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|  | | Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up
This nonfiction book teaches writers how to develop characters for fiction and nonfiction in a step-by-sep process.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; ">a href="http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Great-Characters-Ground-Nonfiction/dp/0971534489/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256853683&sr=8-1">Growing Great Characters From the Ground Up/a> lists 70 examples from past and present literature covering a wide variety of genres to illustrate key concepts. Each chapter ends with exercises, which if followed, are designed to help readers grow their own characters. The book ends with a glossary, sample query letter and list of ques | |  | | The Wind Thief
THE WIND THIEF is the story of a young thief from India who's on his way to a better life in America when he gets lost in the Sahara Desert. He's rescued by a strange young woman who thinks she can talk to the wind, a gift/curse she believes will save the world from an imminent apocalypse. The thief has no choice but to follow, yet when he gets the chance to escape the woman, he realizes he no longer can.
This is the story of two souls who are swept from continent to continent, one in search of a home, the other in search of a war, and both ever a step behind the peace they seek.
a href="http://www.alondrapress.com/Book_Store.html">THE WIND THIEF/a>/b> is a true book club book, I'm actively looking to connect with book clubs. For those that choose my book for discussion, I'll be happy to meet with members online (or in-person, if within the San Francisco Bay Area) to answer questions.
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by Odin odin@aflx.com
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 What causes America's mainstream media to fear and try to destroy a group of artists and their work? What happens when such a creative movement grows in strength and threatens media's bottom line? Why would extremists find it necessary to take acti |
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He Was Weird
by Michael LeFevre
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 My second book is about a boy who has Asperger's Syndrome and is bullied to the point to where he shoots up his school. I have divided the excerpts from it into three parts: Before, during and after the shooting. |
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