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FAVORITE BOOKS: (In no particular order)
Plot and Structure: Techniques and exercises for crafting a plot that grips readers from start to finish, James Scott Bell. (This book completely changed my writing!)
The Shining, Stephen King (The book that inspired me to write novels.)
The Stand, Stephen King (I read it every summer.)
Fear Nothing, Dean Koontz
The Darkening, Chandler McGrew (Man, this guy can write!)
Stinger, Robert R. McCammon (An all-time favorite)
Swan Song, Robert R. McCammon (Another All-time fav)
The Earthsea Trilogy, Ursula K. LeGuin (ah, sweet youth)
The Face in the Frost, John Bellairs
Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris (totally fun)
The Outlander Series, Diana Gabaldon
The Talisman, Stephen King & Peter Straub
Ancient Sorceries & Other Weird Stories, Algernon Blackwood
(Algernon was waay ahead of his time. This is the only book (besides
The Shining with the silver cover and The Face in the Frost) that I've ever wanted a 1st edition.)
Wolf and Iron, Gordon R. Dickson (This one sticks with you.)
The Mind Parasites, Colin Wilson (This one does too.)
The Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling
It, Stephen King
Insomnia, Stephen King
Darkfall, Dean Koontz
The House of Thunder, Dean Koontz
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, Robert C. O'Brien (this one sparked my imagination!)
The Sell your Novel Tool Kit, by Elizabeth Lyon. (Sample summaries, pitching, agent info)
Getting published for Dummies, by Sarah Parsons Zackheim.
Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript, by Jack & Glenda Neff, Don Prues (For fomatting everything.)
Your Novel Proposal from Creation to Contract, by Blythe Camenson and Marshall J. Cook
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