Links & Resources

Here are a bunch of resources for you that have come up through the list server, at meetings, and have been suggested by other writers. If you know of others that you feel would be of help to the writing community then please let us know, by going to the contact page.

Writing Books

  • Alcorn, Steve. 2012. "How to fix your Novel". CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN-13 : 978-1470102616

  • Blintliff, Russell. 1993. "Police Procedural: A Writer's Guide to the Police and How They Work". Writers Digest Books.

  • Blythe, Hal. 1993. "Private eyes : a writer's guide to private investigating". Writers Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0898795493

  • Bova, Ben. 1975. "Notes To A Science Fiction Writer". Scribner. ISBN-13 : 978-0684144344

  • Bova, Ben. 1997. "Space Travel: A Writer's Guide to the science of interplanetary and interstellar travel". Writers Digest Books. ISBN:

  • Browne, Renni. 2004. "Self-editing for Fiction Writers". William Morrow Paperbacks. ISBN-13 : 978-0060545697

  • Cook, Claire Kehrwald. 2003. "Line By Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing". Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN-13 : 978-0395393918

  • Cohen, Nancy J. 2018. "Writing the Cozy Mystery". Orange Grove Press. ISBN-13 : 978-0998531731

  • Corvasce, Mauro V. 1995. "Modus operandi : a writer's guide to how criminals work". Writers Digest Books.
    ISBN-13 : 978-0898796490

  • Corvasce, Mauro V. 1997. "Murder One: A Writer's Guide to Homicide". Writers Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0898797732

  • Fallis, Greg. 1998. "Just the facts, ma'am : a writer's guide to investigators and investigation techniques". Writers Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0898798234

  • Faron, Fay. 1998. "Rip-off : a writer's guide to crimes of deception"Author is a Private Investigator". Writers Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0898798272

  • Faron, Fay. 2005. "Missing persons : a writer's guide to finding the lost, the abducted and the escaped"Author is a Private Investigator". Writers Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0898797909

  • Flanagan, Kerrie. 2018. "Writer's Digest Guide to Magazine Article Writing: A Practical Guide to Selling Your Pitches, Crafting Strong Articles, & Earning More Bylines"

  • Franklin, T. G. 2018. "World Building Guide & Workbook". PaperSteel Press. ISBN-10 : 1946589098

  • Frey, James N. 2004. "How to Write a Damn Good Mystery: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide from Inspiration to Finished Manuscript". St. Martin's Press. ISBN: ?

  • Frey, James N. 2002. "The Key: How to Write Damn Good Fiction Using the Power of Myth". St. Martin's Press. ISBN: ?

  • Frey, James N. 1987. "How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling". St. Martin's Press. ISBN: ?

  • Frey, James N. 1994. "How to Write a Damn Good Novel II: Advanced Techniques For Dramatic Storytelling". St. Martin's Press. ISBN: ?

  • Gillett, Stephen L. 2001. "World-Building: A Writer's Guide to Constructing Star Systems and Life-supporting Planets"

  • Glazier, Stephen. 1997. "Random House Webster's Word Menu". Ballantine Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0345414410

  • Glazier, Stephen. 1997. "The Art of Creative Nonfiction and Selling the Literature of Reality". Wiley. ISBN-13 : 978-0471113560

  • Goldberg, Natalie. 2005. "Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within". Shambhala. ISBN-13 : 978-1590302613

  • Hickson, Timothy. 2019. "On Writing and Worldbuilding: Volume I". Independently published. ISBN-13 : 978-1798967652

  • Kaufman, Carolyn. 2010. "Writer's Guide to Psychology: How to Write Accurately About Psychological Disorders, Clinical Treatment & Human Behavior ". Linden Publishing. ISBN-13 : 978-1884995682

  • King, Stephen. 2010. "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft". Scribner. ISBN-13 : 978-1439156810

  • Lofland, Lee. 2007. "Howdunit Police Procedure & Investigation A Guide For Writers". Writer's Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-1582974552

  • Lyle, D. P. 2008. "Howdunit Forensics". Writer's Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-1582974743

  • Nahin, Paul J. 2011. "Time Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Real Science of Plausible Time Travel". Johns Hopkins Univ Pr. ISBN-13 : 978-1421400822

  • Nelson, Mark. 2019. "Fantasy World-Building: A Guide to Developing Mythic Worlds and Legendary Creatures". Dover Pubns. ISBN-13 : 978-0486828657

  • Newton, Michael. 1990. "Armed and dangerous : a writer's guide to weapons". The Write Thought, Inc. ISBN: ?

  • Page, David W. 2006. "Body Trauma : a writer's guide to wounds and injuries". Behler Publications. ISBN: ?

  • Raco Chase, Elaine. 1996. "Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases". Writers Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0898797251

  • Ray, Robert J. 2005. "The Weekend Novelist: Learn to Write a Novel in 52 Weeks". Billboard Books. ISBN: ?

  • Ray, Robert J. 1998. "The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery". Dell. ISBN" ?

  • Rein, Jody. 2017. "How to Write a Book Proposal: The Insider's Step-by-Step Guide to Proposals that Get You Published". Writer's Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-1440348174

  • Roth, Martin. 2003. "Crime Writers Reference Guide: 1001 Tips for Writing the Perfect Crime". Michael Wiese Productions. ISBN: ?

  • Schmidt, Stanley. 1995. "Aliens And Alien Societies". Writer's Digest Books. ISBN: ?

  • Smith, Darian. 2015. "The Psychology Workbook for Writers: Tools for Creating Realistic Characters and Conflict in Fiction". Wooden Tiger Press. ISBN-13 : 978-0473334468

  • Stern, Jerome. 2000. "Making Shapley Fiction". WW Norton. ISBN-13 : 978-0393321241

  • Stevens, Serita. 1990. "Deadly doses : a writer's guide to poisons". Writers Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0898793710

  • Strunk, William & White, E. B. 2001. "The Elements of Style". Pearson. ISBN-13 : 978-0205309023

  • Trenga, Bonnie. 2008. "The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier". Writer's Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-1582975610

  • Truss, Lynne. 2006. "Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance approach to Punctuation". Gotham. ISBN-13 : 978-1592404889

  • Ueland, Brenda. 2014. "If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit". Lightning Source Inc. ISBN-13 : 978-1614271352

  • Vorhaus, John. 2007. "The Comic Toolbox". Silman James. ISBN-13 : 978-1879505216

  • Walsh, Pat. 2005. "78 reasons why your book may never be published & 14 reasons why it just might". Penguin Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0143035657

  • Wingate, Anne. 1992. "Scene of the Crime: A Writer™'s Guide to Crime Scene Investigation". Wriers' Digest Books. ISBN-13 : 978-0898795189