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.
Conferences & Workshops
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 : 978-0898796490Corvasce, 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