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Favorite Craft Books
Save the Cat, by Blake Snyder (Solid screenwriting advice that can easily be applied to novels)Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions, by Harry Shaw (Easy to use resource for pesky word usage issues)
The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White (A classic!)
Goal, Motivation, Conflict, by Debra Dixon (Great for plotting)
On Writing, by Stephen King (From-the-heart, no-nonsense approach by one of the big guns)
Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott (Good lessons about writing and life)
Self Editing for Fiction Writers, by Renni Browne and Dave King (A must for every writer)
Writing the Breakout Novel, by Donald Maass (An industry insider tackles the "big picture")
Favorite Quotes
How vain it is to sit down to write if you have not stood up to live. -- Henry David ThoreauI find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. -- Thomas Jefferson
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
First, find out what your hero wants. Then just follow him. -- Ray Bradbury
There is no great writing, only great rewriting. -- Justice Brandeis
The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind -- Hortense Calisher
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. -- Rudyard Kipling
Writing Links
Desert Rose -- Arizona Chapter of the RWARomance Writers of America