 | Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer: How to Win Top Writing Assignments by Jenna Glatzer
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.49 This book is number one on my list of recommendations I've been making to new writers.
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 | Outwitting Writers' Block: And Other Problems of the Pen by Jenna Glatzer
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.56 When I was going through a particularly rough time with writer's block, this book helped pull me out.
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 | Words You Thought You Knew: 1001 Commonly Misused and Misunderstood Words and Phrases by Jenna Glatzer
Buy used from: $0.01 How many times have you seen a word misused and it's completely annoyed you? Yes, I've been there, too, and I've bought this book as a gift over and over to help prevent this from happening. It's funny, too!
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 | The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success (The Renegade Writer's Freelance Writing series) by Linda Formichelli
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.70 This book is so smooth that I read it in two sittings. Not only did I learn a lot, I've put a lot of it to use successfully. This is another top ranking book on my list of recommendations.
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 | The Everything Get Published Book: All You Need to Know to Become a Successful Author (Everything: Language and Literature) by Meg Schneider
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $0.74 This book scared me, at first, because it contained a lot of realistic facts about the publishing industry. Then, I was scared again when I learned this guide would teach me exactly what I needed to know in order to break into print.
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 | The Write-Brain Workbook: 366 Exercises to Liberate Your Writing by Bonnie Neubauer
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $10.99 I'm in love with workbooks as it is, but this one takes such a visual leap in this love affair that I can't leave it out of this list. I'm the type, though, that would prefer to write all the answers into a journal - I don't want to mess up the pretty pages, for one, and I want to revisit the pages to work them over and over.
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 | Writer's Digest Handbook of Magazine Article Writing
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $6.87 This is still in my to-be-read-cover-to-cover pile. Not because it isn't interesting, but because I've been able to use it as reference book. How? By flipping to what I need to know about and using that information. I love how this book is set up in such a way that I can refer to what I need when I need it.
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 | Grammatically Correct by Anne Stilman
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $4.11 I feel every writer should own this book for obvious reasons. Even the most perfect-est writer can be fumbly when it comes to writing correctly without running on with sentences and word usage and . . . ::smiles:: See what I mean? Buy this book. It's a must have.
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 | Writer's Little Helper by Jim Smith
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $0.01 This is such a cute little book, but it's also very useful. I've been recommending and gifting this book ever since it was released.
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 | THE SHY WRITER: An Introvert's Guide to Writing Success by C. Hope Clark
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $13.99 It's almost as though this book was written specifically for me! I love how this slim guide talks you out of this!
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 | The Well-Fed Writer: Financial Self-Sufficiency As a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less by Peter Bowerman
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.50 I wish I had really put this guide to use a long time ago. This is one of those books that remained on my shelf for a couple of years before I believed in myself enough to really dig in and get to work.
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 | The Well-Fed Writer: Back For Seconds A Second Helping Of "How-To" For Any Writer Dreaming of Great Bucks and Exceptional Quality of Life by Peter Bowerman
Buy used from: $10.33 I was SO excited when this book came out that I stumbled over myself to make sure it was part of my collection. The first one was such a terrific addition - I knew this one would prove to be just as useful and I was right!
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 | The Well-fed Writer: Financial Self-sufficiency as a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less.: An article from: Technical Communication by Marguerite Krupp
Buy new: $5.95 It wasn't until this year that I started dabbling in the self publishing industry with my own books. Previously, my experience had been with editing and promoting self published books. I also wrote columns and articles about the in's and out's of the industry. I love that there's a go to guide from the go to guy about this business!
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 | This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley
Buy used from: $3.70 This another no nonsense quick read offereing everything you need to know to accomplish your goal of writing your novel this year. Look for a review from me in The Writer Magazine about this title.
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