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Words Fail Me

Patricia T. O'Conner

A writing pro's tips on to draft, write, and revise.

Hole in My Life

Jack Gantos

The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.

Inkheart

Cornelia Caroline Funke

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into s

2001 Writer's Market

Careers for Wordsmiths

Andrew Kaplan

Interviews with fourteen people who work in careers of interest to young people who like creative writing including songwriter, poet, press secretary, literary agent, book publicist, magazine editor,

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To Be a Writer

Barbara Seuling

Provides advice for those who want to become writers, discussing such topics as telling a good story, creating heroes and villians, and playing with words.

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Talktalk

E.L. Konigsburg

E.L. Konigsburg presents a selection of speeches she has given over a period of twenty-five years.

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Love and Death at the Mall

Richard Peck

Part personal odyssey, part lierary history, Love and Death at the Mall takes a searching look at coming of age in a country still coming of age.

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How a Book Is Born

Jess Carr

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Working with Words

Discusses employment opportunities and educational preparation for writing jobs ranging from technical editing and proofreading to writing news copy.

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