authorship

After moving with her parents to Iowa, twelve-year-old Lucy discovers a mysterious notebook that can bring stories to life and which has a link to the 1914 disappearance of her great uncle.

At college in New York City, Janie Johnson, aka Jennie Spring, seems to have successfully left behind her past as "The face on the milk carton," but soon she, her families, and friends are pursued by a true-crime writer who wants their help in telling her kidnapper's tale.

Explores the quirky writing habits of renowned authors, including Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, and more.

Explores the job of a writer and includes tips on how to get started.

Focuses on the skills and techniques necessary for good writing and combines inspirational anecdotes and writing prompts with practical writing guidance on how to develop characters and plot, make revisions, and overcome writer's block.

Provides an introduction to the writing industry, describes various writing careers, each with information on salary range, educational requirements, and employment outlook, offers advice to students on how to prepare for a writing career, and includes resources.

A step by step approach to writing, with concepts linked together by explanations, exercises and examples.

Advice from a Pulitzer Prize winning author offering guidelines to writers for finding ideas, researching topics, motivation, and getting published.

A collection of essays by African-American poet Mari Evans in which she addresses the lives of African-Americans in the United States and provides advice on change; discussing family, politics, education, the importance of museums, and other related topics.

Details salaries, skill requirements, advancement prospects, and labor union information for people who are planning a career as a writer.