Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark

On July 14, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

The author, vice president of the Poynter Institute School of Journalism, wants you to understand that a tool isn’t the same thing as a rule. A tool is something designed to help you, not constrict you. The 50 tools discussed here take writers through the process of storytelling in prose, from the basic (construct a sentence with a subject and a verb) to the advanced (make your characters archetypes, not stereotypes).

Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly by Gail Carson Levine

On July 14, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Editor

Levine, best known for Ella Enchanted (1997), offers middle-graders ideas about making their own writing take flight. Though her concentration is primarily fiction, she notes that her suggestions can help all sorts of writing. Among the topics she covers are shaping characters, beginnings and endings, revising, and finding ideas.

Copperhill Media Accepts New Authors

On April 26, 2010, in Writing & Publishing, by Editor

Copperhill Media will look for style, readability, and salability of the submitted work. We do not expect a new Hemingway, but at the same time we need to assure sufficient quality. We are a small print-on-demand (POD) publishing house, and we provide printing, distribution, and marketing services for our authors. Our books are listed in online stores such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, AbeBooks.com, and more. In addition we maintain our own online bookstore.