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Books on technique, form or mechanics:

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Anne Lamott

Elements of Style Strunk and White

Getting Published Leonard S. Bernstein

How to Grow a Novel Sol Stein

On Writing Stephen King

Reading Like a Writer Francine Prose

Seven Steps on the Writer’s Path: The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment Nancy Pickard, Lynn Lott

Telling the Story Peter Rubie

Sites on technique, form or mechanics:

Formating a manuscript

MLA Style FAQ

Good Grammar, Good Style

Audio:

Don Swaim Wired for Books

Writers of note:

David Ayer

Shane Black

Judy Blume

John Blumenthal

Poppy Z. Brite

Debra Broughton

Anthony Burgess

William Burroughs

Robert Caro

Michael Chabon

Joe Eszterhas

David Fincher

John Fitzgerald

Thomas Harris

Joseph Heller

Tania Hershman

Ralph Keyes

Margot Kinberg

Stephen King

James Kirkwood

John Knowles

Mariam Kobras

Gordon Korman

John Krakauer

Madeleine L’Engle

John Lennon

David McCullough

Megan McCafferty

Chris Moore

Vladimir Nabokov

George Orwell

P.J. O’Rourke

Ann Packer

Chuck Palahniuk

Robert Parker

James Patterson

Christina M. Rau

Ian Rogers

Jerome David Salinger

M. Night Shyamalan

Alan Silitoe

Plum Sykes

Ted Tally

Steven Tesich

Hunter S. Thompson

Sue Townsend

Thomas Tryon

Mark Twain

Kurt Vonnegut

Roger Waters

Evelyn Waugh

Leigh Whannell

Lauren Weisberger

Oscar Wilde

Tom Wolfe

Legal Resources:

Copyright Office

Poor Man’s Copyright

Last Revision: March 30, 2012