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What Reviewers Want: Get Inside One Reviewer's Mind    by D. L. Graham 
Price: $0.99 USD. 9040 words. Language: English. Published by Twisted Rose Publishing  on October 9, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing and books.

"What Reviewers Want: Get Inside One Reviewer's Mind" is a booklet written by D.L. Graham, a reviewer as well as self-published author. It was written to help those venturing into self-publishing to make informed decisions on how to spend their money wisely, in order to produce a quality e-book, and avoid costly mistakes.
Lost the Plot? 500 Writing Prompts and How To Use Them    by Adam Maxwell
Price: $4.49 USD. 21090 words. Language: English. Published on October 3, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.

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Almost every writer has a pathological predisposition to procrastination and often believes there is a magical answer to the question ‘where do you get your ideas?’. Well now, whether you write Twitfic, Microfiction, Flash Fiction, Short Short Stories, Short Stories, Novelettes, Novellas, Novels or Scripts you can tell everyone that you get your ideas here.
Promo Bytes: Author Newsletter and Goodreads    by Lisa Hughey
Price: Free! 3170 words. Language: English. Published on September 29, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing and books.

Articles on promotion for authors. This document focuses on The Author Newsletter and starting an author account on Goodreads.
Writer's Companion    by Carlos Cortes & Renée Miller
Price: $14.99 USD. 246230 words. Language: English. Published on September 28, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing and books.

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The Writer's Companion houses the tools needed to hone a writer's abilities, and it's written in a style a voice that keeps the brain from crying out in frustration or dying of boredom.
So you want to write a novel    by J. P. Kurzitza
Price: $0.99 USD. 9910 words. Language: English. Published on September 21, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing and books.

So You Want to Write a Novel... was written for the many who’ve wanted to pursue the lofty endeavor of penning (typing) their very own opus, but for one reason or another got lost in the whole process, or perhaps were even a little intimidated. If you want to harness and channel your story into a cohesive format that makes sense, then give So You Want to Write a Novel... a read, and get started!
Writing Fight Scenes    by Rayne Hall
Price: $4.99 USD. 40510 words. Language: English. Published on September 11, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.

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Learn step-by-step how to create fictional fights which leave the reader breathless with excitement.
Literary Lunes Magazine, September issue    by Beth Ann Masarik
Price: Free! 9560 words. Language: English. Published on September 6, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing and books.

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Literary Lunes is a free magazine filled with advice on how to write & publish novels of fiction. We feature interviews from authors, publishers and agents. Each issue comes out in the beginning of the month. If you download a copy of the magazine, please leave us a review so we know how we are doing!
Bad Agent, No Catnip! Bad Career Advice and Questionable Misinformation from the World's Worst Literary Agent, Sydney T. Cat    by Sydney T. Cat
Price: $4.99 USD. 14470 words. Language: English. Published by Tsunami Ridge Publishing  on August 10, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing and books.

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Bad Career Advice and Questionable Misinformation from the World's Worst Literary Agent, Sydney T. Cat! Collected for the first time in this hilarious little book, Sydney T. Cat shares (though bad example) dozens of gaffes, schemes, missteps, cons, and foul-ups real-life "agents" have used to part writers from their money, screw up their careers, and crush their dreams! A must-read for writers!
A Book Inside, How to Write, Publish, and Sell Your Story    by Plain and Simple Books
Price: $3.99 USD. 18800 words. Language: English. Published on August 8, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing and books.

A Book Inside follows a proven step-by-step, easy to comprehend process to achieve true authorship and success with publishing and book sales.
Creating Fictional Characters    by Lillie Ammann
Price: $1.99 USD. 9000 words. Language: English. Published on August 7, 2011. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.

Characters are the building blocks of fiction. Even in action stories, the action has to happen to characters. Phonetically, the word character begins with "care." Characters have to care about something for readers to care about the characters, and if readers don't care about your characters, they probably won't care about your plot, either. Learn how to create characters readers care about.