Lending Library Favorites

Here's a peek at what's in Windy City's lending library. Members can see our chapter librarian to borrow a title.

(Contact Cathie Linz if you would like to take out a book or conference CD)

Our Newest Editions:

IMMEDIATE FICTION: A complete Writing Course by Jerry Cleaver (includes chapters of Self-editing and Story Craft as well as Time Management and Getting into Print)

WRITE AWAY: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life by Elizabeth George

THE MARSHAL PLAN FOR NOVEL WRITING: a 16 step program guaranteed to take you from idea to completed manuscript by Evan Marshall

SCENE AND STRUCTURE: How to construct fiction with scene-by-scene flow, logic and readability by Jack M. Bickham

Also in the collection:

ON WRITING: A memoir of the craft by Stephen King

BIRD BY BIRD: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

FOREST FOR THE TREES: an Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner.

ROMANCE WRITERS PHRASE BOOK by Jean Kent and Candace Shelton (includes over 3,000 descriptive phrases)

THE ROMANCE WRITERS HANDBOOK : How to Write Romantic Fiction and Get It Published by Rebacca Vineyard.

WRITING ROMANCE by Venessa Grant

THE ART OF CREATIVE WRITING by Lajos Egri (shows how to probe the secrets of human motivation to define flesh-and-blood characters who create suspense and conflit and who grow emotionally).

HOW TO WRITE IRRESISTIBLE QUERY LETTERS by Lisa Collier Cool.

Cassettes:     RWA Conference, Washington DC 2000
Sex vs. Senusality - Karen Drogin, Brenda Chin (ed.), Kimberly Raye, Janelle Denison;
Meet the Ladies of Crime and Mystery: The Cop & the PI (2 tapes) - Joyce Spizer and Kathy Bennett; Cowboys and Cops: Characters Cut From the Same Cloth - Linda Sue Cooper and Terri Sprenger; The Real World of Firefighters and Paramedics (2 tapes) - Lisa Kamps and Michele Polich; Creating Military Characters (2 tapes) - Candace Irvin; Creating Unforgettable Characters (2 tapes) - Dr. Linda Seger; The Art of Creating Mystery and Suspense (2 tapes) - JoAnna Wayne, Lisa Gardner, Gayle Wilson, Suzanne Brockmann; Growing Plot Out of Character - Patricia Rosemoor; Creating Your Hero's Fatal Flaw - Laurie Schnebly Campbell; Structuring the Romance - Sylvie Kurtz; Creating Dramatic Dialogue - Ann Chamberlin; Crafting Perfect Heroes - Ann Lawrence; Humor in the Historical - Katie Rose; Inside the Editor's Mind - Leslie Wainger; Historicals: Are They Still a Marketable Book? (no speakers names listed); Climbing the Slippery Slope:Building the Emotional Black Moment (2 tapes) - Debra Dixon; Writing About England (2 tapes) - Margaret Evans Porter & Jo Beverly

Cassettes: ONCE UPON A TIME - 1999 RWA Chapter

Presidents Retreat Cassettes: RWA 1999 Conference - Chicago Topics: Queries & Proposals (Fraser), Synopsis (Sinclair), Inside the Editor's Mind - Analyzing Synopses (Leslie Wainger), Writing About Englad (Jo Berverly), Editing your Manuscript (Madl), Let Your Characters Do the Writing (Cheryl Porter), How to create Sexual Tension (Joan Johnston), From First Sale to Publication (Brisbin), Where's the Money (Ethan Ellenberg), Turning Intriguing Ideas into Blockbuster Novels (Linda Needham), Dialogue (theresa Hill), Simple Abundance - the Artist's Way (Donna Cauubarreaux).

THE EVOLVING WOMAN: Intimate Confessions of Surviving Mr Wrong by Catherine Lanigan and Jodee Blanco

THE WRITER'S PATH: A Guidebook for Your Creative Journey, Excercies, Essays and Examples by Toddy Walton and Mindy Toomay. Learn simply and effective techniques accessing memories, refining your style and crafting vibrant stories. Helps you become more skillful in all aspects of the writing process.

WRITER'S LITTLE BOOK OF WISDOM by John Long. A treasury of tips and warnings for every writers..the traps to avoid and the gold mines to explore.

WALKING ON ALLIGATORS: A Book of Meditations for Writers by Susan Shaughnessy. Two hundred throught-provoking essays explore every aspect of the practice and process of writing.

WRITING ROMANCES: A Handbook by the Romance Writers of America.
Included are articles by Debbie Macomber speaking of writing, emotion, and tenacity. Jude Deveraux reveals her secrets of writing best-sellers. Jo Beverly illuminates the mannerly, sensual Regency and Kathleen Eagle discusses research for avoiding stereotyping characters. There are also sections on the business of writing (networking, bookstore info, publicity).

TECHNIQUES OF THE SELLING WRITER by Dwight Swain. "An instructive book covering the processes and practical skills necessary for writing fiction that sells"

THE WRITER'S SURVIVAL GUIDE: An Instructive, Insightful Celebration of the Writing Life by Rachel Simon. A friendly blueprint for the writing life with everyday details and major decisions facing writers, inlcuding cultivating your inner voice, making more time to write, getting unstuck, finding fresh subject matter.

RWA 20th Annual Conference Handout book (Washington DC conference 2000)

RWA 19th Annual Conference Handout book (Chicago conference, 1999)

RWA 21st Annual Conference Handout book (New Orleans, 2001)

Mystery Writers Source Book: Where to Sell Your Manuscripts (2nd edition). Includes writing guidance and trends as well as other information and resources.

Other titles:
The Joy of Writing Sex by Elizabeth Benedict

Romance Writers Pink Pages by Eve Paladan

A Writer's Time by Kenneth Atchity