:Sometimes the Magic Works
{{Short description|2003 book by Terry Brooks}}
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| author = Terry Brooks
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| country = United States
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| subject = Memoir, writing guide
| published = 2003
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| pages = 197
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| isbn = 9780345458285
| oclc = 50132277
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Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life is a book by Terry Brooks. First published in 2003, it seeks to give advice to aspiring writers, often telling some of the stories behind Brooks' own literature as an example.{{Sfn|Goodreads}}{{Sfn|Dannenfelser}}{{Sfn|Gigstad|2011}}{{Sfn|Kurilla}}
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- {{Cite book |last=Brooks |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Brooks |date=3 April 2003 |title=Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life |location=New York |publisher=Del Rey |isbn=9780345458285 |oclc=50132277 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/sometimesmagicwo00broo_0 }}
- {{Cite web |last=Dannenfelser |first=Randy M. |url=http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/sometimesthemagic.htm |title=Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life by Terry Brooks - an infinity plus review |publisher=infinity plus }}
- {{Cite web |last=Gigstad |first=Judy |date=23 January 2011 |url=http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/sometimes-the-magic-works |title=Sometimes the Magic Works |publisher=bookreporter }}
- {{Cite web |last=Kurilla |first=Peggy |url=http://fmwriters.com/Visionback/Issue17/bookreview.htm |title=Books Review: Sometimes the Magic Works |publisher=Forward Motion for Writers }}
- {{Cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Goodreads}} |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15569.Sometimes_the_Magic_Works |title=Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life |publisher=Goodreads}}
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External links
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- {{Cite web |url=http://www.terrybrooks.net/bio/sometimes-the-magic-works/ |title=Sometimes the Magic Works |date=12 July 2023 |publisher=TerryBrooks.net }}
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Category:2003 non-fiction books
Category:American autobiographies
Category:Literary autobiographies
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