Posts Tagged ‘Insider’s’

How to Be a Working Comic: An Insider’s Guide to a Career in Stand-Up Comedy

From Library Journal

Schwensen, former talent coordinator for A&E’s An Evening at the Improv, reminds us that comedy is a business and provides specific and useful advice on basic issues such as headshots, resumes, and agents. While Schwensen sensibly advises novices to be original and to work steadily at stage time, Jay Sankey’s Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy (LJ 5/1/98) offers much more on the craft of performance. Nearly half of this book is devoted to brief interviews with 12 top comedians (e.g., Drew Carey, Rhonda Shear, and Rene Hicks). While Jeff Dunham observes that “comedy has taken such a nose-dive,” Schwensen does not otherwise acknowledge that comedians face a shrinking stand-up industry. For strong performing arts collections.?Norman Oder, “Library Journal”Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This truly funny book about being funny is also a serious guide to the business of laughter and how to make it pay off. New Yor… Read more…

The Career Chronicles: An Insider’s Guide to What Jobs Are Really Like – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Over 750 Professionals

From School Library Journal
Adult/High School—An introduction to 23 jobs in health care, architecture, the law, financial services, education, the social sciences, information technology, sales, media, and more. Gregory dedicates a separate chapter to each one, opening with its history and background and describing the current status of the field (including statistics on employment levels, education required, and average salaries). The most revealing portions of each chapter are the direct quotes from surveys. Workers are asked to compare the reality of the profession to expectations developed in school, describe the biggest surprise, say whether they would choose that position again, and answer practical questions about hours and advancement, as well as best and worst aspects of and changes in the profession. The honest, insightful answers given by the survey responders, combined with the wide-ranging fields and professions covered, offer teens an opportunity to learn a… Read more…

Recreational Sex : An Insider’s Guide to the Swinging Lifestyle

Review
Here is a marvelous opportunity to see the truth of swinging through the eyes and experience of a woman. — Robert McGinley, PhD., President, The Lifestyles OrganizationThis is the first book that I can endorse as being a practical guide, especially for new and hesitant couples. — Editor, Liberated Christians Newsletter, Phoenix, AZWow! …this is the first book that I can endorse as being a practical guide, especially for new and hesitant couples. Some prior guides I’ve reviewed have been more personal fantasy experiences, which for some people are great, but this is the first book I’ve reviewed that is personal, concise, and very practical. — Editor, Liberated Christians Newsletter, Phoenix, AZ, September, 1997

Recreational Sex answers all your questions about the world of swinging: who swingers are and why they swing; the best ways to find partners; establishing your own pace; handling your emotions and improving communication with your lover; the joys of… Read more…