Books on Writing

Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, 4th Edition by Tom and Marilyn Ross, F&W Publications, 2002.

How Fiction Works by Oakley Hall, Writer's Digest Books, 2004.

How to Write a Children's Book and Get It Published by Barbara Seuling, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

On Writing by Stephen King, Pocket Books, 2002.

On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William K. Zinsser, HarperResource, 2001.

Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain, University of Oklahoma Press, 1982.

The Writer's Guide to Character Traits by Linda Edelstein, Writer's Digest Books, 2004.

The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children by Nancy Lamb, Writer's Digest Books, 2001.

The Writer's Idea Book by Jack Heffron, Writer's Digest Books, 2002.

Writing Creative Nonfiction, edited by Carolyn Forché and Philip Gerard, Story Press, 2001.

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg, Shambhala, 1986.

Writing Mysteries, 2nd Edition, edited by Sue Grafton, Writer's Digest Books, 2002.

You Can Write a Romance by Rita Clay Estrada and Rita Gallagher, Writer's Digest Books, 1999.

Useful Reference Books for Writers

1001 Ways to Market Your Books, 5th Edition by John Kremer, Open Horizons, 2000.

The Birth Order Effect: How to Better Understand Yourself and Others by Cliff Isaacson and Kris Radish, Adams Media Corp., 2002.

Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition by University of Chicago Press Staff, University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market (updated annually), Writer's Digest Books.

Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons by Serita Deborah Stevens and Anne Klarner, Writer's Digest Books, 1990.

Elements of Style, 4th Edition by William Strunk Jr., E. B. White, Roger Angell, Pearson Higher Education, 2000.

Everyday Life Among the American Indians by Candy Moulton, Writer's Digest Books, 2001.

Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians by Marc McCutcheon, Writer's Digest Books, 2001.

Guide to Literary Agents: 600+ Agents Who Sell What You Write (updated annually), Writer's Digest Books.

Howdunit: How Crimes are Committed and Solved, edited by John Boertlein, Writer's Digest Books, 2000.

Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Writer's Guide to Investigators and Investigative Techniques by Greg Fallis, Writer's Digest Books, 1998.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, edited by James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, E.D. Hirsch, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.

Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (updated annually), Writer's Digest Books.

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd Edition, Berkeley Publishing Group, 1997.

Roget's Descriptive Word Finder: A Dictionary/Thesaurus of Adjectives and Adverbs, edited by Barbara Ann Kipfer, Writer's Digest Books, 2003.

The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensable Compendium of Myth and Magic by the editors of Writer's Digest Books, Writer's Digest Books, 2000.

Writer's Market (updated annually), Writer's Digest Books.

Writer's Market FAQs by Peter Rubie, F&W Publications, 2002.

Writer's Online Marketplace by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Writer's Digest Books, 2001.