Books for
writers
Check these books and e-books, most of which I've found
helpful myself:
 Your Writing Coach
This excellent book by writing coach Jurgen Wolff should be
on every writer's bookshelf. I bought a copy when Jurgen came
to talk to our Writers' Circle and have been greatly inspired
and encouraged by what he has to give. The book also gives
access to the private pages of his website (http://www.yourwritingcoach.com) where you
can find interviews with some of the authors he talks about
in the book and download useful information to help you with
your current or proposed writing project. You can also
purchase the book from his site. I can enthusiastically
recommend "Your Writing Coach" to every visitor to this
site. Click Here
1001 Character Quirks
Why do some writers seem to have a never-ending supply of
wonderful characters? Meanwhile, you struggle with yours. Why
is it, no matter how hard you try, your characters still come
out feeling flat?
Here’s why: Because those writers, after years of research
and practice, know professional techniques for creating rich,
memorable characters.
In this book Timothy King shows you how to produce rich
3-dimensional characters that readers will remember, because
you will make them laugh, cry and feel for the characters you
have created. Ideal for any writer, particularly beginners, and
at a laughably low price. Take a look
 The Instant Home Writing Kit
"Instant Home Writing Kit (Revised
Edition) is a complete revision of the original best
seller. It's a comprehensive writing style guide for home,
business, and school that covers the writing of: letters
(personal and business), resumes and c.v.s, essays (APA and
MLA), book reports, and e-mails. It includes a Bonus Chapter on
how to write Business Reports. This 260+ page ebook is packed
with practical tips, tricks, advice and info, and comes with
more than 80 fully-formatted real-life sample templates that
users can download into their word processors and use. It's a
powerful general purpose writing toolkit that covers the entire
range of day-to-day practical writing needs for home, business
and school."
Writing bestselling children's books by
Alexander GordonSmith
This fascinating and very different book is
sub-titled "52 brilliant ideas for inspiring young readers".
The 52 ideas have a chapter each and each chapter is an easy
yet enthralling, instructive and inspiring read. One of the
earlier chapters, "The Uses of Enchantment" begins "Writing for
children is about more than entertainment. For as long as
humans have been around, stories have helped children find
meaning in life, and discover their place in the world." You
could say this is the guiding tenet offered in Writing
Bestselling Children's Books.
The book covers
many pertinent topics including 'Tips for pitching your story
at the right age group'; 'Clever ways to create a truly
villainous villain'; 'The importance of believable dialogue';
'How to create a cracking plot and keep it moving
on'.
With more than
300 books under his belt Alexander Gordon Smith is well placed
to show others how to produce a book that their target readers
will love to read. Not that this book is quick fix to producing
a best seller, but it will make the path to the finished story
that much easier and satisfying. Published by The Infinite
Ideas Company Limited, you can find their website at
infideas.com Highly
recommended.
Essential Guide To
Ghostwriting by Marg
McAlister
A step-by-step plan which shows you how to use your skill with
words to earn good money as a Ghostwriter. Marg McAlister
reveals her simple systems, checklists and strategies to ensure
the best clients are queuing up to hire you! You'll have the
information you need to set up business FAST as a well-paid,
in-demand ghostwriter right at your fingertips ... This system
is so good, she claims, that you'll have other writers begging
you to share your secrets. Click Here for
details.
25 Ways To Write
For Money by David
Goldsmith
"Over
several years," says David Goldsmith, "in an effort to make
money writing, I've tried almost everything. Writing
articles. Writing web site content. Writing e-books. I even
tried writing confession letters to popular magazines. It
took me years to gradually build up my writing business when
I was still working in a full-time job. It always seemed
like two steps forward then three steps back! But somehow it
grew. Then, several years ago I quit my day job to start
writing full-time as a writer."
As the title says, David covers
25 ways to make money...that includes writing freelance
articles, blogging, copywriting, and many more. Now you can
learn from his experience.
Click Here for
more details.
Novel Writing Made Easy by Andrea Rains
Waggener
Do you have an idea for a
novel
but don’t know how to
turn it into a plot? Have you started
plotting your novel but you’ve got stuck?
Get help now! Click through to Andrea's website and you
will find a link to download parts of the first chapter
of Novel
Writing Made Easy. This will give you an
excellent idea of what is in store for
you.
Here's an excerpt from an article in
the New York Times:
"Publishers know that
most first novels will not sell more than 3,000 copies
and many sell about 1500. A sale of 10,000 is considered
very good. As a result the publishers are generally
unwilling to pay advances over $15,000--and that number
is high."
"But enough with the bad news," says
Andrea, "I’ve got some GOOD news for you. I’ve figured
out a system that works so well, it helped me beat these
lousy odds. My first novel not only sold to a large
publisher, Bantam Dell, it sold for one of those high
advances the New York Times said are so rare. Then the
novel went on to sell over 10,000 copies in its first
month in the store. And thousands more since then. Pretty
cool, huh?"
Come on now, don't deny it - you're just a
teeny bit intrigued aren't you?
Click Here and
indulge yourself.
 "Make Your Knowledge Sell!" by Monique Harris
and Ken Evoy M.D.
E-book publishers - take
a look at this! And please note this book is now
FREE!
It could be subtitled “Turn knowledge into revenue - Sell
your brain on the Net”!, this downloadable e-book takes you
step-by-step through the entire process with emphasis on
turning your finished masterpiece into an e-book - and selling
it on the Internet! All the questions are covered: How do I get
the ideas down on paper? How do I generate an outline? How do I
research, refine and polish? How do I create an electronic
book? How do I sell it on the Internet? It's all there in
mouthwatering voluminous detail.
Click here for more...
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