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The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction: 6 Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Bestseller!

di Philip Athans & R. A. Salvatore

From the Introduction by R. A. Salvatore:

"There weren't many fantasy books on the shelves in 1982 and I had read all I could find and wanted more, even one of my own. What I didn't realize then--in fact, what...

The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club

di Maeve Binchy

“The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story.” –Maeve Binchy

If you scribble story ideas on the backs of receipts…

If you file away bits of overheard conversation...

The Everything Guide to Writing Nonfiction

di Richard D. Bank & Jenna Glatzer

Everyone wants to be a published writer. But only a few manage to break into print. In this guide, Richard D. Bank provides expert advice to help you reach your goals of writing and selling articles, essays,...

Mastering the Thesis Statement

di Steve Sharp

Author Steve Sharp tells his students that the thesis statement is the sun around which EVERYTHING in their paper orbits. Every sentence must fall within its gravitational pull and obey rational orbital laws....

100 Ways to Improve Your Writing

di Gary Provost

This is the one guide that anyone who writes--whether student, business person, or professional writer--should put on the desk beside pencil, pen, typewriter, or word processor. Filled with professional tips...

Inspired Creative Writing (52 Brilliant Ideas): Pokes and Prods for Scribblers of All Stripes

di Alexander Smith

52 fresh techniques for putting thoughts into words. For aspiring authors planning an epic novel, plotting a screenplay, or wishing to bare their poetic soul, Inspired Creative Writing offers tactics and exercises...

How to Write Funny

di John Kachuba

Writing humor is subjective and challenging - thankfully, there are many ways to create it. How to Write Funny provides advice, insights and humor from more than twenty writers with a gift for making readers...

The Only Writing Book You'll Ever Need: A Complete Resource For Perfecting Any Type Of Writing

di Pamela Rice Hahn

Whether you're writing simple thank-you notes or creating elaborate business proposals, you need to be able to write well. The ability to craft clear, effective prose is critical to success in all facets of...

1001 Letters For All Occasions: The Best Models for Every Business and Personal Need

di Corey Sandler

With more samples than any other book, 1,001 Letters for All Occasions is the resource anytime written communication is in order. Letters are still the best way to communicate, and the authors are happy to share...

Writing Creative Nonfiction

di Philip Gerard

Experience the power and the promise of working in today' most exciting literary form: Creative Nonfiction

Writing Creative Nonfiction presents more than thirty essays examining every key element of the craft,...

Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies

di Deborah Halverson & M. T. Anderson

Your hands-on, friendly guide to writing young adult fiction

With young adult book sales rising, and bestselling authors like J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer exploding onto the scene, aspiring YA writers are...

On Writing

di Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty was one of the twentieth century’s greatest literary figures. For as long as students have been studying her fiction as literature, writers have been looking to her to answer the profound questions...

Starting from Scratch

di Rita Mae Brown

From the best-selling author of  Rubyfruit Jungle and  Bingo, here is a writers' manual as provocative,  frank, and funny as her fiction. Unlike most  writers' guides, this one had as much to do with...

Effective Magazine Writing: Let Your Words Reach the World

di Roger Palms

Let your words reach the World

If you are a writer who wants to have an impact with your words in the Christian magazine market, this book is for you. The former editor of Decision magazine, Palms helps you take...

The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing

di Norman Mailer

“Writing is spooky. There is no routine of an office to keep you going, only the blank page each

morning, and you never know where your words are coming from, those divine words.”

In The Spooky Art, Norman...

Opening the Doors to Hollywood: How to Sell Your Idea, Story, Screenplay, Manuscript

di Howard J. Smith & Carlos De Abreu

Finally! A step-by-step guide to the keys that unlock the doors to Hollywood.

Opening the Doors to Hollywood has all the information you'll ever need in order to tap into the $500 million spent yearly in Hollywood...

Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons For Black Authors

di Jewell Parker Rhodes

A Bird by Bird for the African-American market--A top-notch writer's guide filled with practical guidance, essays, and journal exercises for the African-American writer including advice from E.Lynn Harris, Charles...

Copyediting and Proofreading for Dummies

di Suzanne Gilad

Turn your knack for language into a lucrative career

Must-know techniques and resources for maximizing your accuracy and speed

Interested in becoming a copyeditor or proofreader? Want to know more about what each...

Writing the Paranormal Novel

di Steven Harper

Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, oh my!

Writing a paranormal novel takes more than casting an alluring vampire or arming your hero with a magic wand. It takes an original idea, believable characters, a compelling...

The Breakout Novelist

di Donald Maass

The all-inclusive guide for novel writers

If you're serious about making your fiction vibrant, engaging, and marketable, you've found the right book. The Breakout Novelist gives you the craft and business know-how...