The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance
Author: Alison Kent
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2006-09-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440650756

Erotic romance reigns supreme as a big category of women's fictions; a billion-dollar business serviced by a new breed of uninhibited writer. This book is the necessary how-to for first-timers and a terrific guide for seasoned professionals as well, who are putting their racy (and lucrative) fantasies to paper. Now, for the first time, a veteran erotic romance author shows exactly what to do and how. The first book to guide writers to succeed in this mutli-million dollar genre. Explores how to set up a plot and write good, steamy sex scenes. From a best-selling experienced author. Includes resource section for research tools and further reading. Interviews with top editors in the field. Foreword by Kate Duffy, editorial director at Kensington Publishing and founding editor of the genre.

Romance

Romance
Author: Dr. Romance
Publisher: Alpha
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1999-12-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780028636573

No relationship is truly alive without romance, and Dr. Fagan (aka Dr. Romance) is prepped to teach her readers everything they need to know to keep the romance alive in their relationships. From romantic e-mails, faxes, and phone calls to writing love letters, watching romantic movies, or initiating the perfect romantic seduction, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Romance is bound to help every reader obtain romantic fulfillment.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Christian Fiction

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Christian Fiction
Author: Ron Benrey
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2007
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781592576814

They say there's nothing new under the sun, and the Christian fiction industry certainly didn't spring full blown with the advent of the Left Behindseries in 1996. Remember Christyby Catherine Marshall? Published in 1967, its inspiration was the life of Marshall's mother - and the Christy Award, presented annually since 1999 to recognize novelists and novels in several categories of Christian fiction, was named after it. What makes Christian fiction? There are several givens, despite the subgenres- the Christian worldview must be woven throughout both the book's plot and its character development. But must it put proselytizing before telling a good story? How much sex - if any! - is okay in a Christian romance? Is it all right to approach edgy subjects in a Christian mystery? Is it possible to seamlessly integrate a Christian message in a crackling good yarn? In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Christian FictionRon Benrey - himself the author of successful Christian fiction - offers readers chapter and verse of writing Christian women's, romance, thrillers and mysteries, warfare, historical, biblical, speculative, and young adult fiction that deliver strong, inspirational messages and sell!

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation
Author: James S. Bell Jr.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2001-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1101199253

You’re no idiot, of course. You’re familiar with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Judgment Day—especially in the wake of the new millennium. However, the Book of Revelation has existed for almost 2,000 years and is open to countless interpretations. Don’t get confused by scholarly analysis and religious dogma! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Book of Revelation shows you how so many meanings are derived from the book’s text. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Various ways to interpret Revelation and its symbols • A detailed examination of the key elements, including the Seven Seals and the Antichrist • A look at how the Jewish Old Testament and prophecies relate to Revelation

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books
Author: Harold D. Underdown
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2004
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781592571437

Provides practical and timely advice on writing different types of children's books, working with publishers, understanding the publishing process, the importance of illustrators, and building a career in the field of children's literature. Original. 12,000 first printing.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well
Author: Laurie Rozakis
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0028636945

Covers all elements of effective and grammatically-correct writing, including electronic formats, for any type of situation from research papers to business memos.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction

Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction
Author: Cory Doctorow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028639185

Offers advice on how to get a science fiction novel or short story published, including tips on the basic elements of a work of science fiction to getting an agent, and signing a contract.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less, Earning More

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Working Less, Earning More
Author: Jeff Cohen
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2008-09-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1440636656

A down-to-earth resource for a more-for-me life. Through practical information from an author who works about three days a week, The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Working Less, Earning More will help readers get more time and more money by learning how to: • Think about the modern-day work ethic in a new way. • Set income-focused goals—and achieve them. • Build—and maintain—powerful relationships and networks. • Round out skill sets to be more marketable. • Maximize technology to minimize time spent on minutia. • Avoid time-wasters and efficiency traps.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting and Owning a Dog

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting and Owning a Dog
Author: Sheila Webster Boneham
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2002-08-01
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9780028642840

Un pirata informático irrumpe clandestinamente en el ordenador personal del Papa mientras, en Sevilla, una iglesia barroca se ve obligada a defenderse matando a quienes están dispuestos a demolerla. El Vaticano envía un agente, sacerdote, especializado en asuntos sucios: el astuto y apuesto padre Lorenzo Quart, quien en el curso de sus investigaciones verá quebrantarse sus convicciones y hasta peligrar sus votos de castidad ante una bella aristócrata andaluza que fascina a la sociedad Sevillana. Cerca merodean tres pintorescos malvados aspiran a mantener viva la copla española. Un banquero celoso y su secretario ludópata. Una septuagenaria que bebe Coca-Cola. La tarjeta postal de una mujer muerta un siglo atrás. Y el misterioso legado del capitán Xaloc, último corsario español, desaparecido frente a las costas de Cuba en 1898...