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OUR PRIMARY TEXT (Not Mandatory)
The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing
Everything you need to know about creating and selling your work. ISBN 1-58297-159-5 (List price $17.99)
RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS
Edit Yourself
A manual for everyone who works with words by Bruce Ross-Larson. ISBN 0-393-31326-3
The First Five Pages
One of the best books on copyediting and content editing in existence by Noah Lukemann. ISBN 0-684-85743-X
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
Another great book on copyediting and content editing. This one by Renni Browne and Dave King. ISBN 0-060-54569-0
The Romance Writers' Phrase Book
Contains over 3,000 descriptive tags to stimulate the imagination by Jean Kent & Candice Shelton. ISBN 0-399-51002-8
Punctuation Plain and Simple
An updated reference on the use of punctuation by Edgar C. Alward & Jean A. Alward. ISBN 1-56414-274-4
Proofreading Plain and Simple
An updated reference on the technique of proofreading by Debra Hart May. ISBN 1-56414-291-4
The Writer's Guide to Character Traits
With items like "Adult Styles", "Child & Adolescent Types", "Psychological Disorders", and "Criminal and Sexual Styles", how can it not be chock full of good information for developing believable characters. By Linda N. Edelstein, Ph.D. ISBN 0-89879-901-5
A Dictionary of Similes
As the title indicates. May be difficult to find. By Frank J. Wilstach. Bonanza Books, New York 1924
Description
A reference on the technique of descriptive writing by Monica Wood. ISBN 0-89879-908-2
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
As the title indicates. Contains hundreds by Elizabeth Webber & Mike Feinsilber. ISBN 0-87779-628-9
Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Contains over 10,000 foreign words, phrases, mottos, place names, allusions, and abbreviations that can occur in the English language by Maxim Newmark. ISBN 0-88029-971-1
The Writer's Digest Guide To Manuscript Formats
How to prepare and present book manuscripts, magazine articles, short stories, cover letters, proposals, queries, fillers, poems, plays, movie & TV scripts, photos, and illustrations by Dian Dincin Buchman & Seli Groves. ISBN 0-89879-293-2
How Fiction Works
The elements of fiction are examined with insights into how they build a story by Oakley Hall. ISBN 1-88491-049-1
The Art of Writing for Children
The skills and techniques of writing for children looking at all the elements of storytelling by Connie C. Epstein. ISBN 0-208-02297-X
20 Master Plots
How to choose and develop plot in fiction by Ronald B. Tobias. ISBN 0-58297-239-7
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published
Everything you need to know plain and simply put about getting published. By Sheree Bykofsky and Jennifer Basye Sander. ISBN 1-59257-121-2
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books
Everything you need to know plain and simply put about published children's books. By Harold D. Underdown and Lynne Rominger. ISBN 0-02-863975-8
This list will continue to grow. Keep checking back.
