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"In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers with the basic tools and practical advice needed to write a novel in a single year. In this complementary follow up, Mosley guides the reader through the fundamental building blocks of fiction to deliver a master class on the writer's craft. In a series of conversational and instructive chapters, Mosley breaks down the art of fiction to its most...

This book describes the format, organization, and development of science fiction stories.

"Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison’s writing career has bottomed out: his latest manuscript has been rejected by seventeen publishers, which stings all the more because his previous novels have been 'critically acclaimed.' He seethes on the sidelines of the literary establishment as he watches the meteoric success of We’s Lives in Da Ghetto, a first novel by a woman who once visited 'some relatives in Harlem for a couple of days.' Meanwhile, Monk struggles...

"From completing the first draft to landing a book contract, the Lavenes show would-be novelists how to create a compelling plot that makes sense, develop realistic characters, establish style and voice, and avoid the mistakes made by first-time novelists." --Cover.

A science fiction story told by two unnamed lovers who meet in a dingy backstreet room. Set in a multi-layered story of the death of a woman's sister and husband in the 1940's, with a novel-within-a novel as a background.

A collection of stories, mixing fiction and non-fiction. Most of the fiction pieces belong to a series about a man and his demon, while the non-fiction pieces discuss the craft of science fiction and fantasy writing. The author analyzes the work of famous writers, including his own.

Kate Messner and Mark Siegel playfully chronicle the process of becoming a writer, from choosing an idea, creating a problem for your character to resolve, and - finally- coming to The End. How to Write a Story vividly illustrates the idea that the young writer who discovers the power of storytelling finds, at the end, the beginning.

Dwayne Hoover, a successful automobile dealer in Midland City, suddenly decides that he is a machine and begins to act accordingly. Science fiction writer Kilgore Trout is on his way to the Midland City Festival of the Arts. When they meet, the result is catastrophe.

Enter the world of the Hollows like never before! In the Hollows, the supernatural Inderlander rule, and humanity must abide by their conventions, or else. To survive among vampires, witches, Weres, gargoyles, trolls, fairies, and banshees - to say nothing of demons - humanity needs a guide. And now, written by Kim Harrison herself, here is an insider's look at the supernatural world of the Hollows, from an overarching new story to character profiles,...