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50 SECRETS OF WRITING FOR MAGAZINES
by Ray Bronk. Author cover. Condition: NEW 2001 Word Wright International (Georgetown, TX) Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: Reviewer: "Very well written no-nonsense treatment of the business of writing. The book is straight forward and to the point with many quotes and anecdotes from professional writers and editors of major magazines. Gave me a new perspective on writing. The book provides step-by-step instructions on how to prepare ideas and articles for presentation to magazine editors. It emphasizes the need to for writers develop both business and writing skills. Highly recommended for all new and aspiring writers." Texan Bronk teaches writing at UT Austin. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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AFRICAN NAMES: Names From the African Continent for Children and Adults
by Julia Stewart. B&W decorations. Condition: NEW 2000 Citadel Trade Paperback, 5th printing. Content: This book consists of about 1000 names culled from across black Africa, although there is a slight emphasis on Swahili names. It includes not only personal names, but names of towns, lakes, ethnic groups, etc., that are useful in formulating an African name for oneself. Each name is accompanied by information about its pronunciation, origins, and meaning. A general introduction covers African naming practices as well as why and how one might adopt an African name. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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CRAZY ENGLISH: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our language
by Richard Lederer. B&W comic illustrations by Dick Anderson. Condition: NEW 1990 Pocket Books paperback, first printing. Content: If you have ever been completely wowed by the power you can have over language, or its power over you, Richard Lederer is your patron saint. His oft-reprinted introduction to Crazy English, claims that English is "the most loopy and wiggy of all tongues." And then he demonstrates: "In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway? ... Why do they call them apartments when they're all together?" And so on. Lederer's pace is frenetic. He alights on oxymorons ("pretty ugly," "computer jock"), redundancies, confusing words (are you sure you know the meaning of enormity?), phobias, contronyms, heteronyms, retroactive terms (acoustic guitar, rotary phone), and a host of other linguistic delights. Though English may be one of the crazier languages--Lederer claims that about 80 percent of our words are not spelled phonetically--they are all, he says, a little crazy. "That's because language is invented ... by boys and girls and men and women, not computers. As such, language reflects the creative and fearful asymmetry of the human race, which, of course, isn't really a race at all." Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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DICTIONARY OF EPONYMS
by Martin Manser. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1990 Guild Publishing small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), reprint. DJ has a couple of light impressions near spine - barely noticeable, but there. Content: Great research tool for writers. An eponym is the person after whom something is believed to be named, i.e., Farmer Giles, bogus, etc. Great fun! Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS AND THEIR ORIGINS
by Linda & Roger Flavell. Condition: NEW 1997 Hippocrene Books Trade Paperback, first thus. Content: The proverbs are categorized by subject matter and each entry has the meaning of the proverb, it's likely origin, literary references, and variants. Interesting and particularly useful for teachers and public speakers. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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THE ELEMENTS OF SCREENWRITING: A Guide for Film and Television Writing
by Irwin R. Blacker. Condition: UNREAD 1988 Collier Books paperback edition, 12th printing. Content: This essential reference offers welcome help for the thousands of screenwriters who have discovered that putting together a successful screenplay is much harder than it seems. Questions welcome [1 copy available]
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HOW TO PITCH & SELL YOUR TV SCRIPT
by David Silver. Condition: Gently pre-read 1991 Writer's Digest Books hardcover & DJ, first edition, first printing. One page has checkmarks, other pages clean. Content: Covers the methods of presenting and selling sitcoms, episodic dramas, feature films, miniseries, and TV movies and movies-of-the week. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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HOW TO WRITE A ROMANCE AND GET IT PUBLISHED (Updated Edition)
by Kathryn Falk. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1990 Signet paperback, no printing give. Tiny shelf wear. Content: When this book was updated in 1990, sales of romance novels comprised 25 percent of all paperback book sales in the U.S. Seven years later, the percentage has nearly doubled and the market for romantic fiction continues to expand. Although many changes have taken place in romance writing since the book was revised, it still provides an informative overview of the field, including definitions of the subgenres of romance, editorial guidelines for a variety of publishers, and tips on researching, plotting, writing, and marketing your novel. Included in this edition are essays by a number of noted romance writers, including Jude Deveraux, Roberta Gellis, Jayne Ann Krentz, Carole Nelson Douglas, and Bertrice Small. The book remains a useful resource, especially for the novice writer looking for a concise overview of this important field. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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HOW TO WRITE & SELL MAGAZINE ARTICLES
by Shirley Biagi. B&W photos illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1981 Prentice Hall/Spectrum Trade Paperback, 3rd printing. Pale shelfwear hinge creae halfway down the hinge. Interior clean & tight. Tanning to white cover edges. Content: Chapters are: Understanding Magazines; Learning Which Ideas Sell; Focusing Your Ideas; A New Approach to Marketing; How To Write an Effective Query; Organizing To Start Your Article; Researching Your Article; How to Interview; The Writer-Photographer; Writing Your First Draft; The Legalities; The Final Draft. While some of the commentary may be dated, but ideas and techniques are not. [1 copy available]
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PARTRIDGE'S CONCISE DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH (From the work of Eric Partridge) (Abridged)
edited by Paul Beale. Condition: UNREAD 1989 Macmillan huge (534 pages) soft cover, first printing. Light tanning to page edges. Content: This edition is an abridgement (how big was the original?) with new material added by Beale. Literally a dictionary of slang. Not much else to say. [1 copy available]
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PRAYERS TO THE MOON: Exercises in Self-Reflection
by Kay Leigh Hagan. B&W decorations. Condition: Gently pre-read, if at all, 1991 HarperSanFrancisco soft cover, first printing. Content: Reviewer: "Hagan's book is a magnificent work, with such a wonderful variety of reflective writing exercises, and ample space to explore right in the book. I met the author at a journal conference long ago, and was introduced to parts of the book before it was published. For many years, I have used the finished product in my journal classes, as a guide for men and women who are exploring self and creativity. Unfortunately, it is now out of stock at the publisher and is not readily available. But I hold tight to my last copy and continue to write again and again, using Kay's imaginative weekly exercises as my beginning." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE SUPERIOR PERSON'S BOOK OF WORDS
by Peter Bowler. B&W comic illustrations by Dennis Corrigan. Condition: NEW 1998 David Bodine hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 16th printing. Content: Are you an Anglophile? (Stout fellow!) Just stand at this springboard and leave the fields of popinjay jabber and tongue-stumped battology behind forever! Step up for big dividends in the giddy heights of superior speech. Are you a rasorial searcher after words? Are nouns your bread? Adjectives your butter? Verbs your little salad? Adverbs your house dressing? Well, then, this is the book to shiver you futtocks! Put an end to fopdoodly speech; amaze your friends, baffle your enemies, write interoffice memos to end all discussion! Peter Bowler will teach you the practical riches of saying it well with good words, neglected words, precise words for vocabular exultation. A Superior Person is not defined by income, class, or sex. A Superior Person uses Superior Speech. And, if Aristotle's definition of art as something both entertaining and edifying is still toasted with glee, then there's art a-chock-a-block in Mr. Bowler's dictionary - a funny, useful, and elevating little book. Nothing short of a brief dictionary for those who aspire to linguistic snobbery. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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TRACING YOUR BRITISH ANCESTORS: A Guide to Genealogical Sources
by Gerald Hamilton-Edwards. Condition: NEW 1993 Barnes & Noble hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). DJ has tiny edgewear. Content: For Americans of British descent, this book will prove one of the most readable and informative works eve rpublished on this subject. Besides covering the basic places of research (parish registers, wills, census returns & marriage licenses), the book includes chapters on records of the church, Army, Navy, law, East India Company, etc. Invaluable work for genealogy. [1 copy available]
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THE WORD MUSEUM: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten
by Jeffrey Kacirk. B&W era illustrations. Condition: NEW 2000 Touchstone Trade Paperback, 8th printing. Remainder mark bottom edges. Content: Kacirk has gathered hundreds of words that have slipped from common usage. By searching old dictionaries and glossaries, he has compiled words that appeal to him based on their sound (although there is no pronunciation guide), show either endearing or humorous aspects of their times, or illustrate customs. The result is this lark of a book, sure to appeal to all who love words and the sounds they make. In this Aladdin's cave of vocabulary are words like "bouffage" (very satisfying), "ugsumness" (terribleness), "snirp" (shrink), and "maffle" (stutter). The work may be of use to academic libraries where there is strong interest in lexicography, for, in addition to the words and definitions, there is a lengthy bibliography. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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WRITING EROTIC FICTION AND GETTING PUBLISHED
by Mike Bailey. Condition: UNREAD 1998 Teach Yourself Books Trade Paperback, second printing. Tiny edge wear. Content: Reviewer: "Mike Bailey has loads of experience as an editor for numerous publishing houses that publish erotica/smut/porn/one-handed reading material - use your favorite genre descriptor. Having published four such novels myself I can say with confidence that his advice is excellent - especially for the person trying to break into what has become a highly competitive field. The writing advice is practical, and budding authors of all genres would do well to pay attention to his hints. In addition to making a specific point, many of the illustrative excerpts from published erotica also highlight some of the shortcomings of what has already made it into print, thereby serving as great examples of common mistakes and how to avoid them. The exercises he suggests are good, especially if you're in the middle of a nagging edit, and aren't sure how to add just the right erotic touch to your work. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING
by Ray Bradbury. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1992 Bantam paperback, 7th printing. Name inside front cover and tiny edge wear. Content: Famous science fiction author Bradbury here collects ten essays and eight poems from his past writings that illustrate his views on what a writer should do and be. Included are his reflections on the experience of writing, particularly the writing of such well-known works as Fahrenheit 451 and Dandelion Wine. Much autobiographical information is provided in this collection as well. As in his 500 short stories, novels, plays, and poems, Bradbury's warmth and cordiality will charm readers. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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