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Brook Trout and the Writing Life    by Craig Nova
Price: $7.95 USD. 34940 words. Published by Eno Publishers  on March 7, 2011. .

Novelist Craig Nova's memoir reveals the life of an American novelist in the modern age. Joy, fear, love, children, fishing, friends, marriage are some of the elements of his wonderful life in which the personal and the literary are inextricably intertwined. It is a drama of what goes on just beyond the surface of the writing life.
On Creative Writing    by Linda A. Lavid
Price: $2.99 USD. 11460 words. Published by Full Court Press  on April 4, 2011. .

Fiction demands a working knowledge of many points of craft that can be taught and learned. In On Creative Writing the process of writing fiction is demystified and cut in palatable bites to help any writer who has the passion and mad desire to tell a story.
Freelance Writing For A Living    by Mark Terry
Price: $5.95 USD. 46580 words. Published on April 25, 2011. .

An essential guide to starting and maintaining a freelance writing career. This must-read how-to buy freelance writer, editor, author and ghostwriter Mark Terry covers where to find jobs, the types of jobs available, how to determine pay, how to contact possible clients, how to treat it like a business and much more.
Screenwriting Tricks For Authors (and Screenwriters!)    by Alexandra Sokoloff
Price: $2.99 USD. 90200 words. Published on May 10, 2011. .

Screenwriting is a compressed and dynamic storytelling form and the techniques of screenwriting are easily adaptable to novel writing. This workbook guides new and pro writers alike through filmmaking tricks of structure, suspense, characterization, visual storytelling and more. Based on award-winning author and screenwriter Alexandra Sokoloff's internationally acclaimed workshops and blog.
How to Develop a Career as a Technical Writer    by Tom Guarnera
Price: $0.99 USD. 2220 words. Published by Your Writing Dept, Inc.  on June 25, 2011. .

With more than 20 years as a technical writer and communicator, Tom Guarnera explores what it takes to develop a career as a technical writer in today’s job market. Should an aspiring technical writer get a four-year English degree right after high school or should they spend a summer in Italy working as a dishwasher before going to college? Tom explains.
How To Write For Children An Easy Three Step Guide To Writing Children's Books    by Patricia L. Atchison
Price: $4.99 USD. 11370 words. Published on August 25, 2011. .

How To Write For Children is for anyone who has an idea for a children's book, and doesn't know what to do next. This book is an easy three step guide that teaches how to take a story from an idea to a completed project ready for publishing. Also included are samples of summary, synopsis and outlining tools talked about within this book and examples of manuscript preparation and layout.
Writer's Workshop    by Sue Verrochi
Price: Free! 2840 words. Published on September 11, 2011. .

An aspiring writer suspects that her work has been stolen by someone in her writing workshop. (Short Fiction)
The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner's Manual    by Victoria Mixon
Price: $9.95 USD. 74650 words. Published by La Favorita Press  on September 23, 2011. .

Based on Mixon's work as a successful independent fiction editor, The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner's Manual brings together in one place everything you need to know about writing a novel, an in-depth exploration of the myriad aspects of creating fiction in a warm, entertaining voice that welcomes you into the greater fellowship of all writers.
The Art & Craft of Story: 2nd Practitioner's Manual    by Victoria Mixon
Price: $9.95 USD. 66800 words. Published by La Favorita Press  on September 24, 2011. .

This sequel to Mixon's popular The Art & Craft of Fiction explores in detail the complex crafts of character development and plot structure, illuminating exactly how the greats have done this work to such powerful effect and teaching how to apply their lessons to your own fiction. Mixon's voice is warm and entertaining, your personal welcome into the greater fellowship of all writers.
Writer's Companion    by Carlos Cortes & Renée Miller
Price: $14.99 USD. 246230 words. Published on September 28, 2011. .

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.