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About this Book
A Writer's Digest Book Club
Selection
More than 45
chapters—called workshops in the book—provide instruction on the writing
craft and the business of getting published.
Here’s just a sample:
• "Slice Yourself a Piece of Mud Pie!: Writing for the Children’s Market" by
children’s literary agent Andrea Brown.
• "Surfing the Internet for Facts: Tips for Researching Your Nonfiction
Book, Novel or Article Online" by Judith Broadhurst, publisher of Freelance
Success and author of The Woman’s Guide to Online Services
(Houghton-Mifflin)
• "How to Write the Dynamite Love Scene: Sizzle Sells More Than Just Steaks,
Learn How to Add Steam to Your Novel or Short Story" by novelist Suzanne
Forster, recipient of the "Career Achievement Award in Sensuality" from
Romantic Times Magazine.
• "So You Want to be a Columnist?: Learn What Periodical Publishers Look for
and How to Supply It" by Frances Halpern, LA Times columnist and co-host of
National Public Radio’s "Beyond Words" literary talk-show.
• "Running a Home-Based Writing Business: Tips, Tools & Techniques" by Terri
Lonier, author of Working Solo: The Real Guide to Freedom & Financial
Success With Your Own Business (Portico Press)
• "Listen!: How to Use Dialogue to Light Up Your Characters Until They
Attract Readers Like Moths to a Flame" by award-winning novelist Parke
Godwin, author of many novels including Firelord, Beloved Exile, and
Camelot.
Includes a thorough,
annotated resources section listing writers’ associations, magazines and
other publications for writers, World Wide Web sites for writers, books on
writing and publishing, sample magazine and book publishers’ guidelines,
software for writers and other helpful resources.
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