authorship

". . . this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Doctorow, and Frank Rich, into a useful guide . . . Dreyer offers lessons on the ins and outs of punctuation and grammar, including how to navigate the words he calls 'the confusables,' like tricky homophones; the myriad ways to use (and misuse) a comma; and how to recognize--though not necessarily do away with--the passive voice . . . People are sharing their writing more than ever--on blogs, on Twitter--and this book lays out, clearly and comprehensibly, everything writers can do to keep readers focused on the real reason writers write: to communicate their ideas clearly and effectively . . ."--Provided by publisher.

Find out how books are made in this entertaining and engaging exploration of how to make a nonfiction picture book about author Chris Barton's real-life dog, Ernie.

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate readers and writers and the way the two are intertwined.

Third-grader Vera, a budding artist who loves every minute of her after-school comic-book camp, searches for a way to get her mother's permission to attend the camp's final field trip to Comic-Con.

"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Bridget is both an employee of author RM Haldon and his biggest fan, so when she starts to receive cryptic emails from him after he goes missing, she teams up with her friend to find Haldon.

". . . this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Doctorow, and Frank Rich, into a useful guide . . . Dreyer offers lessons on the ins and outs of punctuation and grammar, including how to navigate the words he calls 'the confusables,' like tricky homophones; the myriad ways to use (and misuse) a comma; and how to recognize--though not necessarily do away with--the passive voice . . . People are sharing their writing more than ever--on blogs, on Twitter--and this book lays out, clearly and comprehensibly, everything writers can do to keep readers focused on the real reason writers write: to communicate their ideas clearly and effectively . . ."--Provided by publisher.

"In this . . . guide to writing and living the creative life, Wendelin Van Draanen shares what she's learned from her years as a published author--and from the ten years spent trying to become a published author"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Alma finds herself trapped in a nightmare when the fears, premonitions, and dark stories she writes in her notebook begin to come to life.

Rowley Jefferson, the best friend of Greg Kinney--famous from "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"--now has his own diary about his life and all the fun, awesome, and friendly stuff he gets up to with his parents, during school, and with his best friend, Greg, whether Greg likes it or not.