Authorship
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Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
$17.99 Add to cartSpanning over 250 years of history, Black Ink traces black literature in America from Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates in this “breathtaking anthology celebrating the power of the written word t… [more below]
- Author: Oliver, Stephanie Stokes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 04 2018
- ISBN10: 150115429X
- Language: English
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Life Is Short ? Art Is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity
$17.95 Read more- Author: Shields, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0989360458
- Language: English
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The Writer as Illusionist: Uncollected & Unpublished Work
$28.95 Read more“Illuminating . . . Handling strong emotions–shame, love, grief–without fuss, Maxwell gives the bald facts of life a poignant shimmer.”–Wall Street Journal
As a fiction editor at The New Yorker fr- Series: Nonpareil Books #11
- Author: Maxwell, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1567927963
- Language: English
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Burn This Book
$16.99 Add to cartPublished in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the
- Author: Morrison, Toni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0061774014
- Language: English
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Writing While Parenting
$23.95 Add to cartBen Berman’s Writing While Parenting explores what it means to pursue a creative passion alongside raising a family, how having children can make a parent both more vulnerable and more adventurous as
- Author: Berman, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: March 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1773491113
- Language: English
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Wonder Boys
$18.00 Add to cartA modern classic, now in a welcome new edition, Wonder Boys firmly established Michael Chabon as a force to be reckoned with in American fiction. At once a deft parody of the American fame factory and… [more below]
- Author: Chabon, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0812979214
- Language: English
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Writing Degree Zero
$16.00 Add to cartIs there any such thing as revolutionary literature? Can literature, in fact, be political at all? These are the questions Roland Barthes addresses in Writing Degree Zero, his first published book and
- Author: Barthes, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0374532354
- Language: English
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Ablutions: Notes for a Novel
$20.00 Add to cartIn a famous but declining Hollywood bar works A Barman. Morbidly amused by the decadent decay of his surroundings, he watches the patrons fall into their nightly oblivion, making notes for his novel.
- Author: DeWitt, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 06 2013
- ISBN10: 0547335717
- Language: English
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Becoming Kerouac: A Writer in His Time
$34.95 Add to cartJack Kerouac was one of America’s great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion. Leading Kerouac scholar Paul Maher J
- Author: Maher, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 158979687X
- Language: English
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Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook: Hands-On Help for Making Your Novel Stand Out and Succeed
$19.99 Add to cartMake Your Novel Stand Out from the Crowd
Noted literary agent and author Donald Maass has done it again His previous book, Writing the Breakout Novel, offered novelists of all skill levels and genre- Author: Maass, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 158297263X
- Language: English
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Romance Your Brand: Building a Marketable Genre Fiction Series
$14.99 Add to cartFor the first time ever in print, Zoe York breaks down how she plans a series–something she has done ten times over. Romance Your Brand is an adaptation of an intensive four-week course, now availabl
- Series: Publishing How to #1
- Author: York, Zoe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: December 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1989703232
- Language: English
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5,000 Writing Prompts: A Master List of Plot Ideas, Creative Exercises, and More
$22.99 Add to cartNever have writer’s block again.
5,000 Writing Prompts is an essential resource for novelists, short story writers, screenwriters, poets, creative writing teachers, bloggers, memoir writers, improv act
- Author: Donovan, Bryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: March 11, 2019
- ISBN10: 0996715258
- Language: English
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Ideas, Influence, and Income: Write a Book, Build Your Brand, and Lead Your Industry
$21.95 Read moreA comprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and launching your book–and monetizing your content
Are you considering writing a book to boost your visibility and credibility? Or just trying t- Author: Hall, Tanya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1626345147
- Language: English
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A Novel Obsession
$17.00 Add to cartA Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and a BuzzFeed and New York Post “Best Book of 2022”
“If you’ve ever felt tempted to ‘keep tabs on’ a partner’s ex on Instagram and then found yourself down a rabbit- Author: Barasch, Caitlin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0593185595
- Language: English
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Activate: a thesaurus of actions & tactics for dynamic genre fiction
$30.99 Add to cartFiction is action. Activate is an author’s thesaurus of dramatic possibilities that will galvanize your characterization and dramatization. Verbalizing any narrative requires specific juicy language w
- Series: Live Wire Writer Guides
- Author: Suede, Damon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 792
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 1945043059
- Language: English
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The Wayward Writer: Summon Your Power to Take Back Your Story, Liberate Yourself from Capitalism, and Publish Like a Superstar
$19.95 Add to cart- Author: Gore, Ariel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1648411843
- Language: English
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Brainstorm!
$17.99 Read moreWhen it’s time to write in class, one child feels like she has absolutely nothing to say. But suddenly–ker-plink–one drop, one tiny thought, hits her. And before long she’s caught in a shower of fun… [more below]
- Author: Levington, Rebecca Gardyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1534111484
- Language: English
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Drover’s Secret Life
$6.99 Add to cartFor twenty-five years, readers have enjoyed watching Drover, Hank’s trusty sidekick, try to finagle himself out of every dangerous situation that arises on the ranch. But what happened before Drover c… [more below]
- Series: Hank the Cowdog (Quality) #53
- Author: Erickson, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: October 15 2011
- ISBN10: 1591881536
- Language: English
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A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler
$30.00 Add to cartA Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler offers a blueprint for a creative life from the perspective of award-winning science-fiction writer and “MacArthur Genius” Octavia
- Author: George, Lynell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1626400636
- Language: English
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Techniques of the Selling Writer
$29.95 Add to cartTechniques of the Selling Writer provides solid instruction for people who want to write and sell fiction, not just to talk and study about it. It gives the background, insights, and specific procedur
- Author: Swain, Dwight V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: January 15 1981
- ISBN10: 0806111917
- Language: English
