Posted by qpen on May 19, 2010
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-This is a clear, insightful book about reading and writing by one of the most gifted teachers of writing today. She wrestles the art of good writing from the clutches of the muse and brings it down to earth where we can have a go at it. With humor and generosity, she shares her good ideas and love of craft. It is a nourishing read, second only to taking one of Barbara’s classes.- – Linda Hunt, actress -There are too many technical, academic writing texts out there. B (more…)
Posted by qpen on May 12, 2010
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Travelwriter Marketletter Read this before you write your next book –it will streamline your activities. Sandy Whelchel, National Writers Association Creative people are more productive when they have the best tools. Get the best computer you can afford and this book. Ray Newton, National Coordinator, Reader’s Digest Writing Workshops Dan shares his experience and insights in a readable, clear and educational way. (more…)
Posted by qpen on November 29, 2009
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How do you feel when someone says: I want tell you about my product? Ready to run away in horror, right? What about when someone says Let me tell you a story? Now that s interesting! Casey Hibbard is an expert in Success-Story Marketing and her terrific book Stories that Sell will help you reach people in the best way possible, through customer storytelling. –David Meerman Scott, Bestselling author of The New Rules of Marketing and PRIn the age of The Jaded Customer, comp (more…)
Posted by qpen on October 28, 2009
The Story in History gives students and teachers an entirely new way to learn about American history by re-experiencing it from the vantage point of the imaginative writer. In over twenty exercises using sources as various as early maps of the Americans, Walt Whitman’s accounts of the Civil War, Sioux oral histories, diaries of the women on the Oregon Trail, ads in 1940s issues of Life, and poetry by Gwendolyn Brooks and Pablo Neruda, students combine research, imagination, and per (more…)
