The annual Writer's Handbook competes neck-and-neck with the better-known Writer's Market. The 2002 Handbook lists 3,300 markets and resources; the 2002 Market "about 4,000." Though the Handbook blurbs are not as detailed as the Market's, they are a whole lot easier on the eyes. What differentiates the Handbook from the competition is about three times as many articles about the writing life. The book's 61 such pieces, most reprinted from The Writer magazine, are by the likes of Sue Grafton, John Ciardi, and Maeve Binchy. In a piece titled "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully--in Ten Minutes," Stephen King recommends that you "be talented," "remove every extraneous word," and "never look at a reference book while doing a first draft." This is the first Writer's Handbook in many years not to have been edited by Sylvia Burack; the transition to a new editor, Elfrieda Abbe, appears seamless. --Jane Steinberg
The Writer's Handbook 2005 SYNOPSIS
The venerable directory of magazines, books publishers, and literary agents—now in its 69th edition—includes essays by success stories such as Erica Jong; advice on everything from creating a worthy villain to entering literary contests, from genre experts and fiction favorites including Dennis Lehane, Sara Paretsky, Anne Tyler, and Jonathan Franzen; and a reference section outlining practical information such as submission procedures, copyright basics, and commonly misused words. The Writer Books is an imprint of Kalmbach Trade Press; distributed by Watson-Guptill. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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