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10 best books like On Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association (Mort Castle): On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, London Fields, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, Cold Fire, Beginnings, Middles & Ends, How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide, Characters and Viewpoint, Everyday Magic: Spells & Rituals for Modern Living, Smothered in Hugs: Essays, Interviews, Feedback, and Obituaries, Everyday Moon Magic: Spells & Rituals for Abundant Living

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
AuthorStephen King
ISBN0743455967
"Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every...
London Fields
AuthorMartin Amis
ISBN0099748614



Samson Young, first-person narrator of this Martin Amis novel, is a somewhat jaded, frequently sarcastic and acerbic 40-something intellectual literary writer from, not surprisingly, New York City. But his hard-edged Big Apple voice is absolutely pitch-perfect for the story he...
Songs of a Dead Dreamer
AuthorThomas Ligotti
ISBN0881847216
Songs of a Dreamer was Thomas Ligotti’s first collection of supernatural horror stories. When originally published in 1985 by Harry Morris’s Silver Scarab Press, the book was hardly noticed. In 1989, an expanded version appeared that garnered accolades from several quarters. Writing in the...
Cold Fire
AuthorDean Koontz
ISBN0425199584
In Portland, he saved a young boy from a drunk driver. In Boston, he rescued a child from an underground explosion. In Houston, he disarmed a man who was trying to shoot his own wife. Reporter Holly Thorne was intrigued by this strange quiet savior named Jim Ironheart. She was even falling in love with him....
Beginnings, Middles & Ends
AuthorNancy Kress
Get your stories off to a roaring start. Keep them tight and crisp throughout. Conclude them with a wallop.

Is the story or novel you've been carrying around in your head the same one you see on the page? Or does the dialogue suddenly sound flat and predictable? Do the events seem to ramble?

Translating...
How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
AuthorHoward Mittelmark
ISBN0061357952
Many writing books offer sound advice on how to write well. This is not one of those books. On the contrary, this is a collection of terrible, awkward, and laughably unreadable excerpts that will teach you what to avoid—at all costs—if you ever want your novel published.

In How Not to Write...
Characters and Viewpoint
AuthorOrson Scott Card
Vivid and memorable characters aren't born: they have to be made.

This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your memory, your imagination and your soul.

Award-winning...
Everyday Magic: Spells & Rituals for Modern Living
AuthorDorothy Morrison
ISBN1567184693
Looking for simple solutions for today's problems: computer viruses, traffic that drives you crazy, and an overextended schedule?

There's an easy way to incorporate magic into your life without adding more stress to it. Everyday Magic updates the ancient arts to fit your busy lifestyle....
Smothered in Hugs: Essays, Interviews, Feedback, and Obituaries
AuthorDennis Cooper
ISBN0061715611
“In another country or another era, Dennis Cooper’s books would be circulated in secret, explosive samizdat editions that friends and fans would pass around and savor like forbidden absinthe.” —New York Times Book Review

“His work belongs to that of Poe, the Marquis de Sade, Charles...
Everyday Moon Magic: Spells & Rituals for Abundant Living
AuthorDorothy Morrison
ISBN0738702498
That magical, mystical, glorious Moon--invite her power into your life every day, from fixing your computer to blessing your pets. You'll learn how each Moon phase affects your spellwork, including the seldom-discussed energies of the true Blue Moon, the Black Moon, the void-of-course moon, and...
Utterly Wicked: Curses, Hexes & Other Unsavory Notions
AuthorDorothy Morrison
ISBN0979453313
Hexes, curses and other unsavory notions. Most magical practitioners won't even discuss them. Why? Because they'd much rather find a positive solution that benefits all concerned. And, there's nothing wrong with that. Occasionally, though, our problems are such that nothing in the positive solution...
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