Thursday, July 31, 2008

The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines: Excellent writing guide exploring the characteristic Hero's and Heroines, their interaction, and the combination potentials.

Nuggets of Gold: Stereotyping your family & friends

Enjoyability: Excellent read with great deal of incite and examples to make each character identifiable.

Reference tool: Highly recommended for new to moderately experience writers. For published seasoned writers the book could be valuable as a way to put into words what may already be instinctual.

Value vs Purchase price: At a minimal $12.21 it is well worth the purchase price

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Harris’s List of Convent Garden Ladies: Sex in the city in Georgian Britain: A best selling book in the 18th century, details the names and "specialities" of the capital’s prostitutes.

"Grandeur in Great Britain" by Charles Spencer, Current Earl of Spencer. Include pictures and information about Althorp which has been in the family for 500 years.

The Diary of a Country Parson: James Woodforde: In the time of the French Revolution and the American War of Independence, take a look into the like of a simple country parson.

Journals and Letters: Burney, Frances: covers the period of 1768 to 1839 and her opinions and view of the society around her.

The Complete Writer's Guide to Heroes and Heroines: excellent writing guide exploring the characteristic Hero's and Heroines, their interaction, and the combination potentials.