WRITERS' REFERENCE
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£12.99

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Quotations for our Time
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Dr Laurence Peter |
Excellent source-book for today's writers and public speakers,
described by our reviewer as 'a
highly enjoyable romp through the best wit and wisdom of our times'
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2003 Novel
and Short Story Writer’s Markets 22nd Edition
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Edited by Anne Bowling |
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Writer’s Digest £15.99 |
How to get you work into print in the US, a huge
reference with more than 1900 places to get your fiction into print.
As well as useful articles, includes pay rates, email addresses
and phone numbers, making it the essential handbook for fiction
submissions.
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£30
$40
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Chambers
Dictionary
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Chambers
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Considered by many to be their favourite
dictionary, this one has a literary reputation and many writers use it
every day. It is the
official dictionary used for Scrabble. Revised edition with 10,000 new
words in 2004.
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Complete Plain Words
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Sir Ernest Gowers |
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Penguin |
Entertaining classic which provides an
authoritative guide to good English.
Current usage of vocabulary and style is explained clearly and
sections included cover: jargon, clichés, spelling and punctuation;
ground rules of grammar; superfluous words, using words correctly and
concisely, overuse or misuse; sexist language, the influence of science
and technology and American English.
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£8.99
$19.95
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