Quill Driver Books imprint: 58 books
Pardon My Hearse
A Colorful Portrait of Where the Funeral and Entertainment Industries Met in Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Even celebrities die—and he was the man who picked up the bodies! Allan Abbott ran the leading hearse, mortuary, and funeral services company in Hollywood and got an unprecedented glimpse of how celebrities really live and die. The Forrest Gump of the funeral industry, Abbott was everywhere celebrities...
How to Write and Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit
Your Guide to Writing and Publishing Books, E-Books, Articles, Special Reports, Audio Programs, DVDs, and Other How-To Content
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Packed with income-generating ideas about creating a variety of saleable written works, this guide includes information for researching and writing effective, instructional materials and calling upon a variety of publishing channels, including magazines, traditional book publishers, self-publishing,...
Books, Crooks, and Counselors
How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Addressing the misunderstood and misrepresented aspects of the law in today’s writing, this reliable guidebook demonstrates how to use legal concepts, terminology, and procedure to create fiction that is true to life and crackling with real-world tension. Examples from actual cases are provided...
by Stephen Blake Mettee
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
A step-by-step guide through the process of proposing a book to a publisher, this straightforward and accessible work helps aspiring authors get their nonfiction work published quickly. Packed with specific examples of proposals, query letters, publishing contracts, and more, this reference addresses...
101 Best Sex Scenes Ever Written
An Erotic Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Making the provocative purposeful, this analysis spotlights the most exciting--or potentially embarrassing--story element: the obligatory sex scene. This sensibly suggestive guide demonstrates how to advance plots and reveal truths about characters through their romantic tableaus. Each scene is accompanied...
Secrets of Social Media Marketing
How to Use Online Conversations and Customer Communities to Turbo-Charge Your Business!
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
""Secrets of Social Media Marketing"" is a handbook for marketers and business owners to use in deciding how to employ the new social media for online marketing. Social media has quickly moved from the periphery of marketing into the forefront, but this is a new and quickly-evolving field and there are...
The New Influencers
A Marketer’s Guide to the New Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Exploring how and why online forums such as Facebook, Twitter, and blogs have gained such popularity--and credibility--with consumers, this practical guide offers proven strategies for organizations to leverage these new internet-based social media outlets. The differences between traditional and new...
1939
The Making of Six Great Films from Hollywood’s Greatest Year
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Film critics and historians are virtually unanimous in considering 1939 the greatest year in the history of motion pictures. This one year produced many of the greatest films of all time, including “Gone with the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” and marketed...
Here's to My Sweet Satan
How the Occult Haunted Music, Movies and Pop Culture, 1966-1980
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
A sweeping and masterful cultural history, “Here’s to My Sweet Satan” tells how the Occult conquered the American imagination, weaving together topics as diverse as the birth of heavy metal, 1970s horror films, the New Age movement, Count Chocula cereal, the serial killer Son of Sam, and more....
Using the Power of Hope to Cope with Dying
The Four Stages of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Introducing Cathleen Fanslow's ""Hope System,"" which incorporates the four stages of hope (hope for cure, for treatment, for prolongation of life, and for peaceful death), this book shows both the living and the dying how to use the power of hope to cope with the inevitable. This powerful and simple...
Grief Sucks ... But Love Bears All Things
How Grief Tore Me Apart and Put Me Back Together
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Gayle Taylor Davis had it all — a husband she adored, two successful daughters, and a career she enjoyed. Then one phone call took it all away, when a policeman called to tell her that her husband of 32 years had suddenly died of a heart attack. Plunged into the strange new world of grief, Davis began...
Write Your Book Now
A Proven System to Start and FINISH the Book You've Always Wanted to Write!
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Ideal for aspiring authors who only dream of actually finishing their works in progress, this guide features proven, field-tested tools guaranteed to successfully complete that romance, expert guide to business success, or great American novel. The chapters simplify the writing process by breaking it...
Signature for Success
How to Analyze Handwriting and Improve Your Career, Your Relationships, and Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
In Signature for Success, New Updated Edition, Arlyn J. Imberman shares her handwriting-analysis techniques to help you better understand yourself, your coworkers, and your friends and family, thus improving your relationships.
The way people form letters, the size of their script, the pressure...
How to Talk to Your Doctor
Getting the Answers and Care You Need
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Showing patients how to take control of their own health care, this guide reveals how to navigate the maze of prescriptions and tests and offers advice for those who act as medical advocates for their children, aging parents, or others.