Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Swan Peak by James Lee Burke

Today I finished reading Swan Peak by James Lee Burke.

Learn to Write by Reading Project.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Techniques of a Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain

Today I finished Techniques of a Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain. (1965)

I bought and read the book because I was intrigued by Motivation-Response-Units mentioned by blogger Randy Ingermanson in his blog Advanced Fiction Writing.  A concept which Ingermanson credited to Swain.

If a how-to-write book written in 1965 is still in print, it has something useful to say. 

This book does in spades.  Ninety percent of my copy's pages are highlighted, underlined, or both.  I give it four stars. 

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker

Read Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker.  An Edgar award winning novel.

Learn to Write by Reading Project.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Saturday, September 4, 2010