Writing Book Reviews

Welcome to our writing book reviews section. Here you find highlights of our reviews of books for writers including market guides, novel writing books, writing advice books and more. More reviews can be found on page 2 of the archives.

• 20 Master Plots
  by Ronald B. Tobias (Writer's Digest Books)
• The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines
  by Brigitte M. Phillips, Susan D. Klassen and Doris Hall (Quill Driver Books)
• The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines
  by Brigette M. Phillips, Susan D. Klassen, and Doris Hall (Quill Drive Books)
• The Art of the Book Proposal
  by Eric Maisel, Ph.D. (Tarcher/Penguin)
• The ASJA Guide to Freelance Writing
  by Timothy Harper (editor) (St. Martin's Griffin)
• Be Your Own Literary Agent
  by Martin B. Levin (Ten Speed Press)
• Championship Writing
  by Paula LaRocque (Marion Street Press)
• Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market 2001
  by Alice Pope (editor) (Writer's Digest Books)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journaling
  by Joan R. Neubauer (Alpha Books)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books
  by Harold D. Underdown and Lynne Rominger (Alpha Books)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction
  by Cory Doctorow and Karl Schroeder (Alpha Books)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Technical Writing
  by Krista Van Laan and Catherine Julian (Alpha Books)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel
  by Tom Monteleone (Alpha Books)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry
  by Nikki Moustaki (Alpha Books)
• The Creative Writer's Companion
  by Stan Corwin (St. Martin's Press)
• Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?
  by Marc McClutcheon (Quill Driver Books)
• The Dictionary of Concise Writing
  by Robert Hartwell Fiske (Marion Street Press)
• The Dimwit's Dictionary
  by Robert Hartwell Fiske (Marion Street Press)
• Do The Write Thing
  by Kwame Alexander with Nina Foxx (Manisy Willows Books)
• Dojo Wisdom for Writers
  by Jennifer Lawler (Penguin)
• Everyday Life in the 1800s
  by Marc McCutcheon (Writer's Digest Books)
• Everything You Need to Know to Write Publish & Market Your Book
  by Patrika Vaughn (A Cappella Publishing)
• The Fantasy Writer's Companion
  by Tee Morris and Valerie Griswold-Ford (Dragon Moon)
• Flip Dictionary
  by Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D. (Writer's Digest Books)
• The Forest for the Trees
  by Betsy Lerner (Riverhead Books)
• The Freelance Success Book
  by David Taylor (Peak Writing Press)
• Get Organized, Get Published
  by Don Aslett and Carol Cartaino (Writer's Digest Books)
• Get Your First Book Published
  by Jason Shinder (Career Press)
• Getting the Whole Story: Reporting and Writing the News
  by Cheryl Gibbs and Tom Warhover (Guildford Press)
• A Good Book is the Best of Friends: A Reader's Journal
  by Robin Doak, introduction by Natalie Goldberg (Hyperion)
• Guide to Literary Agents 2001
  by Donya Dickerson (editor) (Writer's Digest Books)
• Guide to Literary Agents 2003
  by Rachel Vater (editor) (Writer's Digest Books)
• Hooking the Reader: Opening Lines that Sell
  by Sharon Rendell-Smock (Morris Publishing)
• Hot Property
  by Christopher Keane (Berkley)
• Hot Text: Web Writing That Works
  by Jonathan Price and Lisa Price (New Riders)
• How to Become a Fulltime Freelance Writer
  by Michael A. Banks (The Writer Books)
• How to Grow a Novel
  by Sol Stein (St. Martin's Griffin)
• How to Publish and Promote Online
  by M.J. Rose and Angela Adair-Hoy (St. Martin's Press)
• How To Publish Your Articles
  by Shirley Kawa-Jump (Square One Press)
• How To Write a Damn Good Mystery
  by James N. Frey (St. Martin's Press)
• How to Write: Science Fiction & Fantasy
  by Orson Scott Card (Writer's Digest Books)
• Immediate Fiction
  by Jerry Cleaver (St. Martin's Press)
• The Interviewer's Handbook
  by John Brady (The Writer Books)
• Lessons From a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft
  by David Morrell (Writer's Digest Books)
• LifeWriting: Drawing From Personal Experience to Create Features You Can Publish
  by Fred D. White, Ph.D. (Quill Drive Books)
• The Marshall Plan for Getting Your Novel Published
  by Evan Marshall (Writer's Digest Books)
• The Marshall Plan Workbook
  by Evan Marshall (Writer's Digest Books)
• Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2001
  by Anne Bowling (editor) (Writer's Digest Books)
• Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2004
  by Anne Bowling (Writer's Digest Books)
• Once Upon a Time: Creative Writing For Kids
  by Annie Buckley and Cathy Law (Chronicle Books)
• Outwitting Writer's Block
  by Jenna Glatzer (The Lyons Press)
• Pen & Sword: A Journalist's Guide to Covering the Military
  by Edward Offley (Marion Street Press)
• Poor Richard's Creating E-Books
  by Chris Van Buren and Jeff Cogswell (Top Floor Publishing)
• Publicize Your Book
  by Jacqueline Deval (Perigee)
• The Quotable Writer
  by Lamar Underwood (editor) (The Lyons Press)
• Creative Wisdom for Writers
  by Roland Fishman (Allen & Unwin)
• The Savvy Author's Guide to Book Publicity
  by Lisa Warren (Carroll & Graf)
• The Science of Science-fiction Writing
  by James Gunn (Scarecrow Press)
• The Screenwriter's Sourcebook
  by Michael Haddad (Chicago Review Press)
• The Sell Your Novel Toolkit
  by Elizabeth Lyon (Perigee)
• Songwriter's Market 2002
  by Ian Bessler (Writer's Digest Books)
• The Story Behind the Story
  by Peter Turchi and Andrea Barrett (editors) (W.W. Norton)
• Telling Lies For Fun & Profit
  by Lawrence Block, Introduction by Sue Grafton (William Morrow)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing
  by Laurie E. Rozakis, Ph.D. (Alpha Books)
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting, Second Edition
  by Skip Press (Alpha Books)
• The Elephants of Style
  by Bill Walsh (McGraw-Hill)
• The Writer's Mentor: Secrets of Success from the World's Great Writers
  by Jan Jackman (Random House)
• Thinking Like Your Editor
  by Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato (W.W. Norton)
• The Well-Fed Writer
  by Peter Bowerman (Fanove)
• When Good People Write Bad Sentences: 12 Steps to Better Writing Habits
  by Robert W. Harris (Griffin Books)
• Words You Thought You Knew...
  by Jenna Glatzer (Adams Media)
• Write Away
  by Elizabeth George (HarperCollins)
• Write Mind
  by Eric Maisel, Ph.D. (Tarcher/Putnam)
• Write Right!
  by Jan Venolia (Ten Speed Press)
• Write Up The Corporate Ladder
  by Kevin Ryan (Amacom)
• Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers and Literary Agents 2003-2004
  by Jeff Herman (Prima)
• The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children
  by Nancy Lamb (Writer's Digest Books)
• The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature
  by Philip Martin (editor) (The Writer Books)
• 2002-2003 Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors and Screenwriter's Agents
  by Skip Press (Prima)
• Writer's Guide to Places
  by Don Prues and Jack Heffron (Writer's Digest Books)
• The Writer's Guide to Queries, Pitches and Proposals
  by Moira Allen (Allworth Press)
• The Writer's Guide to Selling Your Screenplay
  by Cynthia Whitcomb (The Writer Books)
• The Writer's Handbook 2002
  by Elfrieda Abbe (editor) (The Writer Books)
• The Writer's Handbook 2003
  by Elfrieda Abbe (editor) (The Writer Books)
• The Writer's Handbook 2005
  by Elfrieda Abbe (The Writer Books)
• 2002 Writer's Market Online
  by Kirsten Holm (editor) (Writer's Digest Books)
• Writer's Online Marketplace
  by Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Writer's Digest Books)
• The Writer's Workshop in a Box
  by Sandra Bark (Jeremy P. Tarcher)
• The Writers Guide to Writing Your Screenplay
  by Cynthia Whitcomb (The Writer Books)
• Writers' and Artists' Hideouts
  by Andrea Brown (Quill Drive Books)
• Writing for the Information Age
  by Bruce Ross-Larson (W.W. Norton & Company)
• Writing Mysteries
  by Sue Grafton with Jan Burke and Barry Zeman (editors) (Writer's Digest Books)
• Writing Romantic Fiction
  by Daphne Claire and Robyn Donald (A&C Black)
• You Send Me
  by Patricia T. O'Conner, Stewart Kellerman (Harcourt)