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  • Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction (2nd edition)

    by Douglas Smith ...
    “Short story writers have needed a book like this for decades. ... It's spectacular.” — Kristine Kathryn Rusch, multi-award-winning author & editorFully revised and current, this second edition addresses every change in the short fiction landscape since the classic original edition came out a decade ago.“Doug has gone through this new volume carefully, updating every possible detail. That makes ... Read more

    $6.99 USD $4.99 USD

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  • (Don't) Stop Me if You've Heard This Before

    and Other Essays on Writing Fiction

    by Peter Turchi ...
    In (Don’t) Stop Me If You’ve Heard This Before, Peter Turchi combines personal narrative and close reading of a wide range of stories and novels to reveal how writers create the fiction that matters to us. Building on his much-loved Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer, Turchi leads readers and writers to an understanding of how the intricate mechanics of storytelling—including ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Writer's Guide To Persistence

    How to Create a Lasting and Productive Writing Practice

    Practice. Polish. Persist.Your writing journey can take you many places: hiking through steep mountains, traversing unknown territory, hurdling both roadblocks and rejections. Even the siren song of fame and fortune can distract you from your true purpose: to express yourself in an authentic and meaningful way, and to share your words with others.A Writer's Guide to Persistence is your road map ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Writing Short Romance for Pleasure and Profit

    Learn the tips, tricks, and strategies to get your short romance into the hands of readers and earn the money you deserve!Packed full off information including:• My number one marketing tool that works every time.• The key actions that catapulted me to a six-figure income.• How to plan a series your readers will want to binge read.• Rapid release strategies for every author.• How to hit key ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture

    by Gail Carriger ...
    Tired of the hero's journey? Frustrated that funny, romantic, and comforting stories aren't taken seriously? Sad that the books and movies you love never seem to be critically acclaimed, even when they sell like crazy?The heroine's journey is here to help.Multiple New York Times bestselling author and ALA Alex Award winner Gail Carriger presents a clear concise analysis of the heroine's journey, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding Show, Don't Tell (And Really Getting It)

    Skill Builders, #1

    by Janice Hardy ...
    Series Book 1 - Skill Builders
    Do you struggle with show, don't tell? You don't have to.Award-winning author Janice Hardy (and founder of the popular writing site, Fiction University) takes you deep into one of the most frustrating aspects of writing--showing, and not telling. She'll help you understand what show, don't tell means, teach you how to spot told prose in your writing, and reveal why common advice on how to fix it ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 88 Money-Making Writing Jobs

    by Robert Bly ...
    THE BEST WAYS TO MAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WRITING!Writers today are no longer just working on books and newspapers. Businesses, advertisers, and hundreds of other outlets are desperate for people who can craft effective messages and persuade people with their words. A strong writer can make $50 to $200 per hour, or even more... if you know where to find the work.Robert Bly is a professional ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Handbook for Science Public Information Officers

    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    Whether sharing a spectacular shot from a deep-space probe, announcing a development in genetic engineering, or crafting an easy-to-reference list of cancer risk factors, science public information officers, or PIOs, serve as scientific liaisons, connecting academic, nonprofit, government, and other research organizations with the public. And as traditional media outlets cut back on their science ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Write Naked

    A Bestseller's Secrets to Writing Romance & Navigating the Path to Success

    Learn how to transform your passion for writing into a career. New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Probst reveals her pathway to success, from struggling as a new writer to signing a seven-figure deal. Write Naked intermingles personal essays on craft with down-to-earth advice on writing romance in the digital age. Probst will teach you how to:• Commit to your current work-in-progress, get ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • How to Market a Children's Book

    Children’s print book, eBook and audiobook marketing, translations and selling foreign rights

    Do you need help with your children’s book marketing?Whether you’ve just published your first children’s book or are struggling to increase sales of your existing titles, How to Market a Children’s Book is here to help.Packed full of practical guidance, and drawing on over 10 years’ experience of children’s book marketing by bestselling children’s author Karen Inglis, it offers a trusted resource ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Spellbinding Sentences

    A Writer's Guide to Achieving Excellence and Captivating Readers

    by Barbara Baig ...
    Elevate Your Writing From So-So To Spectacular!Great writing requires more than an original idea, compelling characters, or a scintillating plot. An author needs all of these to be successful, but writing--and writing well--also demands an entirely different skill set.Spellbinding Sentences arms you with the tools you need to master the power of the English language. In this book, you'll learn the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Murder Your Darlings

    And Other Gentle Writing Advice from Aristotle to Zinsser

    From one of America's most influential teachers, a collection of the best writing advice distilled from fifty language books -- from Aristotle to Strunk and White.With so many excellent writing guides lining bookstore shelves, it can be hard to know where to look for the best advice. Should you go with Natalie Goldberg or Anne Lamott? Maybe William Zinsser or Stephen King would be more appropriate ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Bundle on Craft

    A WMG Writer's Guide

    Series Book 19 - WMG Writer's Guides
    The secret of a great story often lies in the writer’s ability to hone their craft. But many struggle to do so without destroying their unique voice.In this WMG Writer’s Guide Bundle on Craft, New York Times bestselling authors and renowned business bloggers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith help writers successfully develop their skills for a long-term writing career.In The Write ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Creating Characters

    The Complete Guide to Populating Your Fiction

    Series series Creative Writing Essentials
    Create characters that leap off the page--and into readers' hearts!Populating your fiction with authentic, vivid characters is a surefire way to captivate your readers from the first sentence to the last. Whether you're writing a series, novel, short story, or flash fiction, Creating Characters is an invaluable guide to bringing your fictional cast to life.This book is a comprehensive reference to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Dear Writer Revisited

    The Classic Guide to Writing Fiction

    by Carmel Bird ...
    This book about writing and the imagination is essential reading for any writer, emerging or experienced. Re-released with new material and updated advice for the 21st century writer. Contains advice for writers, inspirational quotes from numerous authors as well as writing exercises.'Dear Writer Revisited is warm and nudging, firm and affirming.' Angela Meyer, Literary Minded‘I first read Dear ... Read more

    $3.74 USD

  • Rebel Bookseller

    Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities

    The revival of independent bookselling has already begun and is one of the amazing stories of our times. Bookseller Andy Laties wrote the first edition of Rebel Bookseller six years ago, hoping it would spark a movement. Now, with this second edition, Laties’s book can be a rallying cry for everyone who wants to better understand how the rise of the big bookstore chains led irrevocably to their ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Crafting Novels & Short Stories

    The Complete Guide to Writing Great Fiction

    Series series Creative Writing Essentials
    Learn How to Create Stories That Captivate Agents, Editors, and Readers Alike!Inside you'll find the tools you need to build strong characters, keep your plots moving, master the art of dialogue, choose the right point of view, and more.This comprehensive book on the art of novel and short story writing is packed with advice and instruction from best-selling authors and writing experts like Nancy ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Secret Miracle

    The Novelist's Handbook

    The world's best contemporary writers—from Michael Chabon and Claire Messud to Jonathan Lethem and Amy Tan—engage in a wide-ranging, insightful, and oft- surprising roundtable discussion on the art of writing fictionDrawing back the curtain on the mysterious process of writing novels, The Secret Miracle brings together the foremost practitioners of the craft to discuss how they write. Paul Auster, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way

    A guide to the artistry that lifts a sentence from good to great.We all know the basic structure of a sentence: a subject/verb pair expressing a complete thought and ending with proper punctuation. But that classroom definition doesn’t begin to describe the ways in which these elements can combine to resonate with us as we read, to make us stop and think, laugh or cry.In 25 Great Sentences and How ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Complete Art of World Building

    The Art of World Building

    Series series The Art of World Building
    Creating a unique, immersive setting one world at a timeA guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyistsThe Complete Art of World Building brings together volumes 1-3 in The Art of World Building series. This how-to guide will make readers a master of inventing imaginary worlds and help a setting stand out from the multitude of fantasy and SF worlds audiences see.Creating Life (#1) teaches readers how ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Escribir ficción

    El Gotham Writers’ Workshop es en la actualidad la escuela de escritura creativa más prestigiosa de Estados Unidos. Escribir ficción recoge de un modo práctico y accesible las técnicas que han hecho famosa a esta escuela en todo el mundo. En este libro encontrarás:-Los elementos fundamentales del oficio de escribir: personaje, argumento, punto de vista, etcétera, explicados de una manera ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy

    Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals

    Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy,I have a hot crush on the em dash. What does my need to stuff—while simultaneously fracturing—my sentences—with the meandering, the explanatory, the discursive, the perhaps not-entirely-necessary—say about me?—Cheryl StrayedHave you ever wished there were an advice columnist for writers, but one who didn’t take things so damned seriously? This unique writing guide ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $7.99 USD

  • The Metadata Handbook

    A Book Publisher's Guide to Creating and Distributing Metadata for Print and Ebooks

    For book publishers large and small: the #1 guide to creating and distributing metadata for maximum sales by Renée Register & Thad McIlroy • 138 pages, illustrated with charts & graphs • Includes a comprehensive glossary of industry & technical terms • Includes annotated directories of vendors & industry organizations The Metadata Handbook shows how metadata works, introduces industry standards ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Establishing Your Beta Reading Business

    How to Become a Successful Beta Reader, #3

    by Dedrie Marie ...
    Series Book 3 - How to Become a Successful Beta Reader
    Are you ready to take your passion for fiction and make it earn for you? Put those fantastic beta reading skills you learned from Books 1 and 2 to work?It's time to establish yourself as an exceptional author services provider. And this book will show you how.Book 1 covered the very foundation of the skill: the fundamentals of fiction. Book 2 showed you how to take those fundamentals and apply ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus