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Enjoy reading this treasure box filled with entertaining and inspiring stories on living life, loving and having fun times. From Australian Authors, Bev Dowdell’s stories will make you laugh and Graham Dowdell’s a "moment in time" photos capture an inside view of life through his “lens” of...

Stephen King is one of the most successful authors in the history of American literature. His books—including 55 novels, 12 novellas, nine short story collections and a children’s book—have sold 350 million copies worldwide. Over the past five decades his broader impact on popular culture has...

Would you rather do anything besides write a synopsis for your book? If so, you're not alone because most writers consider this the most dreaded part of the manuscript submission process. This guide offers you a step by step guide on putting together the perfect synopsis that actually showcases your...

Are you receiving rejections for your short stories and novels but don’t know why? Are you often told you’re guilty of author intrusion or that your story lacks emotion? Has your manuscript been returned due to head-hopping issues?   Writing Made Simple-Point...

"I don't like poetry." You hear that a lot, usually from people who used to write poetry. Most of those people destroyed their own poems long ago. But poetry can be a time capsule. It can offer insight into the development of its writer both on a technical and on a thematic...

Thirty-three poems of daily messages to provide spiritual encouragement to the reader. This book of poems is a sample of inspirational messages the author has been blessed to write and publish. She considers her writing ability to be a gift from God.Author Hope Ulch Brown went through a divorce...

I read in Nietzsche’s Human, All Too Human that, to be a writer, one has to “let a person make a hundred or more drafts of short stories, none longer than two pages, yet each of a clarity such that each word in it is necessary." [...] At that time, I was in a state of excitement about reading Machado...

“Materializing Climate Change: Images of Exposure, States of Exception” Nicole Shukin Assessing representations of the north in an artwork and a film, Shukin critiques spectacularized treatments of climate change that prompt public declarations of emergency. Such declarations, she...

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Arnold Bennett, ‘The Author's Craft’. Written in 1914, this is a short exposition by Bennett on writing. He doesn't get into technique other than to expound on the need for "design" or "construction" to follow inspiration....

Not everyone has access to a good critique group. If you're on your own and need someone to help polish your manuscript so it shines in the eyes of agents and editors, look no further. Using examples from their own work and a huge dash of humor, veteran authors Jane Toombs and Janet Lane Walters guide both the new writer and the experienced through the labyrinth of self-editing.

When William Harvey first published his Complete Manual of Freemasonry (Ritual) in 1917 there were few printed rituals available, and many lodges have since adopted it. He also wrote many lectures on Freemasonry, now out of print. This e-book is published with the intention of making his works readily available.

Characters are the lifeblood of fiction. There is more to writing a novel than simply supplying an exciting background or location. No one can write a successful novel without creating the right characters to people those pages. In this comprehensive and easy guide successful novelist Jean...

For the past fifteen years I have been on the Path of the Clear Light, a secret Tibetan Doctrine guided buy my own private Spiritual teacher within the school of thought and Alma Doctrine. During my education of the Clear Light, I became well aware of the spiritual processes in the human mind.History...

As a humor columnist for over a decade, Aprill Brandon has been documenting her transition to adulthood, from college to the Dirty 30 and beyond, in newspapers and media websites around the country. This book, based on her award-winning columns, has everything young people, the young at heart and...