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No matter what you’re writing - fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children - securing a literary agent will help you get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. With listing information for more than 1,000 agents who represent writers and their books, Guide to Literary...

Do you want to adapt your poem to a storybook that tells a story in words, and pictures-or only amplify the images that you create with words? Would you rather turn your poem into a picture book that tells a story with pictures? Will words take second place to illustrations? Decide first whether...

In his book, "Clandestine Secrets Of A Highly Published Author", James C. Tanner shares brief insights from his 38 years of writing and publishing experience. A highly published writer who has written most of his life under pen names, James C. Tanner touches on the importance of writing naked; how...

First and second person fiction not only provide a challenge to the writer, but they allow the reader to get deeply attached to a single character (or more) in your story. Starting a story from the first or second person can be a bit of a challenge for writers of all levels. This book won’t tell...

Have you ever wondered whether fiction and non-fiction share a common thread of storytelling? What about academic writing? Story Shapes the World is a discourse, originally presented live and now edited for your reading enjoyment, on the power of story. How will you use story to make the world a better place?

Those who come after us will want to know we really lived and loved as intensely as they do. Tell them. WHO ARE YOU? WHY DO YOU ACT THE WAY THAT YOU DO? These questions capture the essential things we want to know about ourselves and explain to others. Yet so often we fail to do so. Instead many of...

THE BEST RESOURCE AVAILABLE FOR FINDING A LITERARY AGENT No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent to get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. Guide to Literary Agents 2019 is your go-to resource for finding...

Have you always wanted to write but never knew where to begin? Are you a practiced writer who just needs a jumpstart? This book walks you through the process from idea to final draft, showing you step by step how I wrote my novella, “The Vampires of Green Lake”.I start with the initial...

These talks were given in the autumn of 1894 as a course on Advanced English Composition in the Lowell Free Classes, and that they are now printed is largely due to the fact that they were so well received by those who then heard them. In preparing them, I consulted whatever books upon composition...

This Classic Edition commemorates the 100-year anniversary of William Strunk's grammar primer, The Elements of Style. Generations of writers have learned the basics of grammar from Strunk’s little book. It was rated “one of the 100 most influential books written in English” by Time in 2011,...

Have you ever had an idea for a book, and started to write it—and managed only a page or two before the words dried up and you didn’t know what to write next? You’re not alone; many people—including many famous writers—started the same way.In this book I describe my writing process...

Many people feel they might have a book in them - but how do you know whether you have what it takes to be a writer, whether your writing is any good, what you should write about and whether you should dedicate proper time to begin your dream? This book asks pertinent questions of you via a questionnaire...

If you want to be a writer, you also want to know how to do it well. How do you create work that will stand the test of time and get great reviews? How do you craft a screenplay or a comic book? How do you master the novel? This book teaches you all the tricks and more. It explains how to make fiction...

Sex sells. Make it sell for you! Do you want to write red-hot stories? This short, easy-to-read book will show you how in 9 simple steps. It’s no secret that sex sells. And everyone knows that erotica is really popular with readers all around the world. So let me ask you a question? Have you ever...