Books for Writers



  • Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books by William Germano
  • The Craft of Research, 2nd edition by Wayne C. Booth, Joseph M. Williams, & Gregory G. Colomb
  • An Author's Guide to Scholarly Publishing (Princeton Paperbacks) by Robin Derricourt
  • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
  • Getting Permission: How To License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off by Richard Stim
  • On Writing by Stephen King
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Publishing by Jennifer Basye Sander
  • The Business of Writing for Children by Aaron Shepard
  • Conflict, Action and Suspense (Elements of Fiction Writing) by William Noble
  • The Concise Guide to Copy Editing by Paul LaRocque
  • Garner's Modern American Usage by Bryan A. Garner
  • Dreams and Wishes: Essays on Writing for Children by Karen Judd
  • Editing Fact and Fiction: A Concise Guide to Book Editing by Leslie T. Sharpe & Irene Gunther
  • Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing) by Orson Scott Card
  • Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel by Melissa Scott
  • Creating Short Fiction by Damon Knight
  • The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers (15th Edition) by University of Chicago Press Staff
  • Elements of Style (4th ed.) by William Strunk and E. B. White
  • The Writer's Legal Guide: An Authors Guild Desk Reference by Tad Crawford and Kay Murray
  • Word Work: Surviving and Thriving as a Writer by Bruce Holland Rogers
  • Getting into Print: The Decision-Making Process in Scholarly Publishing by Walter W. Powell
  • Writing for Scholarly Publication by Anne Sigismund Huff
  • How I Work As a Poet and Other Essays by Lew Welch
  • How to Get Happily Published (5th Ed) by Judith Appelbaum
  • You Can Write Children's Books by Tracey E. Dils
  • How to Write & Sell Your First Novel by Oscar Collier, Frances Spatz Leighton
  • The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier
  • Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress
  • Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular by L. Rust Hills
  • Copyright Plain & Simple by Cheryl Besenjak
  • If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
  • Line by Line: How to Improve Your Own Writing by Claire Kehrwald Cook
  • The Making of a Bestseller : Success Stories from Authors and the Editors, Agents, and Booksellers Behind Them by Brian Hill & Dee Power
  • Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
  • Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th Edition)
  • On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Knowlton Zinsser
  • Persist and Publish: Helpful Hints for Academic Writing and Publishing by Ralph E. Matkin, T.F. Riggar
  • Proofreading Plain and Simple (Plain and Simple Series) by Debra Hart May
  • Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts Into Silk Purse Stories by Mike Resnick
  • The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman
  • Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain
  • On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner & Raymond Carver
  • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron
  • The Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus by Christine Lindberg
  • How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James Frey
  • Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer's Manual by Rita Mae Brown
  • Words into Type by Marjorie E. Skillin
  • How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by Orson Scott Card
  • The Essential Writer's Notebook by Natalie Goldberg
  • Writing Without Teachers by Peter Elbow
  • The Craft of Revision by Donald M. Murray


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