the proud owners of two cats, seven turtles, and other beasts.
