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but are a guide only
last updated: 17 September 2003
books marked * are
on the misc.writing recommended reading list
We also read for fun, and listen to music, so have a look at this month's specials as
well!
Writing For Beginners
Becoming a Writer, by Dorothea Brand and
Malcolm Bradbury ISBN: 0333653777 *
Beginning
Writer's Answer Book, by Kirk Polking ISBN:
0898795990 (US Edn)
The New Authors' Handbook, by David Bolt ISBN: 0720611016 (paperback, 2001, £12.50)
Writing
From Start To Finish, by Kate Grenville ISBN: 1865085146 £6.82 (p/b April 2002)
501 Writers Questions Answered, by Nancy Smith ISBN: 0749915129
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Writing Craft
Be A Successful Writer, by Gordon Wells ISBN: 0749003480
The Complete Guide to Editing Your Fiction by Michael
Seidman ISBN 0898799384 £10.39 (paperback 2000)
Clutter's Last stand - it's time to de-junk your
life, by Ron Aslett ISBN: 0898791375
Dynamic Characters: how to create characters that
keep readers captivated, by Nancy Cress ISBN 0898798159
Elements of the Writing Craft, by Robert Olmstead
ISBN: 1884910297
The First Five Pages: A writer's guide to
staying out of the rejection pile by Noah Lukeman ISBN 0709064845 (H/C)
The First Five Pages: A writer's guide to
staying out of the rejection pile by Noah Lukeman ISBN 068485743X (US p/b)
How to Get Published and Make a Lot of Money, by
Susan Page ISBN: 0749919469
How To: Improving Your Written English, by Marion
Field ISBN: 1857033582
I'd Rather Be Writing by Marcia Golub ISBN 0898799007
£10.39
Instant Brainpower by Brian Clegg ISBN 0749430249
Instant Creativity by Brian Clegg & Paul Birch
ISBN 0749429496
Instant Time Management by Brian Clegg ISBN 0749429631
Keep on Writing: from
creative writer to professional writer, by Andre Jute ISBN: 0946537658
Keys to Great Writing by StephenWilbers ISBN 0898799325
On Becoming a Novelist, by John Gardner ISBN: 0393320030 *
Overcoming Rejection - a Writer's Guide, by Edward
Baker ISBN 1840240105
Rewriting by David Michael Kaplan ISBN 0713648759
£8.79 (paperback 1998)
Revision: A Creative Approach to Writing and Rewriting
Fiction, by David Michael Kaplan ISBN 188491019X (US Edn)
The Right Way to Spell: by J. E. Metcalf ISBN 071602019X
Self-editing for Fiction Writers, by Renni
Brown and Dave King ISBN: 0062720465 (US Edn.) *
NEW The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts On Writing by Norman
Mailer ISBN:316725757 £14.00 (h/c March 2003)
Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer's
Manual, By Rita Mae Brown ISBN: 055334630X (US Edn.) *
The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard ISBN: 0060919884
(US Edn.) *
Twenty Master Plots and how to build them, by Ronald
B. Tobias ISBN: 0749919833
The Writer's Journey, by Christopher Vogler ISBN: 0330375911
Word Painting - a guide to writing more descriptively,
by Rebecca McClanahan ISBN: 0898798612
Write
from Life: Turning Your Personal Experiences into Compelling
Stories by Meg Files ISBN: 1582971544 £8.79 (paperback 2002)
Writer's Survival Guide, by Rachel Simon ISBN: 1884910238
The
Writer's Tool Box: How to Write Fiction and Non-Fiction That
Will Sell by Patrika Vaughan ISBN 0965630943 (audio cassette, USA edn)
Writing a Book That Makes a Difference by Philip
Gerard ISBN 1884910440 £11.90 (hardcover 2000)
Writing: make the most
of your time, by Kenneth Atchity ISBN: 0946537755
Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg ISBN:
1570624240 *
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity,
by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 0553296345 *
Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity,
by Ray Bradbury ISBN: 1877741094 (Expanded US Edn.) *
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Research, Preparation, Submission, Selling and
Law
Agents,
Editors, and You, by Michell Howrey (ed) ISBN: 1582971528 £9.59 (p/b May 2002)
An Author's Guide to Publishing, by Michael Legat
ISBN: 0709062273
An
Editor's Advice to Writers: The Forest for the Trees by Betsy
Lerner ISBN: 0333989228 £7.99 (papeback 2002)
The Business of Writing, by Gordon Wells
ISBN: 0749003626
How to be Your Own Literary Agent: The Business
of Getting a Book Published, by Richard Curtis ISBN: 0395718198 (US Edn.)
*
How to Write Attention Grabbing Query & Cover Letters
by John Wood ISBN 1582970238
The Copyright Handbook: How to Protect and Use Written
Works, by Stephen Fishman ISBN: 0873375483 (US Edn.) *
The Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers
by Lloyd J. Jassin and Steven C. SchechterISBN 0471146544
Dare to Be a Great Writer, by Leonard Bishop ISBN: 0898794641
Getting The Words Right: how to rewrite, revise
and edit by Theodore A. Rees Cheney ISBN 089879420X £9.40
How to Publish Your Own Book by Vernon Coleman ISBN
1899726063 £14.95 (paperback 1999)
How to Write Proposals and Synopses That Sell by
André Jute ISBN 094653795X £10.95 (hardcover 1993)
How to Publish Yourself, by Peter Finch ISBN: 0749003014
How to Write a Book Proposal, by Michael Larson
ISBN: 0898797713
Internet Handbook for Writers, Researchers and Journalists,
by Mary McGuire et.a. ISBN 1572305509 £14.50 (paperback 2000)
The Internet Writer's Handbook 2001/2 by Karen Scott
ISBN: 0749004975 £7.19 (paperback 2001)
A Practical Guide to Publishing Books Using Your PC,
by Peter Domanski ISBN: 0952604329
Research for Writers by Anne Hoffmann ISBN 0713641568
£9.59 (paperback 1999)
Selling Your Novel, by Jack M. Bickham ISBN 0898797888
Write More, Sell More: with sample proposals, contracts
etc,. by Robert Bly ISBN: 0898798167 *
The Writer's Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats,
by Dian Dincin Buchman, Seli Groves ISBN: 0898792932
The Writer's Guide to Character Traits: Includes
Profiles of Human Behaviors and Personality Types by Linda N. Edelstein
ISBN 0898799015 £11.90 (hardcover 1999)
Writers' Rights, by Micheal Legat ISBN: 0713640189
Writing To Sell, by Scott Meredith ISBN: 0898797500
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