An indispensable book for the layperson that applies to more than just business editing–the cover does not do the content justice.
Tag Archive: writing
Bookish news June 12
Here are some interesting book- and publishing-related links that I found around the Internet this week: #1: A judge ordered a pharmaceutical executive to write a book. Now that’s punishment! #2: Not really publishing related, but since I spend a lot of time on Twitter: 10 irrational behaviors on Twitter that’d make you look crazy…
Private Eyes by Blythe, Sweet & Landreth (Review)
A review of Private Eyes: A Writer’s Guide to Private Investigating. Writer’s Digest Books misses the mark on this one.
The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron (Review)
Julia Cameron’s The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size has a different approach to getting yourself to adopt a healthy lifestyle that might appeal to those who can manage journalling for more than a few days.
Garner’s Modern American Usage by Bryan A. Garner (Review … of a sort)
A usage guide is the kind of reference book that you pick up when you want to remind yourself of the difference between effect and affect (which trips a lot of people up), the difference between historic and historical (*cough*), or the difference between continuous and continual.
20 Master Plots by Ronald T. Tobias (Review)
Released January 2003 (Writers Digest Books) * 240 pages * ISBN 13: 9781582972398 There are a couple books on writing that I make a point of rereading at least once every year. It’s not that I don’t retain the information, but I like to bring it out of whichever neurons it’s been hiding in when…
Between the Lines by Jessica Page Morrell (Review)
Review of Between the Lines: Master the Subtle Elements of Fiction Writing by Jessica Page Morrell. A writing book on what makes a story or novel extraordinary.
