Limestone Professor Erin Pushman Has Book Published

After its publication was delayed several times, 优蜜传媒 professor Erin M. Pushman finally got to see her book on shelves earlier this year.

鈥淗ow to Read Like a Writer: 10 Lessons to Elevate Your Reading and Writing Practice鈥� is now available for those who look to improve their writing skills. It is available for purchase wherever books are sold and through Amazon and other websites in hardcover and paperback. It is also available in digital format.

A professor of English at Limestone, Pushman also directs the University鈥檚 Writing Center and edits the annual 鈥淐andelabra鈥� literary journal.

鈥淗aving a book published during the coronavirus pandemic posed challenges on the production end, but it didn't change anything about the writing,鈥� she said about its delay.

The book is a walk-through that dives into the essential lessons that writers should observe in order to elevate their writing. Elements of writing such as plot, conflict, character development, and point of view are just a few of the topics discussed throughout.

鈥淲riters read words the way mechanics study engines,鈥� Pushman notes in her debut that was released earlier this year by Bloomsbury Academic. Reading and writing are similar crafts, according to Pushman, and 鈥渞eading like a writer鈥� means paying attention to how a piece of writing, whether a micro-essay on social media or a novel, was constructed.

鈥淧ublisher Weekly鈥� recently reviewed the book saying, 鈥淭hose looking to get the most out of their reading experience and get the pen moving should give this a look.鈥�

鈥淭he first step to becoming a successful writer is to become a successful reader,鈥� Pushman said as she outlines, step-by-step, the ways in which writers can improve across a variety of genres and mediums.

Pushman鈥檚 other writings have appeared in numerous magazines and journals. She also blogs in 鈥淭he Face of Bravery鈥� about her daughter鈥檚 life as a critically ill child with a disability.

Her new project is a narrative nonfiction book about the maternal-fetal health crisis in America.