fiction

I met someone who changed everything. Matthias. My autistic sister's guardian angel. Honest. Inspiring. Funny. Hot. And immortal. That was the problem. What could I do? I did what any other girl would do-I fell in love with him. Zo?'s sister darts in front of cars. Her brother's a pothead. Her parents are so overwhelmed; they don't see Zo? lost in her broken life. Zo? escapes the only way she knows how: partying. Matthias, a guardian sent from Heaven, watches over Zo?'s autistic sister. After Zo? is convinced he's legit, angel and lost girl come together in a love that changes destiny. But Heaven on Earth can't last forever.

In the early 1990s, a Midwestern college graduate begins a new life in New York City, moving into a squalid apartment with three roommates, beginning work at a low-paying corporate job, struggling through the minefields of love and sex, and attempting to write his first novel.

A novel set in Ireland in the 1920s charts the progress of a young girl whose entire life seems to be falling apart when the threat of arson drives the family from their country home.

Offers advice to aspiring authors on how to write opening sentences and paragraphs that will grab the attention of editors and readers, discussing story structure, opening scenes, the inciting incident, the setup and backstory, and other topics.

A collection of essays in which twentieth-century American author Eudora Welty speaks about the craft of writing, discussing the writing of stories, the uses of place in the novel, the importance of words in the construction of fiction, and other topics.

Presents suggestions and advice on various aspects of writing and writers' problems.

A guide to the skills and techniques of writing short fiction, emphasizing the interaction of character and plot.