As a writer starting out,I wish a source book of this level of excellence had been available to me. I highly recommend this work to anyone just beginning their career in the arts,it a valuable wealth of information that can be used again and again. Writing,painting,acting,this guide is very comprehensive in nature and scope. Slaughter and Kober have managed to put into concise form a work that not only provides reference sources,but a common sense approach for the beginner in the arts to use. In other words,how to avoid the usual pitfalls of the"starving artist". Get this book and use it! It is one purchase,that anyone in the field of the arts,will not regret!