Authors & Writers
 
In this Issue
New & Recently Released Writing Manuals
Grammar Guides
Writer's Market 2021
by Robert Lee Brewer

Features up-to-date listings of publications, editors, magazines, contests, awards, and literary agents, along with articles that describe how to find, manage, and promote an author's work.
Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2021 
by Amy Jones

The go-to resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 40th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes contact information, submission guidelines, and other essential tips.
Guide to Literary Agents 2021
by Robert Lee Brewer

No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent to get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. Guide to Literary Agents 30th edition is your go-to resource for finding that literary agent and earning a contract from a reputable publisher.
Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market 2020
by Amy Jones

This 32nd edition of the trusted guide for children’s writers and illustrators seeking publication provides more than 500 listings for the children’s book market that include a point of contact, how to properly submit your work and what categories each market accepts. 
Christian Writers Market Guide 2022: Your Comprehensive Resource for Getting Published
by Steve Laube

2022 Edition is the most comprehensive and recommended resource on the market for finding an agent, an editor, a publisher, a writing coach, a podcast, a writing course, or a place to sell whatever you are writing.
New & Recently Released Writing Manuals
Book Proposals That Sell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success
by W. Terry Whalin

Reveals 21 secrets to creating a book proposal that every author needs in order to create one that sells.
How to Promote Your Book: A Practical Guide to Publicizing Your Own Title
by Jan Yager

Whether your book is being commercially released by a major or medium-sized house, through an academic press, a hybrid publisher, or it is being self-published, authors can and do play a crucial role in getting their titles seen, talked about, and sold. 
How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America
by Lee Child

From the most successful mystery writers in the business, an invaluable guide to crafting mysteries—from character development and plot to procedurals and thrillers—is a must-have for every aspiring mystery writer. 
Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer: The Artistry, Joy, and Career of Storytelling
by J. Michael Straczynski

A 30-year writing veteran offers insider advice for would-be authors, including how to improve and sell their work, story planning strategies, tips on remaining focused and how experienced writers can get to the next level. 
What About the Baby?: Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction
by Alice McDermott

In this deeply charming meditation on the gift that is literature, a bestselling novelist presents a collection of essays, lectures and observations on the art of writing fiction.
Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book
by Courtney Maum

A candid and lighthearted guide for aspiring writers draws on the experiences of best-selling authors from all walks of the industry to discuss such topics as master’s degrees, advances and how to navigate life before and after publishing. 
You Talkin' to Me?: How to Write Great Dialogue
by Linda Seger

There are many challenges and pitfalls to writing great dialogue. Many inexperienced writers create wooden dialogue, on-the-nose dialogue, awkward expositional dialogue, dialogue that cannot be easily spoken, or same-sounding dialogue that fails to differentiate characters. In this book, each chapter will look at a different issue, will analyze the issue, and give examples of great dialogue from films and novels. Also, we will use dialogue from adaptations so the book will be helpful to both novelists and screenwriters. Each chapter will end with examples of poor dialogue that will be annotated by Linda and then re-written by John. We will cover the many issues that confront writers when writing any kind of story, whether fiction or non-fiction.
Teach Yourself How to Craft a Great Story: How to Master Plot, Structure and Form in Your Creative Writing
by Chris Sykes

How to Craft a Great Story takes you step by step through the process of creating a compelling and coherent plot and structure. It covers such basics as the traditional story arcs, and such advanced information as finding balance and marrying structure and form. 
Write Great Dialogue: How to Write Convincing Dialogue, Conversation and Dialect in Your Fiction
by Irving Weinman

In this practical guide for aspiring writers of all levels, Irving Weinman, himself a published writer and well-known creative writing tutor, uses case studies to help you explore how to write good dialogue, and gives you a range of fun and challenging exercises that will help you to write great dialogue.
Teach Yourself Writer's Guide to Good Style
by Katherine Lapworth

Whether you are a professional writer, or writing for your profession, a journalist, non-fiction writer, or simply a would-be blogger, you will find essential guidance and the latest style rules in this book.
Teach Yourself The Writer's Source Book: Inspirational Ideas for Your Creative Writing
by Chris Sykes

The Writer's Source Book provides dozens of practical exercises to help you create storylines, craft people and generate ideas, with support and creative insight for every stage.
Grammar Guides
MLA Handbook
by Modern Language Association of America

The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook is a textbook and reference guide that offers student writers and writing instructors guidance on creating works-cited-list entries in MLA style using the template of core elements. It features advice on punctuation, grammar, inclusive language, formatting research papers, and in-text citations. Includes an appendix of sample works-cited-list entries, illustrations, and an index.
English Grammar Essentials for Dummies
by Wendy M. Anderson

The fun and easy way to learn essential grammar rules, common usage errors, and other key concepts in the English language.
Word Wise: Say What You Mean, Deepen Your Connections, and Get to the Point
by Will Jelbert

Supercharge your speech to get what you want out of every conversation with this fun and practical guide to verbal vividness.
English at Work: Find and Fix Your Mistakes in Business English
by Ellen Jovin

This Grammar Guru will solve the world's problems. Or, at least, help you figure out when to use an Oxford comma.
The Infographic Guide to Grammar: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know
by Jara Kern

An infographic guide breaks down the complicated rules and guidelines for writing the English language and makes them clear and straightforward.
The McGraw-Hill Education Handbook of English Grammar and Usage
by Mark Lester

The go-to guide for perfecting your grammar and communication skills in every situation.
Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
by Patricia T O'Conner

A revised and expanded edition of a best-selling reference, written by a former editor of the New York Times Book Review, shares whimsical, plain-language explanations of common grammatical errors, frequently mispronounced words, and routinely misused terms and phrases.
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