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Host: Are there any 'How-to' books that you recommend?
James Frey: Probably, one of the best books written is a book titled, 'Is There a Book Inside You?' and it is co-authored by Dan Poynter and Mindy Bingham. A second book that you could take a look it acquiring would be 'Discovering the Writer Within' and the author's name is Bruce Ballenger. A third book if you are a genre is in the creative, non-fiction, short story type arena that you might want to consider is 'Writing Without the Muse: 50 Beginning Exercises for the Creative Writer' and the person who wrote that book is named Beth Baruch Joselow.
For fiction and short stories there is another book that you could consider acquiring called 'Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular' and the author of that book is Rust Hills and lastly, if you are writing a fictional novel there is a book called 'Writing the Novel: from Plot to Print' and the author of that book is Lawrence Block. All of these books could be available at a local library or certainly, they are available on internet sites such as www.amazon.com, www.barnes&noble.com or can be special ordered at book stores in your neighborhood.
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James V. Frey is the current owner of American Literary Press, a Baltimore, MD-based book publisher that has published books written by more than 1,300 first-time authors during the past 20 years.Jim is a Cum Laude graduate of Dartmouth College. Following graduation from Dartmouth, he served as a high school teacher in Southern New Hampshire. Subsequently, he spent 15 years with Xerox Corporation in various Sales More »
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