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A Long Game : Notes on Writing Fiction. by McCracken, Elizabeth.;
Writing can feel like an endless series of decisions. Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and bad news is that in fiction writing, there are no definitive answers to such questions: writers must come up with their own. In 'A Long Game', Elizabeth McCracken guides you through your answers and offers practical tips and incisive thoughts about her own work as an artist.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Composition; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Fiction Writing; SELF-HELP / Creativity;

Big eyes [videorecording] / by Adams, Amy,actor.; Burton, Tim,1958-; Ritter, Krysten,1981-; Schwartzman, Jason,1980-; Waltz, Christoph,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada);
Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman.Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Keane, Margaret; Keane, Walter; Authorship; Divorce; Feature films.; Husband and wife; Painting;
© c2015., Distributed by Entertainment One,

Book of lives : a memoir of sorts / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The long-awaited memoir of one of the most lauded and influential writers of our time, from her peripatetic childhood in Northern Ontario, through the writing of her seminal novel The Handmaid's Tale in occupied East Berlin, to her position today as revered truth-teller and literary icon. From the moment she published her first collection of poetry in 1966 -- sweeping up our most prestigious literary award while still a graduate student in Victorian literature at Harvard -- Margaret Atwood has been ahead of her time. Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents (her father was a forest entomologist, her mother a former schoolteacher), Atwood spent half of every year in the deep forests of Quebec, living in tents or in houses hand-hewn by her father. Thrilling and unfettered, it was also isolating (on celebrating her eighth birthday: "It sounds forlorn. It was forlorn. It gets more forlorn.") and occasionally terrifying (alone for days with a 42-year-old pregnant mother, with no means of transportation or communication). From this unconventional origin, Atwood unspools her life story, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped the literary landscapes of our time, from the cruel year that spawned Cat's Eye to the Orwellian 1980s of Berlin, where conversations between writers were quickly ushered outdoors to evade the listening devices in any Westerner's home or hotel room. Chronicling oddball early jobs (teaching English to engineering students in a Quonset hut), a faltering early marriage, the bohemian gatherings and literary infighting of a generation of writers finding their voice, to her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and their only daughter, Atwood shares the stories, anecdotes, behind-the-scenes machinations, and turning points that have made her one of the most important writers of her era"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Atwood, Margaret, 1939-; Fiction; Novelists, Canadian; Novelists, Canadian; Authors, Canadian (English); Authors, Canadian (English);

In other worlds : SF and the human imagination / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Atwood, Margaret, 1939-; Atwood, Margaret, 1939-; Essays.; Science fiction; Science fiction; Speculative fiction;
© c2011., Signal,

Whatshisface / by Korman, Gordon.;
Cooper Vega's family moves so often that he is used to new schoolmates not knowing his name. When they relocate to the town of Stratford, Cooper receives a fancy new phone, which is haunted by the ghost of Roderick Northrop, a boy from the sixteenth-century, who had a tangled history with William Shakespeare.LSC
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Humorous fiction.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Cell phones; Secrecy; Friendship; Middle schools; Moving, Household;

Agatha Christie : a very elusive woman / by Worsley, Lucy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.' Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why--despite all the evidence to the contrary--did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? She was born in 1890 into a world which had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of an internationally renowned bestselling writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman. With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was--truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.
Subjects: Biographies.; Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.; Authors, English; Detective and mystery stories; Women authors, English; Women novelists, English;

Inkworld : the color of revenge / by Funke, Cornelia,1958-; Funke, Anna Schmitt.;
Includes bibliographical references."Five years after the events of 'Inkdeath', Meggie, Mo, and the people of Ombra lead peaceful lives, their fires warmed by the flames of Dustfinger--the Fire-Dancer. But when Dustfinger spots Orpheus's glass man within the gates of Ombra, a familiar restlessness begins to haunt him once more. And for good reason . . . The past five years have been a different story for Orpheus, who has spent his days living a meager and deprived existence, fueled only by his thirst for revenge against Dustfinger and all those who betrayed him. Now, Orpheus has found an unexpected way to seek vengeance against his greatest adversary. He has corrupted an artist to create bewitched portraits that will see the heroes fade to gray. When Dustfinger's deepest fears come true, he'll have to figure out whether the words still obey Orpheus. Or if he should be afraid of the pictures this time . . ."--Dust jacket.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Bookbinding; Books and reading; Authorship; Artists; Magic; Characters and characteristics in literature; Revenge;

Five found dead / by Gentill, Sulari,author.;
"After a brutal year battling what should have been a terminal cancer diagnosis, mystery author Joe Penvale and his twin sister Meredith decide to celebrate this new beginning with a holiday on the famed Orient Express. Joining them in Carriage 16 are a medically retired French police detective, a female British detective inspector, a travel blogger and her husband, two true crime podcasters who are seeking an interview with Joe, a widowed duchess, two little old ladies from Lower Slaughter in pursuit of a thief they know is aboard, and an obnoxious man in a green plaid suit. Joe and Meredith's elusive neighbor in 16G keeps to his cabin the first night after an early dinner -- and the next morning his cabin is found soaked in blood, with no sign of his body anywhere"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Cancer; Coronaviruses; Murder; Novelists; Quarantine; Railroad travel; Siblings; Twins; Detective and mystery stories;

Bad Kitty drawn to trouble / by Bruel, Nick.;
Author/illustrator Nick Bruel tries to explain to the reader how to write a story, but Bad Kitty is not at all happy about the plot, which has her going on a turnip diet to lose weight. Includes a recipe for roasted turnips.LSC
Subjects: Bad Kitty (Fictitious character from Nick Bruel); Cats; Authorship; Illustration of books; Reducing diets; Turnips;
© 2014., Roaring Brook Press,

Writing the AP English Essay : by Murphy, Barbara L.; Rankin, Estelle M.;
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Subjects: Essays; English composition test; English language; College entrance achievement tests; Advanced placement programs (Education).;
© 2018., McGraw Hill Education,

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