Resources

 web tools for writers

 Books of interest

For writers 

  • Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin 
    • Great POV from a master. 
  • Wired For Story by Lisa Cron
    • A neurological take on narrative forms. Narrative art and your brain. 
  • Writing Picture Books by Ann Whitford Paul
    A must read for anyone who wants to  write picture books - and do the exercises.
  • The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need by Susan Thurman
    • A terse and pithy guide to grammar. 
  •  Writing With Pictures by Uri Shulevitz
    •  How to create picture books from the world renowned master - Uri Shulevitz author/illustrator of gorgeous picture books.
  • It's a Bunny-Eat-Bunny World - by Olga Litowinsky
    • A guide to the children's book publishing world
  • Children's Writer's Word Book by writers digest books
    • The right vocabulary for the right audience.
  • Story by Robert Mckee
    • Written for script writers, but most of it applies to book writing also. Tons of great insights and covers "everything". First published in 1941. I think it is out a print now, and hard to get a copy, but it's well worth getting your hands on, if you can.
  •  The Writer's Book of Hope by Ralph Keyes
    •  Insight into the mind set of publishers.
  • The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
    • The elements of good writing and what to avoid.
  • Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
    •  Advice from professional editors.
  •  You Can Write a Mystery by Gillian Roberts 
  • Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia Highsmith
    •  A personal take from a master.
  • 78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and 14 Why It Just Might by Pat Walsh
    • The reality of why some books get published and others don't
  • Dear Genius - by Ursula Nordstrom
    • The letters of Ursula Nordstrom, director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973 - a classic.
  •  Understanding Comics and Making Comics by Scott McCloud
    •  Visual story telling and the history of visual story telling.
  General
  • A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright - the pitfalls of progress

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