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200 Writing Prompts
By David Stoddard
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 1,530. Language: English. Published: November 15, 2009. Category: Nonfiction
It's been said, the hardest part about writing is just getting started. Well, this short book is here to help. You will find 200 starting points, questions, thoughts, ideas and launching points to get you on your way of putting words on paper, or characters on screen.
Writing for Content Mills:Power-up Your Writing Career
By Maryan Pelland
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,080. Language: English. Published: May 6, 2010. Category: Nonfiction
Learn the truth from an experienced content farm writer. Learn how to use DemandStudios, Suite101, Examiner.com, Associated Content to create residual income, and be visible on the Web. Make money selling your original writings. Learn the hidden secrets, demystify the contracts, protect your rights! Be in the know when you buy this book to power-up your writing career.
Dealing with Editors
By Stephen Goldin
Series: The Business of Being a Writer. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,850. Language: English. Published: June 5, 2010 by Parsina Press. Category: Nonfiction
Theodore Sturgeon called THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER "the second best reference book a writer can have,after the dictionary." Harlan Ellison said, "It may not make you a better writer, but it will keep you from being a poorer one." This excerpt discusses how to maintain good relations with magazine and book editors, and how to go about negotiating the terms of sales to your publishers.
The Cheap Retreat Workbook
By Catharine Bramkamp
Price: Free! Words: 6,190. Language: English. Published: June 24, 2010. Category: Nonfiction
I love the idea of a writing retreat, to travel to exotic locations for inspiration and encouragement. If I could escape the family, my job, the housework, all the distractions of my life, I could create my best work. I didn’t have the cash to finance a get away of great expectations, so I stopped complaining and created my own Cheap Retreat using stuff I found around the house. You can too!
Dollars and Sense for Writers: A Guide to Managing Your Writing Business
By Linda Mickey
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 28,080. Language: English. Published: August 5, 2010. Category: Nonfiction
This must-have manual is a plain-talk look at the business of writing. It will help you know what you don't know about publishing and provides tools you can use to survive and thrive as a writer.
73 Ways to Fire Up (or Just Fire!) the Muse
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen
Price: $14.95 USD. Words: 16,330. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2010. Category: Nonfiction
Do you want to write a book, but struggle with self-doubt, frustration, writer’s block, fear of failure, perfectionism, disgust for your work, hopelessness, or boredom? This ebook will help you write through it all. Here are 73 practical, effective tips from freelance writers and published authors – to help you overcome any roadblock to writing. Start your writing career today!
Knock Your Block Off!
By Jane Bernard
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 7,270. Language: English. Published: September 3, 2010. Category: Nonfiction
Knock Your Block Off! is a psychological approach for beating writer's block. It is full of writing insights and tips. When you understand your writing process, a block becomes a signpost. Realizing how thoughts flow or are censured means you sidestep the frustration of feeling blocked, and stay in the flow.
Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method
By Gerald M. Weinberg
Series: Consulting Secrets, Book 4 · Software Testing, Book 6. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 54,230. Language: English. Published: December 8, 2010. Category: Nonfiction
"a delight, a wise and warm book on overcoming the perils of trying to write."—Gabriele Rico, author of Writing the Natural Way "smart, funny, memorable, wise, engaging...most important, it is all stuff that works"—Howard S. Becker, author of Writing for Social Scientists "a gift to writers at all levels—Penny Raife Durant, award-winning author
Narrative in Fiction: Whispers in the Background
By Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $3.95 USD. Words: 6,010. Language: English. Published: February 25, 2011. Category: Nonfiction
When writing narrative, there is very little room for error. All narrative must advance the story line, and it must do so as efficiently and interestingly as possible.
My Writing Year: Making Sense of Being a Writer
By Joseph Sutton
Price: $3.95 USD. Words: 16,320. Language: English. Published: April 17, 2011. Category: Nonfiction
A powerful book about writing and the writing process, this book will motivate both beginning and professional writers to sit down and write as swiftly as they can to generate ideas or to break out of a writer's block. Writing will become a joyful act instead of a chore.
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