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The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2008 Comprehensive and authoritative, annual and essential. |
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The Macmillan Good English Handbook At-a-glance guide to the English language containing rules, recommendations, cautions and options. |
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Guide to writing poetry with a view to publication with hints on style and content. |
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The Internet Writer's Handbook This authoritative, regularly updated guide presents all the information that writers need to know about the internet in an easy-to-follow format. |
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If, as an author, you succeed in getting your work published or performed, what financial rewards can you expect. |
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Completely revised, updated and enlarged, contains over 5,500 entries covering every area of creative writing. |
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Guide for writers and journalists offering practical advice on organisation and methods. |
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The Seven Key Elements Of Fiction Reveals the mysteries of writing successful fiction. |
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An Author's Guide To Publishing Recommended by the Society of Authors. |
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Writing a Novel And Getting Published Drawing on his own experiences and on those of successful writers, Nigel Watts takes aspiring novelists through the process. |
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A must-have handbook for anyone who's ever wanted to write or just wants to hear how others to do it... Where do you start? How do you finish? And will anyone ever publish it when you have? Drawing on her own experiences as a novelist and journalist Jane Wenham-Jones takes you through the minefield of the writing process. |
Essential Reference Books For The Writer's Library
Concise
Oxford English Dictionary
revised eleventh edition updated by the addition of hundreds of new words
and meanings.
Collins
Paperback Thesaurus
Fourth edition with a completely revised text and a layout designed for
maximum ease of use.
Chambers
Biographical Dictionary
Revised and updated, with 3,000 new entries, centenary edition includes
more than 17,500 biographies.
Philip's
Great World Atlas
Large-format atlas suitable for home reference.
New
Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Contains
over 8,000 quotations from 1914 to 2001.
Concise
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Updated edition maintains an extensive coverage of literary and historical
quotations.
Hutchinson
20th Century Encyclopaedia
Millennium edition, specially updated. 25,000 entries.
Cassell
Dictionary of Slang
A-Z guide from Elizabethan times to the end of the 20th century in the
English-speaking world.
Brewer's
Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
Latest edition of this classic reference offers information about thousands
of phrases and expressions which are not dealt with in conventional dictionaries.
Penguin
Dictionary of Religions
Revised and expanded, second edition provides a guide to religions past
and present.
Oxford
Companion to Classical Literature
Second edition, essential facts about authors, tales, and characters from
ancient myth and literature.
Reader's
Companion to 20th Century Writers
Biographical summaries of the life and work of the most prominent writers.
Oxford
Companion to English Literature
This edition has been completely reworked and expanded, 600 entirely new
entries to reflect the figures and issues of English literature in the
21st century.
And
if there's still room on the shelves
Writer’s
Guide to Copyright and Law
This guide covers all aspects of copyright and law
which affects writers and writing.
Writer's
Guide to Police Organization, Crime Investigation and Detection
The title says it all!
501
Questions Answered
Provides the answer to the most common questions.
The
Internet: A Writer's Guide
Second edition, practical and in-depth guide.
Writing Feature Articles
How to writer feature articles for a wide variety of newspapers and magazines.
Creative
Novel Writing
Everything you need to know. A comprehensive handbook with exercises.
(see also www.roselleangwin.internet-today.co.uk)
Small
Press Guide
An annual guide. Make sure you have the latest edition.
Creative Writing
A self-study guide
to the process involved in all the main forms of writing.
Creating
Fiction
More than one hundred exercises on the craft of fiction from some notable
writers in this Writer's Digest title.
Writing
Creative Nonfiction
Over thirty essays examining every key element of writing non-fiction
by American authors.
Writing
TV Scripts
Professional screenwriter shares insider tips and techniques, drawing
on both his successes and mistakes and his experience of teaching writing
at all levels to steer the aspiring screenwriter to publication.
The Handy Little Book
For Writers - Lynne Hackles (NAWG)
Mini-booklet - stimulating, inspiring, motivating, crammed with hints
and tips. £3.49 (which includes p&p) from Handy Little Book,
40 Burstall Hill, Bridlington, East Yorkshire YO16 7GA. Cheque payable
to NAWG.
Writing
Poetry by John Whitworth
" ... delightfully accessible, covering all the usual stuff about imagery,
different forms, but also looking at the art of poetry reading, submission
do’s and don’ts, poetry and the internet. It succeeds in being playful
and passionate, authoritative and tongue in cheek, delighting in language
without talking down to its readers." Catherine Smith, TNW Poetry Editor
Successful
Non-Fiction Writing: A Guide To Getting Published by
Nicholas Corder
Topics covered include: Thinking like a professional writer; Developing
and honing ideas; Find out outlets for your work; Research for books and
articles; Selling your work; Approaching publishers and editors; Writing
a book proposal; Additional income for non-fiction writers; and, presenting
your work professionally.
The
Routledge Creative Writing Coursebook by Paul Mills
Step-by-step, practical guide to the process of creative writing provides
readers with a comprehensive course in its art and skill.
What
Do I Have To Do To Get a Book Published ? by Jo Anthony
The essential guide to self-publishing for the UK Market.
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