The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing
Author: Laurie Rozakis
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2004
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781592572069

A fifty percent revision of a popular Complete Idiot's Guide that now, more than ever, offers readers a thorough, creative writing class in a book, with Dr. Laurie Rozakis as their teacher. The book is refocused to more of an academic approach. Readers can begin to unlock their creativity from the first page, with fabulous exercises that help them explore their talents and experiment with different genres and forms of writing, including: • •Short stories •Narrative nonfiction •Memoirs •Magazine articles •Poetry •Drama •Blogging and freewriting

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.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weather

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weather
Author: Mel Goldstein
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2002
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780028643410

Explains how to track weather patterns, read weather maps, and identify cloud formations while exploring the effects of pollution, hurricanes, and El Niäno.

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 Motorcycles

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles
Author: Editors of Motorcyclist Magazine
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2008
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781592577040

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles, Fourth Edition, is the most complete book on motorcycles, covering everything from how to choose and maintain a motorcycle and how to buy appropriate gear, to how to ride safely, and how to make the most out of trips on the open road.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Statistics

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Statistics
Author: Robert A. Donnelly
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2007
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9781592576340

An updated manual with an emphasis on Microsoft Excel for computations offers an introduction to statistics, covering concepts and formulas, the interpretation of data through different types of charts, using computer applications to simplify things, and more advanced topics. Original.

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 Writing a Novel, 2nd Edition

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel, 2nd Edition
Author: Tom Monteleone
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2010-07-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1101198117

A completely updated guide for first-time novelists Completely revised to include new interviews with best-selling authors; more detailed information on writing genre fiction from paranormal romance to cozy mysteries; and everything a writer needs to know about self-publishing and ebooks to get started. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Writing a Novel, Second Edition, is an indispensable reference on how to write and publish a first novel. • Expert author with over thirty published novels • Includes interviews with new best-selling novelists • Features new material on writing genre fiction and self-publishing

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Options and Futures

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Options and Futures
Author: Scott Barrie
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592575480

Completely updated, this practical guide has the information investors need to keep up in the complex, fast-paced, and highly profitable world of options and futures, where everything is in play-from oil to diamonds, poultry to vaccines, franchises to coffee. Provides cutting edge information on energy futures and options Tools for creating flexible strategies that can move with the times New information on the solid standbys like livestock, precious metals, and equities Keyed to the new realities of the global economy, making this book vital for investors at all levels Highly respected expert author