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100 Plus Motivational
Moments for Writers and Speakers
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Compiled by Donna Goodrich, Mary Lou
Klingler, and Jan Potter
Joy Publishing,
1991
254
pages $9.99 less 15%
discount = $8.75
This book is a treasure of encouragement.
Includes space for you to write your own prayers. Includes one of
Marlene's devotionals.
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A Dash of Style Add to Cart
The Art and Mastery of Punctuation
Noah Lukeman
W.W. Norton, 2006
206 pages $13.95 less 15%
discount = $11.85
The first guide to punctuation for the readership that needs it the most:
creative writers. Short and practical, this book shows authors the
benefits that can be reaped from mastering punctuation: the art of style,
sentence length, meaning, and word economy. Interactive and highly
engaging, a necessity for creative writers as well as for anyone looking
to make punctuation their friend instead of their mysterious foe.
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Alpha Teach
Yourself Grammar and Style in 24 Hours Add to Cart
Pamela Rice Hahn and Dennis E.
Hensley, Ph.D.
Pearson Education, Inc., 2000
422 pages $17.99 less
15% discount = $15.30
Sharpen your writing
skills - one hour at a time!
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The Christian Writer's
Manual of Style
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Robert Hudson, general editor
Zondervan, 2004
432 pages $19.99 less 15% discount =
$16.99
An essential reference book for serious
writers. This expanded edition includes valuable how-to's for
obtaining permission to use copyrighted material.
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Communicate to Change Lives
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In Person and Print
James N. Watkins
Wesleyan Publishing House,
2007
160
pages $12.99 less 15%
discount = $11.05
I've been quoting Jim at my seminars for years and can highly recommend
him. With wisdom and wit he challenges writer and speakers to know their
message, know their audience, and know the keys to effective
communication. This is a book all writers and speakers need to read more
than once and refer to frequently if they are serious about changing
lives.
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Complete Guide to Christian Writing
and Speaking
(2nd ed.)
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Susan Titus Osborn, General Editor
Write Now Publications, 2001
240 pages $15.00 less 15%
discount - $12.75
Twenty-one chapters by "some of the finest
teachers and writers in the industry," including Dennis E. Hensley, Sally
E. Stuart, Carole Gift Page, and Marlene Bagnull. An essential tool for
every writer and speaker's library.
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Complete Guide to
Writing for Publication
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Susan Titus Osborn, General Editor
ACW Press, 1999
216 pages $15.00 less 15%
discount = $12.75
"All the things I had to learn the hard way
as an aspiring writer are now spelled out for you by qualified
professionals," says Dr. Sherwood E. Wirt, Editor emeritus, Decision,
in the Foreword. Written by twenty-four of the "industry's top experts in
the field of writing and publication" including James Scott Bell, Jack
Cavanaugh, Steven R. Laube, Lin Johnson, and Marlene Bagnull.
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The Creative Life Add to Cart
A Workbook for Unearthing the Christian Imagination
Alice Bass
InterVarsity Press, 2001
120 pages
$12.00
less 15% discount = $10.20
To enjoy a creative life we need to free
ourselves from creative blocks and experience more of Christ's
inspiration, putting aside our inhibitions, fears, and sin patterns. This
book is designed to help you break through those blocks and establish an
environment that nurtures creativity. These exercises are great to linger
though on your own and can also provide a solid base for group discussion
and reflection.
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Curious Case of the Misplaced
Modifier
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How to Solve the Mysteries of Weak Writing
Bonnie Trenga
Writer's Digest Books, 2006
154
pages Hardback $16.99
less 15% discount = $14.44
Most people think that good grammar leads to good writing. But the truth
is that while good writing may be technically correct, it's also strong,
concise, and specific. This guide identifies the seven writing weaknesses
that editors everywhere must fix again and again. In an engaging
solve-the-mystery format, you'll solve these cases: The Tantalizing Tale
of Passive Voice, The Peculiar Puzzle of the Vague -ing Word, the
Confusing Caper concerning the Super-Long Sentence and more.
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Effective Magazine Writing
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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.
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The Elements of Style
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William Strunk Jr.
and
How to Speak and Write Correctly
Joseph Devlin
BN Publishing, 2006
158 pages
$9.94 less 15% discount = $8.45
A must-have book for any serious writer.
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Feature Writing.Net
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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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The First Five Pages Add to Cart
A writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
Noah Lukeman
A Fireside Book, Simon & Schuster, 2000
208 pages
$13.00 less 15% discount = $11.05
Learn how to avoid weak opening hooks; the overuse of adjectives and
adverbs; flat or forced metaphors or similes; melodramatic, commonplace or
confusing dialogue; under developing characterizations and lifeless
settings; uneven pacing and lack of progression. Highly recommended by CCWC
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An Introduction to Christian Writing
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Ethel Herr
Write Now Publications, 2000
216 pages $17.00 less
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An in-depth companion to the complete
writing experience to help you move from beginning writer to professional.
Practical and encouraging, I consider it to be the best how-to book for
Christian writers.
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Just Write!
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Susan Titus Osborn, General Editor
Write Now Publications, 2000
176 pages Price: $12.00 less 15% discount = $10.20
An essential guide to launching your writing
career. Susan directs the Christian Communicator Manuscript Critique
Service and is a contributing editor to The Christian Communicator.
She has taught at over 120 writers' conferences across the United States
and in five foreign countries.
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The Little Handbook to
Perfecting the
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Art of Christian Writing
Leonard G. Goss & Don M. Aycock
Broadman & Holman Publishers,
2006
267 pages $14.99
less 15% discount = $12.75
Tips, pointers, no-no's, maybes, and
musts . . . from two publishing industry veterans. Highly recommended.
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The Little Style Guide to Great Christian Writing
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and Publishing
Leonard G. & Carolyn Stanford Goss
Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2004
210 pages $12.99 less 15%
discount = $11.05
A serious and comprehensive treatment of
the issues of style for the Christian writer writing for the Christian
marketplace. . . . It is a welcome companion to The Chicago Manual of
Style in handling concerns unique to Christian writing and editing."
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary
Eleventh Edition
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Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1007
1624
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This latest edition of America's best-selling dictionary and the standard
reference for Christian publishers now includes a searchable CD-ROM and
free one-year online subscription that includes not just the dictionary
but Collegiate Thesaurus, Collegiate Encyclopedia, and
Spanish-English Dictionary as well as audio pronunciations.
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Nobles Book of Writing Blunders
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and how to avoid them
William Noble
Writer's Digest Books, 2006
184
pages, hardback. Price: $16.99 less
15% discount = $14.44
Learn how to energize your writing and make
your words come alive! Stay away from prose that is static, dusty, or too
formal. Best-selling author William Noble shows you that some of the worst
mistakes come from sticking too closely to the rules. By learning which
rules are okay to ignore, you will be able to remedy your errors and
create the kind of writing that makes fiction and nonfiction stories
crackle with life. Noble identifies the blunders most common to every
writer - beginning or advanced - and demonstrates how to avoid the
mistakes in the future.
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Proofreading Plain & Simple
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Debra Hart May
Delmar Learning, 2000
192 pages $11.99 less 15%
discount = $10.20
Depending on spell checks
and grammar checkers is dangerous! This helpful how-to includes
skill-building exercises.
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Punctuation Plain & Simple
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Edgar C. Alward and Jean A. Alward
Career Press, 1997
192 pages $11.99 less 15%
discount = $10.20
An essential book for testing your
punctuation skills, along with the answers. This book will teach you what
you don't know - that you thought you did!
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Reading Like a Writer
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Francine Prose
Harper Perennial, 2006
296 pages
$13.95 less 15% discount = $11.85
This New York Times bestseller will
give you a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover
why their work has endured.
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Time Management for the Creative
Person
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Lee Silber
Three Rivers Press, 1998
283
pages $14.00
less 15% discount = $11.90
Right-brain strategies for stopping
procrastination, getting control of the clock and calendar, and freeing up
your time and your life.
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Woe Is I
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The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
Patricia T. O'Conner
Riverhead Books, 2003
240 pages $14.00
less
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This national bestseller proves that grammar can be fun.
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Write
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10 Days to Overcome Writer's Block. Period.
Karen E. Peterson, Ph.D.
Adams Media, 2006
272 pages $12.95 less 15%
discount = $11.00
Practical
help and exercises for those who struggle with procrastination and
writer's block.
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Write His Answer
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Marlene Bagnull
Write Now Publications, 1999
176 pages $14.00 less 15%
discount = $11.90
This book is the heart of my ministry to
writers.
Click here for more information
and to read an excerpt.
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Writers in the Spirit
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Carol J. Rottman, Ph.D.
FaithWalk Publishers, 2004
178 pages $11.99
less 15% discount = $10.20
Inspiration and practical advice
for aspiring Christian writers.
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Writers on Writing
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Edited by James N. Watkins
Wesleyan Publishing House, 2005
208 pages $14.99
less 15% discount = $12.75
Tips from top Christian
authors that aim to inspire writers, equip them for the task of writing,
and offer guidance on the business of publishing.
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Writing Articles from the Heart
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Marjorie Holmes
Writer's Digest Books, 1993
168 pages $12.99 less 15%
discount = $11.05
This book by the beloved author of Two
From Galilee is a classic how-to for writing personal experience
stories and articles.
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Writing for the Soul
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Jerry B. Jenkins
Writer's Digest Books, 2006
242 pages
Hardback $24.99 less 15%
discount = $21.25
The author of the Left Behind Series provides
instruction and advice from his extraordinary writing life.
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