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September 8, 2008

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Writing Life Stories
 
 
by Bill Roorbach, with Kristen Keckler, PhD

This updated 10th anniversary edition of a classic creative nonfiction reference gives you the tools you need to turn your memories into a vivid personal essay or riveting memoir.

 

WDB Author Profile

Cap'n Choundas, author of The Pirate Primer, talks about the inspiration for his immense lexicon of pirate language. Read the full Q&A.

Events

WDB Editorial Director Jane Friedman will be speaking at the Northwest Ohio Writers Conference on October 25, 2008.  The conference is in Toledo.

Book Giveaway

Do you like funny books? What about FREE funny books? Well, friends, check out this special giveaway from our humor imprint TOW Books. What's the catch? There isn't one... we just want you to tell your friends about these great reads.

WD Books Blogs

Alice's Children's/YA Blog
Get insider perspective on children's and young adult publishing from the editor of Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market.

Poetic Asides
A poetry blog by the editor of Writer's Market, Robert Brewer.

Guide to Literary Agents Blog
Get up-to-the-minute information on the world of agents from editor Chuck Sambuchino.

Living with the M-Word
A blog about marketing your writing without selling out your creativity from marketing manager by day/writer by night, Scott Francis.

There Are No Rules
An insider's perspective on the publishing industry, from the editorial director of Writer's Digest Books.

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Use Images to Deliver IdeasSource: The Writer's Book of Wisdom by Steven Taylor Goldsberry

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