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Your complete step-by-step formula for writing your own fiction, short stories, full novels, children’s books and memoirs.  Packed with vital information, practical activities and writing exercises all aimed at helping you to develop your plots and characters.  All aspects...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to craft extraordinary characters?   The truth is that in every sensational story is an extraordinary character (or, even better, more than one). These types of characters do much more than just advance the plot. They jump off of the page and...

Daughter of poet, Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace studied mathematics from age four. Ada's lineage and natural brilliance put her in the company of prominent scientists. She became a colleague of mathematician Charles Babbage, who developed a computer called the Analytical Engine. Ada provided an algorithm that is considered the first computer program. Ada is seen as the first computer programmer.

"Tales From The Mountainside: Adventures From Youth To Old Age" is a collection of essays from mountain climber and outdoorsman Verl Rogers. He recounts humorous and ambitious adventures from youth to his 80s on outings covering everything from climbing to fishing with family in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

Anne is about to embark on a journey no human has been before- the center of the Earth. Jonathon a native of Forgotten Island accompanies her-another rule the Forgotten Island has set up for her. The next best part? They get to go into the Missing Cave. Anne would never have done this- except that her grandfather, was counting on her.

27 VIEWS of RALEIGH: The City of Oaks in Prose & Poetry features the work of twenty-seven (plus two) Raleighites who create a literary montage of North Carolina's capital city in fiction, essays, and poetry.Novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and even a science fiction writer capture...

Affirmations in Depth, is a more detailed description of twitter post from @thehassanb. You will enjoy reading them as you’re taken on a deeper endeavor through his feelings on relationships, children, friends, yourself and GOD.

Income inequality in America has never been greater. A timely piece that questions whether American slavery has merely been replaced with American wage slavery.

In ‘tempi di guerra’ contro gli aggressori dell’ambiente e contro il tempo, al Depuratore di Milano, che ospita l’installazione ULTIMO IGLOO, UN TABERNACOLO PER L’ACQUA, le cetre non rimarranno appese alle fronde dei salici. Paola Zan manda l’invito a tappeto: Poetesse e Poeti, venite...

SAGGIO (41 pagine) - SCRITTURA CREATIVA - Un agile prontuario di scrittura creativa per gli autori di genere, da parte del vincitore del Premio Urania 2011 Un prontuario per aspiranti scrittori, soprattutto "di genere", che tratta delle tecniche narrative in modo esaustivo, semplice...

Tired of staring at the blank page? Have you lost your way through your story's second act? Want a road-map for your Nanowrimo novel? Struggle no more. THE PLOT MACHINE: CRIME builds on the story-design principles of THE PLOT MACHINE, focusing on the most popular crime genres: caper, revenge, thriller,...

What if you weren’t famous, but people treated you as if you were? That was the life of Caroline Paul, who looked just like a celebrity – her own identical twin. With humor and insight, Paul explores the strange world of fame from the wry perspective of an ordinary person.

Learn how to-     Write a Tagline   Chapter one includes exercises to help you create an eye catching tagline that will sum up your book in just one sentence.     Write a Blurb   Want to pen...

With seven unpublished novels wasting away on his hard drive, Tony Vanderwarker is astonished when John Grisham offers to take him under his wing and teach him the secrets of thriller writing. “The beginning and the end are easy,” Grisham tells him. “It’s the three hundred pages in the middle...