Books I'm Interested In

The other night I was taken over to Barnes and Nobel by my friends Ima and Steffy. Ima bought me a book that looks like it will be useful in my fantasy writing, and another that looks interesting from a personal perspective. He also bought a book for Tene which might end up useful in my writing as well.

Taking me to any bookstore ends up being a bad idea, because I looooove books. A lot. Look at my Goodreads list and you'll see that I'm not joking about this. I seriously love books. I hope to get a Kindle for Christmas so that I can save space on my shelves.

And, just in case I wasn't clear: I love books. I love bookstores. When I have no money I should not be allowed anywhere near a bookstore.

So, Ima and Steffy took me to Barnes and Nobel and bought me books. While I was there I looked at a whole bunch of books, and wrote down the ones that looked interesting to me. Many of these dealt with books about writing, which brings me to why this is relevant to Truth In Lies!

These are books I would like to eventually get my greedy little hands on:

Thinking Write by Kelly L. Stone
List Price: $16.95

Why I want it: Well, it sounds cool. This is one of those "psychology of writing" type books. I've parts of (and own) two others, Write and its sequel The Write Type, both by Karen Peterson. Also it has exercises, which I can always use to help jump-start my writing a little.

Overall it sounds a little new-age-ish, but I'm willing to at least give it a shot. If it ends up being too newage I can simply pass it on or throw it out.

The Daily Writer by Fred White
List Price: $17.99

Why I want it: Because it's one of those daily things, honestly. I guess part of me is hoping that if I start a routine of writing every day - even if it starts with a silly book full of motivations, exercises, and other such things.

I would hope that it would also have decent advice for dealing with the age old enemy of all writers everywhere - writer's block. But really, I suspect that something like this would be the best way for me to get into a daily writing habit, and not lose that habit because of one bad day when I can't think of anything to write (since the idea is that you do one exercise a day and all ... )

The Constant Art of Being A Writer by N. M. Kelby
List Price: $17.99

Why I want it: From the descriptions it seems like a nice well-rounded all-around book about the actual process of writing. Which, being an amateur writer and all, I could use all the help I can get in those fields.