Aubergine St. Valentine stared into the mirror. It was a bad day when your caftan didn't fit. The Queen of Romance did not wear a caftan, that was for the older romance ladies with flaws to paper over. A caftan, if the Queen should choose to wear one, should be gossamer and float lightly around her flawless torso. And where was her flawless king? Why out gallivanting around and and flaunting his flawless torso in front of a caterwauling horde who...

Marcello is a young comic writer who leads a peaceful life in the little town of Fiorano Modenese and the literary genres he loves the most are noir & crime stories. However, he would have never expected himself to be the main character in an adventure that mirrors the stories that he loves so much… stories that are so fun to write, but not to experience!

This! Recollections of the "no-longer running" www.ida-music.com website, documenting singer, songwriter, guitarist, Ida Barker's music career from 2003 to 2010, before her reinvention: storytelling via co-foundering book publisher, She And The Cat's Mother. This book also INCLUDES ten popular Ida songs (lyrics and chords): A SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE *CAT OUT OF THE BAG *UNTIL THEN *THE TURKEY SONG *THE ONLY THING COMING DOWN IS THE RAIN *STREETS...

When Writer's Block Strikes...How do You Break-Free? ★Authors, Writers, Creatives! Unleash Your Creativity: Finally Crush Writer's Block. Have you ever experienced dreaded writer's block, a torment that haunts new and experienced writers alike... the frustration of staring at a blank page, the fear of abandoning your half-finished masterpiece, or the overwhelming feeling of not even knowing where to begin? Fear Not, it doesn't have to be that WayIntroducing...

For fourteen years, five-time Edgar winner and MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block wrote a monthly column on fiction for Writers Digest magazine. These columns yielded four books regarded as classics: Telling Lies for Fun & Profit, Spider Spin Me a Web, The Liar's Bible...and now The Liar's Companion.

"Tenley Roths first book was a runaway bestseller. Now that her second book is due, shes locked in fear. Can she repeat her earlier success or is she a fraud who has run out of inspiration? With pressure mounting from her publisher, Tenley is weighted with writers block. But when her estranged mother calls asking Tenley to help her through chemotherapy, she packs up for Florida where she meets handsome furniture designer Jonas Sullivan and discovers...

Rejoin Dunder Mifflin boss Michael Scott, Jim and Pam as they bring romance to the workplace, Dwight as he continues his quest to be Michael's right-hand man, and newly deemed "Wunderkind" Ryan, who's working to drag Dunder Mifflin into the digital age

"Part1 explores the nature and history of the form, personal reflections by the editors, and help getting started with ideas, planning and research. Part 2 includes tips by leading short story writers, including: Alison Moore, Jane Rogers, Edith Pearlman, David Vann, Anthony Doerr, Vanessa Gebbie, Alexander MacLeod, Adam Thorpe and Elspeth Sandys. Part 3 contains practical advice - from shaping plots and exploring your characters to beating writers'...