50 Book Challenge
May. 21st, 2008 06:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sulwen1 - The Mirador by Sarah Monette 5/5
2 - Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale 4/5
3 - Transformation by Carol Berg 4.5/5
4 - The Phoenix by Ruth Sims 4/5
5 - I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 4/5
6 - Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff 3/5
7 - Regeneration by Pat Barker 5/5
8 - Atonement by Ian McEwan 3/5
9 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 4/5
10 - Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling 5/5
11 - Yarn Harlot - the Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee 5/5
12 - How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman 5/5
I love writing books. I cannot read enough of them. This one, though, is different - instead of telling you how to write a great novel, it outlines common (and some not so common) errors unpublished writers make that keeps their novels from getting accepted. Most of the information I feel I already know, but there were definitely times when I just had to raise my hand and admit I was guilty. And it's awesomely funny - the examples of bad writing had me laughing out loud from time to time. Not only a useful resource, but a fun read as well.
2 - Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale 4/5
3 - Transformation by Carol Berg 4.5/5
4 - The Phoenix by Ruth Sims 4/5
5 - I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert 4/5
6 - Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff 3/5
7 - Regeneration by Pat Barker 5/5
8 - Atonement by Ian McEwan 3/5
9 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 4/5
10 - Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling 5/5
11 - Yarn Harlot - the Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee 5/5
12 - How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman 5/5
I love writing books. I cannot read enough of them. This one, though, is different - instead of telling you how to write a great novel, it outlines common (and some not so common) errors unpublished writers make that keeps their novels from getting accepted. Most of the information I feel I already know, but there were definitely times when I just had to raise my hand and admit I was guilty. And it's awesomely funny - the examples of bad writing had me laughing out loud from time to time. Not only a useful resource, but a fun read as well.
