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300 Days of Better Writing    by David Bowman
Price: $9.95 USD. 64370 words. Published on July 7, 2010. .

300 strategies for improving your writing. Strategies are short and to the point (150-250 words each), with explanations, instructions, and samples for each strategy. Learn from them one day at a time or find the strategies you need. Midwest Book Review calls 300 Days of Better Writing "a choice pick."
Precise Edit Training Manual    by David Bowman
Price: $6.67 USD. 22820 words. Published on July 15, 2010. .

Comprehensive instruction on the 29 most common editing strategies we use and errors we fix. Each topic is fully explained with examples and strategies for editing and writing. This is the writing guide our editors use. Learn to write and edit like a professional.
The Art of Writing Flash Fiction    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $2.99 USD. 2190 words. Published on February 24, 2011. .

Learn to write a complete short story in 99 words or fewer. Fun, but addictive!
Punctuation for Writers    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $4.99 USD. 18670 words. Published on February 28, 2011. .

Punctuation for Writers is a completely unique approach to punctuation. It teaches writers to wield punctuation as a tool rather than treating it as just one more thing they have to look up and "get right." Once you've read and understood PFW, you will no longer need rules-regurgitating books. This thin volume makes "rules" obsolete. Includes an essential grammar refresher.
Written Wisdom: Quotation-Inspired Essays (A Best of SlingWords Collection)    by Joan Reeves
Price: $2.99 USD. 23280 words. Published on June 23, 2011. .

Do you love a good quotation? Wise or witty words uttered by famous people? When writers use an insightful quotation in a blog post or article, it's like "kicking it up another notch." Written Wisdom, compiled from the best of the quotation-inspired essays, 2005-2010, on SlingWords, a blog by best-selling ebook author Joan Reeves, offers encouragement, wisdom and wit.
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.
7 Critical Mistakes Writers Make (And How to Avoid Them)    by Angie Dixon
Price: Free! 2990 words. Published on July 3, 2012. .

7 mistakes that can derail a writer's career, with advice on how to avoid them. This 3,000 word report will help any writer get--and stay--on track.
500 5-Minute Writing Excercises    by Nadiyah Abdul-Khaliq
Price: $5.99 USD. 7690 words. Published on November 17, 2012. .

There are no rules to use this book. Just relax, commit to an exercise, and set that clock to five minutes. Grammar is not the most important part of an exercise. The point is that you get used to just writing whatever comes to mind and seeing where the story takes you. Do take chances and experiment with exercises, reverse them, manipulate them.
The Screenwriter's Fairy Tale: The Universal Story Within All Movie Stories (a very brief fable)    by Todd Klick
Price: $2.99 USD. 2800 words. Published on November 17, 2012. .

Klick shows writers, through the use of a clever fable, new insights on how the archetypal story pattern works in each act of a screenplay. An ideal tool for developing any story, treatment or novel.
What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank    by Krista D. Ball
Price: $7.99 USD. 65700 words. Published by TycheBooks on November 23, 2012. .

A Fantasy Lover’s Food Guide. Equal parts writer’s guide, comedy, and historical cookbook.