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Crafting the Personal Essay
A guide for writing and publishing creative
nonfiction
Dinty W. Moore
Writer's Digest Books, 2010
262 pages $17.99
less 15% discount = $15.29
"This hands-on, creativity-expanding guide
will help you infuse your nonfiction with honesty, personality, and
energy."
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Effective Magazine Writing
Roger C. Palms
Shaw, 2000
157 pages
$10.99 less 15% discount = $9.34
Dr. Roger Palms was the editor of
Decision magazine for nearly twenty-two years. Acting on his belief
that "you can change the world with your writing," Roger now speaks and
teaches writing in colleges, theological seminars, writers conferences,
and at the Billy Graham Schools of Evangelism. This easy-to-follow,
step-by-step guide will put you on the road to writing the strong magazine
articles that editors want to publish. Highly recommended.
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Feature Writing.Net
Michael Ray Smith
Epistelogic, 2005
312 pages
$19.99 less 15% discount = $16.99
Packed with practical how-to's and helpful hints, this excellent how-to
will easily pay for itself in just one sale!
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How to Write Your Life Story
The Complete Guide to Creating a Personal
Memoir
Karen Ulrich
Reader's Digest, 2006
192 pages $24.95
less 15% discount = $21.20
Beautifully illustrated in full color this
book will inspire you to write your own life story. It includes all the
"elements, steps, and possibilities with ongoing encouragement, examples
from wide-ranging authors, and plenty of 'Writer's Workshop' exercises."
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Inventing the Truth
The Art and Craft of Memoir
edited by William Zinsser
A Mariner Book, 1998
227 pages $13.95
less 15% discount = $11.85
"Nine well-known authors describe in
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The Making of a Story
A Norton Guide to Creative Writing
Alice LaPlante
W.W. Norton, & Company, 2007
677 pages
Price: $21..95 less 15% discount = $18.65
"A beloved writing teacher compiles
fifteen years of her expertise, exercises, and examples in a new primer
for creative writers on the art of fiction and nonfiction."
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Now Write! - Nonfiction
Edited by Sherry Ellis
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penquin, 2009
332 pages $14.95 less 15%
discount = $12.70
"Memoir, journalism, and
creative nonfiction exer4cises from today's best writers and teachers. . .
. Covering topics ranging from pushing through writer's block to
organizing a story, injecting new life into a finished piece to starting a
new work from scratch, these exercises will be relished by beginners and
seasoned writers alike."
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So You Want to Write
2nd ed.
How to master the craft of writing
fiction and memoir
Marge Piercy and Ira Wood
Leapfrog Press, 2010
326 pages $16.95
less 15% discount = $14.40
"This is a great book, no
matter what stage of writing you're at - whether you're just dabbling with
ideas that have been rolling around head for years, or whether you are
sending out 20 query letters a day." (The Writer Magazine)
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Publish Your Nonfiction Book
Strategies for learning the industry, selling
your book, and building a successful career
Sharlene Marin and Anthony Flacco
Writer's Digest Books, 2009
296 pages $17.99
less 15% discount = $15.29
"Techniques for writing a strong query letter
than hooks agents and editors right from the start. Strategies for putting
together a stellar proposal package that successfully pitches you and your
book. Methods for creating a respectable author platform - before you
start pitching your book. Tips for getting an agent and building a lasting
working relationship. And much, much more!"
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Storycatcher
Making Sense of Our Lives through the
Power and Practice of Story
Christina Baldwin
New World Library, 2005
252 pages
Hardback $21.95 less 15%
discount = $18.65
Paperback $14.95 less 15% discount = $12.70
Christina Baldwin, one of the visionaries who
started the personal writing movement, explores the vital necessity of
re-creating a sacred common ground for each other's stories. . . . She
shows the power of story to connect life experiences so that we can share
them, learn from them, and teach each other through the medium of a good
tale."
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Thinking Like Your Editor
How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction - and
Get It Published
Susan Rabiner & Alfred Fortunato
W.W. Norton & Company, 2002
284 pages
$16.95 less 15% discount = $14.40
"Inside information you need to ensure that
your book gets the attention it deserves. . . . The five key questions
about your book that your proposal should answer. How to put together a
submission package editors cannot ignore. Why your book's introduction is
so important, and why it should be written last, not first. Why 'complex
ideas, simple structure' is the mantra for creating readable serious
nonfiction. Why smart nonfiction editors regularly reject flashy writing
but find new arguments irresistible."
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Write On Target
A Five-Phase Program for Nonfiction Writers
Dennis E. Hensley and Holly G. Miller
The Writer, Inc.,1995
154 pages $12.95
less 15% discount = $10.15
A must-read classic that addresses "Preparing
for a Writing Career," "Learning to Write Professionally, "Finding Your
Niche," "Selling Your Manuscript," and "Advancing Your Writing Career."
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Writing Articles from the Heart
Marjorie Holmes
Writer's Digest Books, 1993
168 pages $12.99 less 15%
discount = $11.05
Hardback edition (different cover) $16.99 less 15% discount =
$14.44
This book by the beloved author of Two
From Galilee is a classic how-to for writing personal experience
stories and articles. Highly recommended.
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Writing Life Stories
How to make memories into memoirs, ideas into
essays, and life into literature
Bill Roorbach with Kristen Keckler, PhD
Writer's Digest Books, 2008
298 pages $16.99
less 15% discount = $14.44
"Whether you're creating a memoir or a
personal essay, writing about your own life can be a daunting task: How
much do you remember? What's important to include in your story? What
about t5ruth and artistic license? how do you even get started mining a
life's worth of memory?
"From drawing a map of a
remembered neighborhood to writing from old photographs to compositing
open letters that reveal the power of your own voice, award-winning author
and teacher Bill Roorbach offers innovative techniques that will trigger
ideas for all writers of creative nonfiction."
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Writing the
Christian Nonfiction Book
Concept to Contracti
David E. Fessenden
Sonfire Media, 2011
188 pages $14.95 less 15% discount =
$12.70
From my endorsement on the front cover: "Must
reading for every Christian writer who hopes to one day get a book in
print." Highly recommended.
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Writing the Memoir
Judith Barrington
The Eighth Mountain Press, 2022
188 pages $14.95
less 15% discount = $12.70
"A practical guide to the craft, the personal
challenges, and ethical dilemmas of writing your true stories."
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See also
Fiction Writing
Grammar, Punctuation & Style
Independent &
Self-Publishing
Issues
Marketing, Publishing, and
Promotion
Nonfiction Writing
Teen Writers
Writers' Life
Writing for Children & Young Adults
Tapes
& CDs for Writers
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