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How to Make a Journal of Your Life
Ten Speed Press 2011; US$ 9.99When nomad artist and free spirit Dan Price began jotting down his musings in the form of whimsical drawings and inspired prose, he hardly could have imagined that his self-published journal-zine, the MOONLIGHT CHRONICLES, would earn him a cult following across the country. Now in its twentieth edition, the MOONLIGHT CHRONICLES has brought Dan's creed... more...
Writing the Fiction Series
F+W Media 2013; US$ 19.99What are the common pitfalls in a crafting a series, the best ways to get organized and plan it? The purpose of Writing the Fiction Series is to cover all things that need to be taken into consideration when writing a series and provide a one-stop resource for the who, what, where, when and why of this monumental endeavor. This helpful guide will... more...
Beyond Words
University of New Mexico Press 2013; US$ 27.95Author Kathlyn Conway, a three-time cancer survivor, believes that the triumphalist approach to writing about illness fails to do justice to the shattering experience of disease. By wrestling with the challenge of writing about the reality of serious illness and injury, she argues, writers can offer a truer picture of the complex relationship between... more...
Forty-one False Starts
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013; US$ 26.99A deeply Malcolmian volume on painters, photographers, writers, and critics Janet Malcolm ?s In the Freud Archives and The Journalist and the Murderer , as well as her books about Sylvia Plath and Gertrude Stein, are canonical in the realm of nonfiction?as is the title essay of this collection, with its forty-one ?false starts,? or... more...
Writing to Learn
HarperCollins 2013; Not AvailableThis is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning. more...
The Secret Life of Plays
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 18.94A guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters. Drawing on a wide range of drama, both historical and modern, Waters takes the reader through the key elements of dramatic writing ? scenes, acts, space, time, characters, language and images ? to show how a play is... more...
Writing Fiction and Poetry
Bitingduck Press 1995; US$ 7.50"Our meddling intellect misshapes the beauteous forms of things; we murder to dissect," Wordsworth cautioned at the dawning of a new age of science and technology. It is a caution that, in addition to applying to the study of art and nature, might also apply to our investigation of the creative process, which has engaged the meddling minds... more...
On Writing
Scribner 2000; US$ 16.00?Long live the King? hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King?s On Writing . Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer?s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King?s advice is grounded in his... more...
Muse On Writing
Double Dragon Publishing 2006; US$ 5.99What elements are essential when building a fictional world? Do your characters need more dimension? Is your plot going no where? Do you want to write like a Pro even though you are just beginning? Are you a published writer looking for dynamic insights into the art and craft of writing? You will find these answers and much more in The Muse On Writing,... more...
Without A Fear Of Words
Double Dragon Publishing 2004; US$ 5.99Lazette Gifford, Managing Editor of Vision: A Resource for Writers (http://lazette.net/vision) and the owner/site administrator of Forward Motion for Writers (http://fmwriters.com ), presents a collection of essays on the philosophy and act of writing. The collection of short essays covers everything from accepting that you are a writer to setting... more...









