Incoming Resources
- Surprising myself, by Jean Fritz ; photographs by Andrea Fritz Pfleger
- The art of revision, the last word, Peter Ho Davies
- The everything guide to writing a book proposal, Meg Schneider and Barbara Doyen
- Dear Ally, how do you write a book?, Ally Carter
- Touched with fire, manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament, Kay Redfield Jamison
- Poetry from A to Z, a guide for young writers, selected by Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Cathy Bobak
- Essay writing practice, narrative
- A teen's guide to getting published, publishing for profit, recognition, and academic success, Jessica Dunn & Danielle Dunn
- The Paris review, interviews, with an introduction by Philip Gourevitch
- Never say you can't survive, Charlie Jane Anders
- Author, a true story, Helen Lester
- 1000 words, a writer's guide to staying creative, focused, and productive all year round, [edited by] Jami Attenberg
- Swallowed by a whale, how to survive the writing life, edited by Huw Lewis-Jones
- Travel writing in fiction & fact, Jane Edwards
- 27 essential principles of story, master the secrets of great storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park, by Daniel Joshua Rubin
- Writing for the markets
- In flight with David McPhail, a creative autobiography, written and illustrated by David McPhail
- Draft no. 4, on the writing process, John McPhee
- The hero is you, sharpen your focus, conquer your demons, and become the writer you were born to be, Kendra Levin
- Spilling ink, a young writer's handbook, by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter ; illustrated by Matt Phelan
- Writing in 15 minutes a day
- To be a writer, a guide for young people who want to write and publish, Barbara Seuling
- Novelist as a vocation, Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen
- The sound on the page, style and voice in writing, Ben Yagoda
- A world of ideas, a presentation of WNET New York & WTTW Chicago ; directed and produced by Gail Pellett [and others]
- A poetic equation, conversations between Nikki Giovanni and Margaret Walker
- What makes an apple?, six conversations about writing, love, guilt, and other pleasures, Amos Oz, with Shira Hadad ; translated by Jessica Cohen
- The accidental life, an editor's notes on writing and writers, Terry McDonell
- So, you wanna be a writer?, how to write, get published, and maybe even make it big!, written by Vicki Hambleton and Cathleen Greenwood
- A year of writing dangerously, 365 days of inspiration & encouragement, Barbara Abercrombie
- Selling poetry, verse, and prose;, a guide to the greeting card and magazine markets., Drawings by Jan Coffman
- The treehouse, eccentric wisdom from my father on how to live, love, and see, Naomi Wolf
- Forty-one false starts, essays on artists and writers, Janet Malcolm
- The idea, the seven elements of a viable story for screen, stage, or fiction, Erik Bork
- How to write like Tolstoy, a journey into the minds of our greatest writers, Richard Cohen
- What do authors do?, by Eileen Christelow
- The practice of writing, David Lodge
- The knitting pattern writing handbook, how to write great patterns that knitters will love to make, Kristina McGrath & Sarah Walworth
- Guy-write, what every guy writer needs to know, Ralph Fletcher
- The writing life, Ellen Gilchrist
- The kite and the string, how to write with spontaneity and control, and live to tell the tale
- The genius of language, fifteen writers reflect on their mother tongues, edited and with an introduction by Wendy Lesser
- How to write a cookbook--and sell it, by Frances Sheridan Goulart
- Artful, Ali Smith
- Hole in my life, Jack Gantos
- The forest for the trees, an editor's advice to writers, Betsy Lerner
- Pep talks for writers, 52 insights and actions to boost your creative mojo, Grant Faulkner
- The pocket muse, ideas & inspirations for writing, Monica Wood
- Chicago guide to preparing electronic manuscripts, for authors and publishers
- The writing life, writers on how they think and work : a collection from the Washington post book world, edited and with an introduction by Marie Arana