Wednesday, August 22, 2007

More good "how-to" books for aspiring writers

Worlds of Wonder, David Gerrold, Writers Digest Books (2001)

www.writersdigest.com

Get it, read it, apply it EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT WRITING SCI-FI or FANTASY.

and...another good one:

Marge Percy and Ira Wood have put out a new expanded edition of:

SO YOU WANT TO WRITE, (2005)

www.leapfrogpress.com

Friday, August 03, 2007

Summer 2007 reading

What I've been reading lately includes:

NON-FICTION
Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich, Robert Frank, Crown (2007);
The Writing Life, Ellen Gilchrist, University Press of Mississippi (2005)

FICTION
The Speed of Light, Javier Cercas, Bloomsbury (2006);
America's Last Days, Douglas Mackinnon, Dorchester (2007)