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Totally private and personal: journalling ideas for girls and young women
Author: Jessica Wilber and Elizabeth Verdick
A collection of journaling ideas, writing tips, and self-help information by a young author.
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The Canadian writer's market
Author: Sandra Tooze
An authority on who publishes what, and how best to bring your work to their attention. Also includes listings for literary agents, awards, competitions, and grants. Maybe available for 'in library use only'.
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Children's writer's and illustrator's market
Author: Writer's Digest Books
Features up-to-date information on hundreds of publishers of children's books, magazines, games, puzzles, petry and more, plus information on contests, awards and conferences. Maybe available for 'in library use only'.
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Novel & short story writer's market
Author: Writer's Digest Books
Offers information on book publishers, magazines, literary agents, script houses, writing contests, and conferences, and all kinds of publishing advice. Maybe available for 'in library use only'.
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Poet's market
Author: Writer's Digest Books
Lists more than 1800 editors representing book publishers, literary journals, university quarterlies, magazines; also provides information on grants, contests, conferences, workshops, and more. Maybe available for 'in library use only'.
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Writer's market
Author: Reader's Digest Books
More than 4000 up-to-date leads, featuring consumer and trade magazines, book publishers, script buyers, and more. Maybe available for 'in library use only'.
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Writer's online marketplace
Author: Debbie Ohi Ridpath
Contains over 250 paying online markets, plus advice on the unique marketing & writing techniques needed to succeed in the online writing world. Also includes interviews with online editors, tips for researching market information online & lists of newsgroups, chat rooms, discussions forums & mailing lists for writers. Maybe available for 'in library use only'.
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The young writer's guide to getting published
Author: Kathy Henderson
Includes listings of magazines, contests, and online publications for your writer's work. Answers common questions on subjects ranging from cover letters to the perils of self-publishing.
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| Writing Craft |
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Barron's creative writing the easy way
Author: Heather L. Hirschi
This self-teaching guide includes sample passages to demonstrate good writing style.
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Hole in my life
Author: Jack Gantos
The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
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Negotiating with the dead: a writer on writing
Author: Margaret Atwood
Six essays about what it means to be a writer, particularly a female writer.
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The art of the book proposal: from focused idea to finished proposal
Author: Eric Maisel
Filled with exercises designed to help a writer conceive and create a desirable proposal, and checklists to keep track of the project's progress.
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The joy of writing: a guide for writers, disguised as a literary memoir
Author: Pierre Berton
A witty and practical guide for writers.From the all-important rule of "knowing your audience" and other essential writing tips to down-to-earth advice on dealing with agents, publishers, and editors, it covers every aspect of non-fiction writing and includes interviews with twenty-seven of Canada's leading writers.
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The notebooks: interviews and new fiction from young contemporary authors
Author: Michelle Bery & Natalee Caple, ed.
An exciting collection of original short fiction and in-depth interviews from Canada's most celebrated and innovative young writers.
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The power to bend spoons: interviews with Canadian novelists
Author: Beverly Daurlo
Collects interviews with Canadian fiction writers and provides an in-depth look at their working practices and their literary obsessions.
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The writing life
Author: Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard describes the working of a writer, offering deeper insight into one of the most mysterious professions.
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Write where you are: how to use writing to make sense of your life: a guide for teens
Author: Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Provides advice and exercises to enable individuals to become more confident and more competent writers
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| Writing Poetry |
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Making your own days: the pleasures of reading and writing poetry
Author: Kenneth Koch
This books makes the somewhat mysterious subject of poetry clear to those who read it and for those who write it - and for those who would like to read and write it better. The book concludes with a generous anthology of example poems.
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| Zine Scene |
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Zine Scene
Author: Francesca Lia Block & Hillary Carlip
This how-to book sheds light on the ups and downs of putting together a magazine. Features inlude naming your publication, content, how to write intros and conclusions, creating a table of contents and collection submissions and columns from freelancers.
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