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"Abandoned by her mother at age seven, Alexandra Winslow took solace in the mystery stories she read with her devoted father--and soon she was writing them herself, slowly graduating to dark, violent, complex crime stories that reflected skill and imagination far beyond her years. After her father's early death, at fourteen Alex is taken in by the nuns of a local convent, where she finds twenty-six mothers to take the place of the one she lost, and...
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Compass Books
Pub. Date
2013.
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Morton writes genre fiction, and has books under several pseudonyms. He takes you through the writing of a western, from initial ideas, through the preparation and research, to those all-important character studies and plots. And you can do it in 30 days!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
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"The second holiday love story in...Richard Paul Evans' Mistletoe Collection."--
Kimberly Rossetti has had her heart broken more times than she wants to remember. With two failed engagements, a divorce and again alone with no prospects, she hardly seems the type to dream of being a published romance author. She signs up for The Mistletoe Retreat, a nine-day writing retreat in Savannah, Georgia. Famed romance writer, H.T. Cowell, once the best selling...
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Sterling
Pub. Date
[2014]
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"Conquer that dreaded writer's block!" From Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Ursula LeGuin, and William Gibson, science fiction is one of the most enduring and popular genres. Whether on the page or on TV and film ("Dr. Who, " the "Star Trek" franchise), it grips the imagination. For a science-fiction author, the dream is to go boldly where no one has gone before, but sometimes the writing seems to be going nowhere at all,...
9) Basket case
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Pub. Date
2002
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Former investigative reporter Jack Tagger gets his chance to escape the doldrums of obituary writing as he investigates the suspicious "accidental" death of rock star Jimmy Stoma, the infamous leader of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies.
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Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
c2005
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Become the funniest person in the room! With Comedy Writing Secrets, 2nd edition, you can master the fundamentals of humor writing and turn your comedic talent into a well-paying pursuit.
For more than a decade, Comedy writing Secrets has been giving aspiring comedians a leg up on the competition. In this expanded new edition, Mel Helitzer, named the "funniest professor in the country" by Rolling Stone magazine, and funnyman Mark Shatz pack in even...
12) Envy
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New York book editor Maris Matherly-Reed knows a bestseller when she sees one -- even if it is a tantalizing partial manuscript submitted by a writer identified only as P.M.E., with the return address of an obscure island off the Georgia coast. Maris is intrigued enough to search for him. Her trip to Georgia to meet the mysterious author takes her to an eerie, ruined cotton plantation, where Maris finds Parker Evans, a man confined to a wheelchair...
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Self-Counsel Press
Pub. Date
1998
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Whether you are new to the genre or looking for inspiration, this book provides the tools you need to succeed. Develop believable fantasy worlds
Challenge your readers' imaginations
Practical techniques you can apply today
Written by a successful author of SF and fantasy novels
Master the craft of magical worlds
Are you struggling to get started on your science fiction or fantasy novel? Stuck at chapter two or need a fresh...
20) The fire within
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Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea that they, along with some lively squirrels, will help jumpstart his writing career.
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