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The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary Agent No matter what you’re writing-fiction or nonfiction, books for kids or adults-you need a literary agent to secure a book deal. The 2012 Guide to Literary Agents is your essential resource for finding that literary agent-without fear...

Daily life has a tendency to get in the way of the writing life, but by listening to others tell their story, fellow writers can appreciate the fact they are not alone. That overwhelming feeling of “other things more important” attacks everyone now and then, from time to time, novice to published...

Writing Well is a practical handbook of creative writing exercises which forms the basis of an indirect, nonconfrontational approach specifically intended for therapeutic use within the mental health field. Although people with emotional or psychological problems can find creative writing particularly...

Transiciones is a thorough ethnography of seven Latino students in transition between high school and community college or university. Data gathered over two years of interviews with the students, their high school English teachers, and their writing teachers and administrators at postsecondary institutions...

The writing major is among the most exciting scenes in the evolving American university. Writing Majors is a collection of firsthand descriptions of the origins, growth, and transformations of eighteen different programs. The chapters provide useful administrative insight, benchmark information, and...

This revised, updated and expanded new edition of The Road to Somewhere will help you to acquire the craft and disciplines needed to develop as a writer in today's world. It is ideal for anyone - student writers, writing teachers and seasoned authors - seeking practical guidance, new ideas and creative...

In Provocations of Virtue, John Duffy explores the indispensable role of writing teachers and scholars in counteracting the polarized, venomous “post-truth” character of contemporary public argument. Teachers of writing are uniquely positioned to address the crisis of public discourse because...

As a 'successful', best-selling fiction writer published by three of the Big Six publishing houses, Jane Blonde author Jill Marshall has first-hand experience of living the dream. As a writing coach and trainer, she's helped many others towards it, too. And as a publisher of fantastic fiction for...

This book is for the beginning writer, the aspiring author…the dreamer. If you toy with the idea of writing to be published, the book for you is… FROM PEN TO PAGE Instructions for Write-Brained People Get what you need - a good overview of the writing life, complete with tips, step-by-step...

Do you want to kick-start your author career? TIPS is full of tips and tricks from the best in the writing trade to set you on your way.

The reality of being an author today means that you can't do it all alone. The writing, designing, editing, publishing, and marketing of a book is no longer a one-man or one-woman show. Authors, if they want to put their best professional face forward, must now build a publishing team and rely on...

You already know a lot more about poetry than you think. Ever recited nursery rhymes? How about sung lyrics or jingles for products? There's a bit of poetry in all of these and in much of your everyday life. This book was written to ignite the many stages of your poetry-writing journey, from...

Not everyone is a natural writer. In fact, most people don’t think that much about writing until they’re called upon to write something like an office memo or a wedding speech and find themselves paralyzed with self-doubt. Author and writing coach Alan Gelb specializes in helping anxious writers...

In this Penguin eSpecial, Jan Karon, the bestselling author of the Mitford and Father Tim novels, tells the personal story of her life as a writer. Illuminating the way in which faith has influenced both her life and her writing, Karon also discusses her calling as an author—a calling she received...