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  • Exhilarating Prose

    COGNITIONS, CONTEMPLATIONS, INSIGHTS, INTROSPECTIONS, LUCUBRATIONS, MEDITATIONS, MUSINGS, PROGNOSTICATIONS, REFLECTIONS, REVERIES & RUMINATIONS ON THE PROCESS OF WRITING

    by Cordelia Strube, Barry Healey ...
    This smartly illustrated literary miscellanea will pique the interest of English prose enthusiasts anywhere. From “Dead Language – the Speaks” (e.g. ad-speak, etc.) to “Re-writing – Again?” and “Rules – Must We Obey?” authors Healey and Strube scrutinize prose in its various forms to reflect on what constitutes distinctive writing, and why. Included are samples of timeless fiction, astute quotes ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sex Life of the Amoeba

    by Barry Healey ...
    Series Book 4 - MiroLand
    This is a novel about passions - a passion for movies, a passion for sex, and a passion for one's country. Sarah Fielding wants to turn the great Canadian novel into a ?uality' movie but everyone else (the sex-mad producer, the psycho Hollywood star and the avaricious distributor) has their own idea of what it should be. Will Sarah pull it together? Not likely. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Five Books, 5,000 Prompts to Beat Writer's Block

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    Has writer's block crippled your creativity? Beat writer's block forever with five books jam-packed with thousands of inspiring creative writing prompts!The 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts Box Set has over 150 five-star reviews across all books and platforms. This comprehensive collection contains over 800 pages of prompts to get your creative juices flowing for over 90 percent off the cover price ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Writing With Power

    Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process

    by Peter Elbow ...
    A classic handbook for anyone who needs to write, Writing With Power speaks to everyone who has wrestled with words while seeking to gain power with them. Here, Peter Elbow emphasizes that the essential activities underlying good writing and the essential exercises promoting it are really not difficult at all. Employing a cookbook approach, Elbow provides the reader (and writer) with various ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • 30-Day Author: Develop A Daily Writing Habit and Write Your Book In 30 Days (Or Less)

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    by Kevin Tumlinson ...
    Series Book 1 - Wordslinger
    Need to write a book, but don’t want to spend years doing it?What if you could do it in 30 days or less?Learn how to develop a daily writing habit. Learn how to determine the length of your book. And learn what to do with your book when it’s done—including editing, layout, cover design, and even marketing.30-Day Author is a treasure trove of information for the will-be author. Whether you are a ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wrede on Writing

    by Patricia C. Wrede ...
    The authoritative guide to the craft and business of writing.Patricia C. Wrede has been a stalwart of the sci-fi/fantasy world for decades, publishing dozens of books across multiple series, storming bestseller lists and corralling accolades from critics and fans alike. Now, with brilliant insight and a sparkling wit, Wrede shows beginning writers the ropes in Wrede on Writing.Wrede tackles all ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strong Female Characters

    A Busy Writer's Guide

    by Marcy Kennedy ...
    Series series Busy Writer's Guides
    The misconceptions around what writers mean when we talk about strong female characters make them one of the most difficult character types to write well. Do we have to strip away all femininity to make a female character strong? How do we keep a strong female character likeable? If we're writing historical fiction or science fiction or fantasy based on a historical culture, how far can we stray ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Writers & Writing

    by John Gardner ...
    The classic work on the art of fiction by the "refreshingly unpredictable" novelist and literary critic ( Publishers Weekly)In this posthumously published collection of his essays and reviews, acclaimed novelist John Gardner discusses the craft of fiction writing, taking to task some of his best-known contemporaries in the process. Gardner criticizes some for writing disingenuous fiction, and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • On Teaching and Writing Fiction

    by Wallace Stegner ...
    Wallace Stegner founded the acclaimed Stanford Writing Program-a program whose alumni include such literary luminaries as Larry McMurtry, Robert Stone, and Raymond Carver. Here Lynn Stegner brings together eight of Stegner's previously uncollected essays-including four never-before-published pieces -on writing fiction and teaching creative writing. In this unique collection he addresses every ... Read more

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  • The Creative Writing Coursebook

    Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry

    by Julia Bell, Paul Magrs ...
    A fully updated comprehensive guide for improving and practicing your creative writing, including contributions from Ali Smith and Kit de WaalThe Creative Writing Coursebook, edited by Julia Bell and Paul Magrs, takes aspiring writers through three stages of essential practice: Gathering – getting started, learning how to keep notes, making observations and using memory; Shaping – looking at ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Advice to the Writer

    The Writer's Guide to Plot, Revision, and Autobiography: A Digital Pamphlet: Excerpted from The Modern Library's Writer's Workshop

    by Stephen Koch ...
    From Stephen Koch, former chair of Columbia University’s graduate creative writing program, comes essential and practical advice drawn from The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop.With nearly thirty years of teaching experience, Stephen Koch has earned a reputation as an astute and benevolent mentor; and with Advice to the Writer, his lucid observations and commonsense techniques have never been more ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Writing Alone, Writing Together

    A Guide for Writers and Writing Groups

    by Judy Reeves ...
    The lonely life of a writer need not be. There are ways to break that isolation and find encouragement and support within groups of like-minded people.Sections in Writing Alone, Writing Together include Writing Practice Groups, Creating Writing Prompts, Group Leadership, and even What to Do with the Bores, Whiners, Control Junkies, and Thugs. Whether the group is oriented toward writing the great ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus