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Dear Santa: All I want for Christmas is books on writing | Media Editing — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:30:24 +0000

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By: Isabel

Isabel — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:32:21 +0000

I stumbled into this site and got inspired to mention one book that, to me, transforms the language into a living entity that breathes through every page. At times the theme is dark or very dark, painful, with touches of light here and there. How much so depends on what your ethnic-cultural background spectrum of dark to light is.
The book is Arundhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things”. So, it’s not a book about writing. It simply is great writing.
THank you.

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Free Tools and Sites for Writers — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:07:18 +0000

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By: Advice to Wanna Be Writers

Advice to Wanna Be Writers — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:06:16 +0000

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By: Meryl K Evans

Meryl K Evans — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:28:29 +0000

Daniel, that’s a great recommendation. You’re right that its audience is limited — but worth mentioning for those who do the work.
.-= Meryl K Evans’s blog …Game du Jour: Week of 26 April 2010 =-.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:09:12 +0000

For technical writing (I know, it’s a niche), the Microsoft Manual of Style should be top 5.

It’s not particularly useful to anyone outside that profession though.

By: Meryl

Meryl — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:19:36 +0000

@Kathy, glad this helps!

@Trevor, Sol Stein’s book was in the nominees list, but it didn’t receive enough votes to make the top 25. Thanks for suggesting The ABC Checklist.

By: Trevor Belshaw

Trevor Belshaw — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:49:21 +0000

No Sol Stein?
Solutions for Writers is an excellent guide.On par with King’s.

Also try
The ABC Checklist For New Writers by Lorraine Mace and Maureen Vincent-Northam.
Every writer should have a copy.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:50:24 +0000

What a great list! Will definitely keep this one handy when I need a new reference book. Thanks for posting!