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The Storyteller's Art: How Not to Bore Your Reader to Sleep, Tears, or Homicide    by Francis Porretto
Price: Free! 36330 words. Published on February 21, 2010. .

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!
Writing: Step By Step    by L C Walker
Price: $1.99 USD. 49300 words. Published on September 4, 2010. .

This book was written to people that would like to become a writer or would like to write a book about their life. It will give you the information you need to get your book published and printed in paperback or hardback copies. It covers things that other books won't tell you. If you are serious about writing a book, you should read this book before you start.
The Freel of Streel: Part One in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 65650 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

It is always advisable, when you are a conman, to make sure that the town that you're about to try to con does not have a land such as Streel hidden within it. For if it does, you may find yourself trying to escape your mind in an incomprehensible land with a left-handed scribe, being forced to deal with lexically picky ants, Kweengs, and the Freel on your journey through your fears, God and love.
Claustrum: Part Two in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61290 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Claustrum, a superhero with a strange power, the ability to control people with strange, elegiac mixtures of words, seemingly randomly shows up in the city of Dioma, not knowing where he came from or why he is there. The city is then beleaguered by the cruel villain Sine Animus, who is immune to Claustrum's powers over words. Claustrum flees the city and is forced to seek his own personal truth.
The Polyglot's Nightmares: Part X½ in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60080 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Fleeing a war and in search of himself, Ion finds himself residing in a number of strange caves, on the walls of which are written a strange language. He meets a woman who guides him through his state of being a refugee and is troubled by strange dreams that seem to incorporate the existence of the war, his love for the woman he has met and a sense of the divine.
The Quite Possibly Near Death of Hurol Davelrish: Part Three in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61010 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

When an arrogant stuntman, Hurol Davelrish, has a seizure during a stunt, he finds himself in the kingdom of Scalter, a land in which he is king, but which is strangely ruled by a phantasmic man named Viscount Vaunt. Hurol meets a strangely kind friend, Grib, in the malevolent world, who tries to pull him back from the ledge of his pride - what will become of the much-admired stuntman?
Whispers of Hypnos    by Joshua Jones
Price: Free! 14930 words. Published on January 31, 2011. .

A series of poems inspired by life and dreams. Some poems are word play and other pure theme.
Write Ways to WIN WRITING CONTESTS: How to Join the Winners' Circle for Prose and Poetry Awards    by John Howard Reid
Price: $3.99 USD. 38160 words. Published on March 29, 2011. .

When reading the words "open theme" in a contest, what comes to mind? Anything goes? It's anything but. Reid's book imparts this type of advice along with what topics or themes to avoid and how to approach theme-based events. Entering 80 contests in 18 months, he achieved success 29 times. His words come across as a seasoned expert, as he fearlessly shares his fact-finding advice on how to win.
No Rules, Just Write! Crafting the Character Driven Novel    by CJ Lyons
Price: $8.99 USD. 36800 words. Published on April 25, 2011. .

From award-winning National Bestseller CJ Lyons: I've taken everything I've learned about the essence of good storytelling and I've distilled it all into a few simple concepts. Things so easy that by the time you've finished this book and practiced using these techniques, you'll be able to not only craft a great story but also to complete your novel.
The Curb and I: The Art of the Homeless    by Johnathan L Groom
Price: $23.99 USD. 7910 words. Published on May 26, 2011. .

The Best Book you Will Ever Read.