Reference Books for Writers
Every writer's desk should have a few reference books nearby, if only for something to peruse when your brain hits a wall.
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The Sound on the Page - Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda strives to understand voice and style through reasearch and over 40 interviews.
How to Session Zero Your Writer's Group
Start your new writers group with a "Session Zero" meeting to get everyone on the same page.
Reading Report: December 2025
Drop into your seal flow, get cozy knitting short fiction, plan a year of dinners and more in December's Reading Report.
Yearly Themes
Instead of a New Years resolution, try a gentler approach by setting a yearly or seasonal theme. Here's how.
Spiral Story - Writers Group Comments and Self Evaluation
I now have a rough draft of this story but with no solid ending. So it's time to reread and evaluate with the help of my writers group.
Books for a Grammar Workout
Build your writing muscle with these books on grammar, punctuation, and rhetoric.
Aspects of the Novel - E.M. Forster
When Steering the Craft, About Writing, Murder Your Darlings, and Techniques of the Selling Writer *all* mention the same book, that book goes on the list too.
Reading Report: November 2025
Luddite Literature, two excellent games to try, and a pair of excellent books read in in this month's Reading Report. Now with added acountability!
Writing Books to Gift Writers
Writing books sure to please your writer friends.
Finding Begeisterung
Begeisterung is what artists share over their otherwise endless differences: enthusiasm for a task clearly perceived