Write Good or Die    by Scott Nicholson
Price: Free! 48170 words. Language: English. Published by Haunted Computer Books  on April 14, 2010. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.
(3.75 from 4 reviews)
Survival tips for 21st century writers, from best-selling authors Kevin J. Anderson, M.J. Rose, Heather Graham, J.A. Konrath, Gayle Lynds, Alexandra Sokoloff, Jonathan Maberry, and more. How to develop your craft, improve your writing, get an agent, promote your work, embrace the digital age, and prepare yourself for the coming changes in the publishing industry. Edited by Scott Nicholson.

NaNo for the New and the Insane    by Lazette Gifford
Price: Free! 35970 words. Language: English. Published by A Conspiracy of Authors  on August 28, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.
(5.00 from 5 reviews)
NaNo for the New and the Insane is a short work dedicated to helping people stay on track for the month long NaNoWriMo event in November of each year.

The Storyteller's Art: How Not to Bore Your Reader to Sleep, Tears, or Homicide    by Francis Porretto
Price: Free! 36330 words. Language: English. Published on February 21, 2010. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.
(4.67 from 3 reviews)
Do you want to tell memorable, vivid, life-altering stories? With plots that embed real knowledge about the natures and ways of men? Do you want to create characters that will haunt your readers' dreams? Do you want to learn the discipline to unite all the above, without overdressing your plots or distoring your characters to make them serve a theme for which they're ill-equipped? Start here!

The Self-Publishing Manual, Volume 2    by Dan Poynter
Price: $7.97 USD. 27180 words. Language: English. Published on February 1, 2009. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.
(4.40 from 5 reviews)
Book publishing is changing: this book describes how to take advantage of those changes. This Volume II is the sequel to The Self-Publishing Manual (Volume I), the most successful book ever written on the subject. This manual describes how to use new techniques to write your book even faster, use new technology to publish it for less, and how to use social media for promotion.

How to Write a Great Query Letter    by Noah Lukeman
Price: Free! 15080 words. Language: English. Published on July 20, 2009. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Many books have been written about the query letter. But few have been written by literary agents, who receive thousands of queries each year and who grapple with them on a daily basis. New York literary agent Noah Lukeman offers his insights on the query letter, sharing an insider's perspective, giving insights and practical tips about what works and what doesn’t.

The Inspired Query Letter    by George Angus
Price: Free! 1850 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2009. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
A short and sweet little e-book filled with powerful information about how to write the perfect query letter. As a writer, if you can't write a good query letter, you'll never be able to market your work. The Inspired Query Letter e-book will help make your query letters shine.

The Writing Sampler    by Bryan Cohen
Price: Free! 29220 words. Language: English. Published on June 3, 2011. Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Motivation and inspiration.
Author Bryan Cohen has created a free sampler of his books about writing. The book includes excerpts from: 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts: Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More; Sharpening the Pencil: Essays on Writing, Motivation and Enjoying Your Life; 500 Writing Prompts for Kids: First Grade through Fifth Grade; and Writer on the Side: How to Write Your Book Around Your 9 to 5 Job.

The Writing Experience    by George Angus
Price: $2.99 USD. 8480 words. Language: English. Published on April 9, 2009. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.
"The Writing Experience... offers the beginning writer down-to-earth and proactive advice for how to start—and succeed—in writing. Dozens of clever writing prompts are guaranteed to get your pen or keyboard moving!" - Maria Schneider, Former editor of Writer’s Digest magazine

My Oldest Memory    by Stacy Sorrells
Price: Free! 1010 words. Language: English. Published on October 1, 2009. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.
This writing sample is in the form, “Child as the narrator" I have a new appreciation for the memories that young children make and keep. This is my actual memory from when I was 20 months old. A great read for anyone who dares to underestimate the memory retention of infants and toddlers. For adults 18+ for drug reference.