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THE BOOKS
The following books are written by former or current staff/grads of the
workshop, or visiting guests. IF you have participated in a past WRW and
are not on this list, PLEASE contact wrwwebsite@aol.com with your information.
Gary Provost (WRW Co-founder) |
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How
to Tell a Story: The Secrets of Writing Captivating Tales
With Peter Rubie
100
Ways to Improve Your Writing
A complete course in the art of writing and an essential reference
for any working or would-be writer of any kind. Step-by-step
it shows how to come up with ideas, get past writer's block,
create an irresistible opening, develop an effective style,
choose powerful words and master grammar, rewrite, and much,
much more. -amazon.com
Baffled
in Boston
Burned-out true-crime writer Scotty Scotland has lost his wife,
been ordered by his doctor to give up caffeine, and according
to his latest review, should stop writing, too. He spends his
days doing nothing. But, when his best friend, Molly, a nationally
syndicated advice columnists is murdered, Scotty must get out
of his pajamas and into action to find the killer.
The
Freelance Writer's Handbook
Bogart:
In Search of My Father
by Stephen Humphrey Bogart, Gary Provost
High
Stakes: Inside the New Las Vegas
The
Pork Chop War
Make
Your Words Work: Proven Techniques for Effective Writing, for
Fiction and Nonfiction
Gary Provost practices what he preaches in Make Your Words Work.
He helps you learn to write well by, among other things, writing
well himself. His warm, witty, entertaining instruction teams
with solid examples as well as exercises. Get the good word
now. This is the writing course to help you make your work more
powerful, more readable, more salable.
Beyond
Style: Mastering the Finer Points of Writing
Only used editions available through link.
How
to Write and Sell True Crime: How to Spot Local Stories and
Turn Them into Gripping National Bestsellers
Only used editions available through link.
Make
Every Word Count: A Guide to Writing That Works--For Fiction
and Nonfiction
Only used editions available through link. |
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Gail Provost Stockwell (WRW Co-founder and Creative Director) |
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Good
If It Goes
Popcorn
The main characters are people children can and will care about.
If the final plot twist is just a little too good to be true,
well. . .young readers will enjoy the wish fulfillment. Popcorn
deserves a place on the charts and on bookshelves as well. -Elaine
Fort Weischedel, Turner Free Library, Randolph, Mass.
David
and Max |
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Jennifer Crusie (Staff '03)
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Bet
Me
(Pre-order for February 2004 release)
Faking It
She has a history of forgery she's trying to forget. He has a knack
for scamming he's trying to resist. But one fateful night, their
good intentions go bad, And what they get up to is downright immoral,
illegal, and irresistible
What
The Lady Wants
A book about an heiress with no money, a private eye who isn't one,
a murder victim who died of natural causes, and a dog named Bob.
Getting
Rid Of Bradley
Kate's search for Mr. Right is a lot harder since she's spending
so much time with Mr. Wrong.
Jennifer
Crusie Four-Book Set: Tell Me Lies, Crazy For You, Welcome To Temptation,
Fast Women
(Visit Jenny's Web site at www.jennycrusie.com.) |
John Francois (WRW Grad)
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Cajun Fire
Marc Delaterre comes to Louisiana from France in 1848 believing
that the accumulation of material wealth will give him the independence
he never had in his own country. Cajun Fire chronicles a
man's struggle for freedom both external and internal in a country
torn and ravaged by a Civil War.
John's latest novel, Cajun Fire, can be ordered by contacting
John directly. His email is jfrancois1@earthlink.net. Published
by Gardenia Press.
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Christine Goff (WRW Grad) |
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A
Nest in the Ashes
In her first two novels-A Rant of Ravens and Death
of a Songbird-Christine Goff offered a bird's eye view of
murder in the wilds of Colorado. Now, in her latest birdwatcher's
mystery, she reveals that there are more things lurking in the
trees than birds of prey...
Death
of a Songbird
The owner of a posh Colorado hotel spots a killer at a distance-and
finds herself too close to the crime for comfort.
A
Rant of Ravens (Birdwatcher's Mystery)
A Rant of Ravens stars a gutsy heroine in fast-paced action
with a chill-a-minute finale...enchant nature....A fine-feathered
debut.- Carolyn Hart, author of the Death on Demand
and Henrie O mysteries.
(Visit Chris' site www.christinegoff.com) |
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Arthur Golden (WRW guest 2001) |
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Memoirs
of a Geisha
"Memoirs of a Geisha is a bravura
performance, a first novel that provides a vivid view into a
largely lost and secret world. Golden tells a mesmerizing story....
The subject of geisha, like prostitutes, is a natural attention-grabber,
arousing easy prurient interests. What a delight, then, to find
the subject treated with intelligent forthrightness and delicacy
in this day of no-holds-barred lasciviousness.... It is a remarkable
achievement for any writer, but especially for a white male
from a markedly different culture." -L.A. Times Sunday
Book Review |
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Janet Chapman (WRW Grad) |
Charming
the Highlander
A feisty beauty tempted by a bold highlander's touch...When a plane
crash strands brilliant scientist Grace Sutter on an icy mountaintop
in Maine, she finds herself alone in the wilderness with the only
other surviving passenger -- Greylen MacKeage,a sexy, medieval warrior
who's been tossed through time to find the woman he's destined to
love. Forced together to survive the harsh, wintry landscape, neither
expects the fierce passion that flares between them. But Grace is
not used to letting her heart take control, and Greylen will settle
for nothing less than her heart's surrender....
Loving
the Highlander
A tempestuous passion begins with a battle of wills...
Wedding the Highlander
Fall 2003 |
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Christopher Keane (Former staff) |
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How to Write
a Selling Screenplay
A highly successful writer and teacher explains the art, craft,
and business of screenwriting for aspiring and experienced writers
alike in this one-on-one workshop.
The
Huntress (USA Network series)
A sequel to the best-selling Hunter profiles the wife and daughter
of bounty hunter Ralph Thorson, Dottie and Brandi, who take
up the family business after Ralph is killed by a car bomb,
in a fascinating study of two remarkable women in the male-dominated
world of bounty hunting.
(Visit Christopher
Keane's web site.) |
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Elizabeth Lyon (Current WRW core staff) |
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A
Writer's Guide to Nonfiction (Writer's Compass) (2003)
New series authored by Elizabeth Lyon. In this first volume,
Lyon instructs on all aspects of non-fiction writing.
The Sell Your Novel Toolkit: Everything You Need to Know About
Queries, Synopses, Marketing, and Breaking In
Novelists, often unfamiliar with how to successfully submit
a novel to publishers or agents, are guided through the steps
of creating synopses, queries, and sample chapters. Lyon includes
successful synopses representative of all the genres and mainstream
fiction, some from well-known authors.
Nonfiction
Book Proposals Anybody Can Write: How to Get a Contract and
Advance Before Writing Your Book (Dec 2002 updated edition)
Elizabeth Lyon's bestselling Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody
Can Write includes nearly two dozen actual proposals that
cover a wide range of topics and clearly illustrate the best
way to write winning proposals. This updated and revised edition
also contains expanded instructions on writing proposals for
memoir and autobiography, new competitive marketing strategies,
Web addresses and resources to facilitate writing most sections
of the proposal, and an example of a perfect proposal.-amazon.com |
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Donald Maass (Visiting WRW staff '98, '01, '03) |
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The
Career Novelist : A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success
Invaluable advice on the realities of being a published author,
the best way to choose an agent, the marketing game, the give
and take of collaboration, and much more. (amazon.com)
Writing
the Breakout Novel
Now featured as a groundbreaking seminar (sponsored by www.free-expressions.com),
Writing The Break-Out Novel is still raising the eyebrows
of writer's who come into first contact with Don's ideas.
In today's world, an author who doesn't produce a breakout novel
risks getting lost in the midlist of the publishing world. Maass,
the author of 17 novels who now works as a literary agent representing
such distinguished writers as Anne Perry and James Patterson,
knows firsthand what makes a novel rise above its category in
the already saturated book market. Using his own clients as
case studies, Maass defines the most crucial elements of a breakout
novel a powerful sense of time and place, larger-than-life characters,
a high degree of tension, good subplots, and universal themes
and shows the reader how to use these elements efficiently to
write a novel that will generate interest and have the potential
to hit the best sellers lists. - Library Journal |
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Gregory McDonald (Staff '00) |
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Fletch
(Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (Republished 2002.)
Revisit, or meet for the first time, the life and times of Fletch.
The gripping and fast-paced novels by author Gregory McDonald
demonstrate dialogue and pacing in the hands of a master. (If
you saw the movie, you still haven't met the Fletch of McDonald's
novel.)
Fletch,
Too (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
The
Brave
If McDonald meant us to get angry at an unthinking, heartless
system--"The man from the government had stopped coming . .
. and then the checks from the government had stopped coming
and then the food stamps had stopped"--this spare, searing indictment
should succeed. It is brilliant and devastating. Copyright
1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
In France, his novel The Brave (Rafael, derniers
jours) was elected Trophees 813 Best Foreign Novel 1997.
Skylar
Skylar
in Yankeeland
From the fellow who tickled our funnybones with the "Fletch"
series comes this follow-up to Skylar (Morrow, 1995), in which
a comely Southern hunk uses his wits and good looks to solve
crimes. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc
Flynn
(Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Love
Among the Mashed Potatoes
(Gregory's books can also be ordered at his web
site.) |
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T.J. (Trish) McGregor (Staff '02) |
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Black
Water
Published October 2003
Out of Sight
From Publishers Weekly Ambitious scientist George Nash and Luis
Manteles, an Ecuadoran shaman, have finally created the technology
to make humans and objects invisible, but their project gets
out of hand when an experiment with Tyler and Logan Griffin,
their first ever human test subjects, goes awry. Three years
later, Logan, who escaped shortly after becoming invisible,
sneaks into Nash's Florida compound to free her husband, whom
Nash has confined in a glass house. With the help of her visible
roommate, Logan shuts down the computer system-at the same time
that the Townsends, a family of three, wander into the test
site. Consequently, the Townsends, along with a super intelligent
Labrador retriever, turn invisible. Now targets of an effort
by the National Security Bureau (NSB) to capture them, family
and dog are forced on the run. After a plethora of close calls,
a killing and a miraculous healing, all characters converge
in a heady conclusion that hinges on Nash. Will he end the project
or hand the Griffins, the Townsends and his life's work over
to the NSB?
Vanished
Through succinct prose and sharp dialogue, MacGregor (The Seventh
Sense) spins a haunting tale of classified technologies that
warp the delicate fabric of space-time. Drawn outside by a mysterious
convergence of birds on his upstate New York property, veterinarian
Max Thorn watches as Ellen, his live-in girlfriend of seven
years, literally vanishes before his eyes. Max suspects that
Ellen's disappearance is connected to the bird gathering, but
he has nothing but a handful of mutilated birds and a patch
of dead grass to prove his claim. On the lam with a half-million-dollar
price tag on his head and his cop neighbor pursuing him relentlessly,
Max settles in Piper Key, Fla., where Internet tales of bizarre
animal behavior have led him in search of answers. --Publishers
Weekly
Copyright 2001 Cahners
Business Information, Inc.
The
Seventh Sense
For FBI veteran Charlie Calloway, the search for the enraged
man who killed her husband and unborn child in a hit-and-run
assault becomes a race against time. (From amazon.com)
Non-Fiction by Trish
The Everything
Dreams Book
Your Cosmic
Kids
The Everything
Astrology Book |
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Lorin Oberweger (WRW Grad, Current Editor-in-residence)
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French
Quarter Fiction: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia
The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune January 30, 2003 "Evocative masterpieces
from writers new and established with something to appeal to every
reader. A must-read for all of us."
Read oft-published poet and short story author Lorin Oberweger's story
Blue Elephant in this impressive anthology. |
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Michael Palmer (Frequent visiting staff since the beginning.) |
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Fatal
Palmer's 10th medical thriller rides on his usual wave of unrelenting
adrenaline, and will make readers think twice the next time
they're due for a routine vaccination. The physician-hero this
time is Matt Ruttledge, a doctor in bucolic Belinda, W.Va. When
several of his patients turn up in the emergency room, babbling
incoherently and sporting unsightly lumps on their faces, Ruttledge
blames the town's main employer, a large mining operation with
a history of safety abuses and environmental neglect. As more
patients turn up with the same fatal symptoms, Ruttledge discovers
that a larger culprit may be responsible: a new supervaccine
that's about to hit the market.
The
Patient
The Patient, Michael Palmer's ninth medical suspense novel,
is a fast-paced beat-the-clock thriller. Someone is killing
off the world's most gifted neurosurgeons, and Alex Bishop,
a renegade CIA agent, thinks he knows who it is. Notable for
his swift pacing, well-drawn minor as well as major characters,
and medical expertise, Palmer delivers the goods with this heart-stopping
read. -- Jane Adams (amazon.com)
Miracle
Cure
Extreme
Measures
Talented, ambitious Dr. Eric Najarian has all the qualities
they're looking for at White Memorial Hospital. He doesn't know
he's being watched by an elite clique of medical professionals
who think Najarian has what it takes to join their secret club.
"Will keep you on the edge of your chair."--John Saul.
(amazon.com)
The
Sisterhood
One by one, patients at Boston Doctors Hospital survive delicate
surgery, only to die shortly thereafter--mysteriously and horribly.
No one knows why--except the Sisterhood, nurses bound together
by a secret pledge to end human suffering--nurses with warped,
deadly intentions.
(Visit Michael
Palmer's Web site) |
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Nancy Pickard (Staff '02, '04)
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Seven
Steps on the Writer's Path: The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment
From Publishers Weekly
Based on the intriguing idea that writers pass through a sequence
of seven identifiable stages when composing, this volume is a rewarding
combination of motivational tool and writer's guide. Lott, a writer/therapist,
and Pickard, author of the Jenny Cain mysteries, commiserate with
readers as they detail the points on the path to completing any serious
writing project. The steps, which they contend are common to all writers,
begin at Unhappiness, then proceed to Wanting, Commitment, Wavering,
Letting Go, Immersion and, finally, Fulfillment. Each phase gets its
own chapter of explanation, advice and inspiring quotations. Particularly
strong are the chapters covering seemingly negative steps, such as
Wanting, which the authors describe as an "attractive power" that,
like a magnet, draws to it "the things or people it needs in order
to be fulfilled."
The
Plot Thickens
Joining together for a good cause brings out the best in today's top
mystery and suspense writers! For this marvelously entertaining anthology,
these outstanding contributors rose to a unique literary challenge:
each penned a tale that ingeniously features a thick fog, a thick
book, and a thick steak. The result is a collection of wonderfully
imaginative tales that both chill the spine and warm the heart: proceeds
from The Plot Thickens will help bring the gift of reading to millions
of disadvantaged Americans.
The
Blue Corn Murders: A Eugenia Potter Mystery
The
Truth Hurts
From Publishers Weekly
In Edgar nominee Pickard's third gripping Marie Lightfoot mystery
(The Whole Truth; Ring of Truth), the Florida-based true crime writer
is working on a book about her parents, civil rights activists in
Alabama who disappeared in 1963 when Lightfoot was a toddler.
Storm
Warnings
Fans of mystery, crime, fantasy, and horror will love this collection
of stories by internationally acclaimed mystery writer Nancy Pickard.
From a never-before-published story sure to thrill readers to eight
other award-winning cautionary tales, these nine stories are linked
by signs of foreboding, paths that lead to unexpected places, and
the craftiness of human nature-showing that men and women, when faced
with the subtle portents of disaster, may ignore warnings at their
own peril. |
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Paul Sochaczewski |
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Redheads
(April 2000)
"Redheads does for the struggle to save the rain
forests of Borneo what Catch-22 did for the struggle
to stay alive in World War II"- Daniel Quinn, author of
Ishmael
"I couldn’t put it down. It is a serious page turner.
Redheads gave me a bit of the same feeling as The Gods Must
be Crazy one of my favourite films." Robert Bateman-
Wildlife and Nature Artist
More info. on Paul, or his other books, can be obtained by writing
him at pauls@iprolink.ch |
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Jean Stone |
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Trust Fund
Babies (January 2002)
Off Season
(January 2001)
Jean Stone is a gifted writer of romantic tales that capture
the unique feel of New England while introducing characters
who live in readers' hearts forever. Her latest novel is her
most moving work to date, the story of a woman who gave up everything
she had for the man she loved -- but must now find the strength
to stand by him during his darkest hour.... amazon.com
The Summer House
She made a life with one man--but always loved another at...The
Summer House.
Birthday Girls
Jean Stone captured readers' imaginations with the "graceful
prose, vivid imagery and compassionately drawn characters"
(Publishers Weekly)
Places By the
Sea
On the brink of achieving a perfect life, successful newswoman
Jill McPhearson is called back to the island home of her childhood
to cover the story of her career, if she is able to forget her
painful past. |
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Frank Strunk (Part of WRW since the beginning, WRW Grad) |
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Ayelet Waldman (Visiting Staff '03)
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Daughter's
Keeper
Published Oct '03
From Ayelet's Web site:
"Ayelet Waldman has brought the war on drugs home, and has shown
us just how close to home it can come. Her mother and daughter reminded
me of the women I most love and for whom I hold the greatest fear,
those women and girls who fight tooth and nail, when their best
hope lies in supporting each other. She looks past headlines and
into the heart. What she finds there is hope for us all." - Dorothy
Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina
"Waldman has written Daughter's Keeper with enough intelligence,
tenderness, and craft to shape outrage into a story that is both
moving and enthralling."
- Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity
Death
Gets a Time-Out
Waldman skillfully unravels the intertwined relationships between
all these characters to reveal a cunning murder plot ... Waldman
has an excellent ear for the snappy comeback, especially when delivered
by a five-year-old. Publisher's Weekly
A
Playdate With Death
Waldman derives humorous mileage from Juliet's 'epicurean' cravings,
wardrobe dilemmas, night-owl husband, and obvious delight in adventure.
Library Journal
The
Big Nap
Drawing sharp contrasts between the world of conservative Judaism
and Juliet's more liberal Hollywood life, Waldman has given her
heroine a compelling story befitting her intelligent, witty voice.
Publisher's Weekly
Nursery
Crimes
(Visit Ayelet's site at www.ayeletwaldman.com.) |
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Dr. Keith Wilson (Part of WRW since the beginning, WRW Grad) |
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Code Blue:A
Writer's Guide to Hospitals, Including the ER, OR and ICU
(Behind the Scenes)
Scrub in and go behind the scenes with Dr. Keith Wilson and
Dr. David Page. Here they show you what day-to-day life is really
like in the modern hospital, so you can inject your novels and
scripts with action and accuracy. Viewing the hospital from
a writer's perspective, Drs. Wilson and Page provide the information
you need, including the sights, sounds and smells associated
with every medical department. -amazon.com
Life Form
Cause of Death
: A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and Forensic Medicine
(Howdunit Series)
From Book News, Inc. , February 1, 1993 Physician-writer Wilson
explains how police distinguish between accident, suicide, and
homicide; what a medical examiner is looking for when conducting
an autopsy; what a death certificate looks like;and who signs
it; what happens when a criminal is sentenced to death. Annotation
copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
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Angela Zeman (WRW Grad) |
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The Witch
and Borscht Pearl (also available as an e-book download)
Angela Zeman is the author of the Mrs. Risk "Witch"
stories that appear in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and
elsewhere. A full-time writer, she is currently working on a
second Mrs. Risk novel as well as short stories. She lives in
New York with her husband, with whom she co-authors articles
about the mystery field.
When Mrs. Risk's widowed friend, Pearl Schraff, former renowned
Borscht Belt comedienne, finds herself suddenly destitute, she
agrees to a comeback arranged by her long-time friend and manager
and now fiancé, Solly organizes a live, Thanksgiving
Day national TV special from a famous Catskills resort, guaranteed
to put Pearl back on the road to fame. Then Pearl's famous Borsht
Pearl necklace is stolen. But she has more to deal with than
financial disaster, theft, and opening night jitters when Solly's
attentions stray to her black-sheep sister. When Solly is poisoned
during dessert at his engagement party, Mrs. Risk refuses to
believe Pearl murdered him in a fit of jealous rage. But can
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More writers and books to be added soon....
(If you are a former WRW student, staff member and/or visiting staff,
and you aren't listed here, let me know at wrw04@netscape.net.
Please give me complete information on where to locate your work.)
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