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B.A.W.L. Library

The BAWL Library is now open. The list of available books and instructions for checkout are both below.

Rules:

Books may be checked out by emailing or calling the Librarian, Becky Ellisor at librarian@bawl.org or 832-452-5725 at least two days before a meeting or event and she will deliver them to you at BAWL event. Or you may come by her home,(call first) and check them out. She has almost double the amount of writers books that BAWL has and will check those out to you as well. There is not a list for those books but you are welcome to drop by most anytime to peruse and check them out, if you are a member of BAWL.

Books are due back one month from the check out date and can be returned at a scheduled B.A.W.L. event. There will be no fines for overdue books. However, requests to return it will be sent, especially if another B.A.W.L. member is waiting for a volume that is overdue. Renewal of B.A.W.L. membership will include a return of any books that are both checked out and overdue.

ID	Author	Title	Synopsis
1	Wallas, Carol McD.	20,001 Names for Babies	From a to Z - The Best, Most Complete Baby Name Book
2	Allen, F. Sturges, LL.B	Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms
3	Chaw, Elaine Raco & Wingate, Anne	Amateur Detectives	A writer's guide to how private citizens solve criminal cases
4	Newton, Michael	Armed and Dangerous	A writer's guide to weapons
5	Goldstein, Norm	Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, The
6	Kress, Nancy	Beginnings, Middles & Ends	How to get your stories off to a roaring start, keep them tight and crisp throughout, and end them with a wallop.
7	Heffron, Jack, et al	Best Writing on Writing, The	A collection of the year's most provocative views on fiction, nonfiction, poetry, the writing life, scriptwriting, and more
8	Whitcut, Janet	Better Wordpower	Provides practical advice on how to use dictionaries, thesauruses, and other language reference books effectively
9	Page, David W. M.D.	Body Trauma	Pr
10	Maass, Donald	Career Novelist, The	A literary agent offers strategies for success.
11	Wilson, Keith D., M.D.	Cause of Death	A writer's guide to death, muder & forensic medicine.; The Howdunit Series
12	Kenyon, Sherrilyn	Character Naming Sourcebook	More than 20,000 first and last names & their meanings
13	Kenyon, Sherrilyn	Character Naming Sourcebook	More than 20,000 first and last names & their meanings
14	Card, Orson Scott	Characters & Viewpoint	How to invent, construct, and animate vivid, credible characters and choose the best eyes through which to view the events of your short story or novel
15	Canfield, Jack; Hansen, Mark VIctor; Gardner, Bud	Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul	Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers
16	Ammer, Christine	Cliches; Dictionary; English language	Meanings and origins of more than 3,500 terms and expressions
17	Wilson, Keith, Dr. et al	Code Blue	A writer's guide to hospitals, including the ER, OR, and ICU
18	Lederer, Richard	Crazy English	The ultimate joy ride through our language.
19	Knight, Damon	Creating Short Fiction	A practical, tested approach to unlock the magic of writing within you.
20	Leland, Christopher T.	Creative Writer's Style Guide, The	Rules and advice for writing fiction and creative nonfiction
21	Gordon, Karen Elizabeth	Deluxe Transitive Vampire, The	The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
22	Grambs, David	Describer's Dictionary, The	A treasury of terms & literary quotations
23	Makkai, Adam	Dictionary of American Idioms	Slang, regional, informal, cliche, and proverbial expressions that are used widely in America
24	Rogers, James	Dictionary of Cliches, The
25	Ballenger, Bruce & Lane, Barry	Discovering the Writer Within	40 Days to more imaginative Writing
26	Armengol, Joseph M., et al	English-Spanish Guide for Medical Personnel
27	Panati, Charles	Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things	Fascinating stories behind origins of over 500 everyday items, expressions, etc.
28	Ammer, Christine	Facts on File Dictionary of Cliches, The	Meanings and origins of more than 3,500 terms and expressions
29	Lukeman, Noah	First Five Pages, The	A writer's guide to staying out of the rejection pile; avoid common manuscript errors; attract the attention of agents and editors; take your writing to a higher level
30	Bantam Books	French & English Dictionary
31	Cheney, Theodore A. Rees	Getting the Words Right	How to rewrite, edit & revise
32	Frey, James N.	How to Write a Damn Good Novel II	Advanced techniques for dramatic storytelling
33	Nolan, William F.	How to Write Horror Fiction	How to unleash lurking, unearthly figures of terror and create nightmares from which your readers won't want to awaken.
34	Nolan, William F.	How to Write Horror Fiction	How to unleash lurking, unearthly figures of terror and create nightmares from which your readers won't want to awaken.
35	Wheat, Carolyn	How to Write Killer FIction
36	Card, Orson Scott	How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy	How to spin a dream, a wish, or a speculation into a vivid, convincing tale of human possibilities.
37	Williamson, J.N.	How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction	By the masters of speculative fiction: Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Colin Wilson, Ramsey Campbell, Robert McCammon, and others.
38	Samenow, Stanton E., Ph.D.	Inside the Criminal Mind
39	Newlove, Donald	Invented Voices	Inspired Dialogue for writers and readers
40	Benedict, Elizabeth	Joy of Writing Sex, The	A guide for fiction writers
41	Egger, Steven A.	Killers Among Us, The	An Examination of Serial Murder and Its Investigation
42	Le Guin, Ursula K.	Language of the Night, The	Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
43	Bantam Books	Latin & English Dictionary
44	Provost, Gary	Make Your Words Work	Proven techniques for effective writing - for fiction and nonfiction
45	Turabian, Kate L.	Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
46	Edelstein, Scott	Manuscript Submission	How to put together a blue-ribbon, attention-getting query, proposal, or submission package that will sell your fiction to an agent or an editor.
47	Bongiovanni, Gail	Medical Spanish
48	Berry, Thomas Elliott	most common mistakes in ENGLISH usage, The	Commonly confused words, etc.
49	Dunkling, Leslie & Gosling, William	New American Dictionary of Baby Names, The	More than 10,000 boys' and girls' first names
50		New American Roget's College Thesaurus in Dictionary Form, The
51		New Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus Roget's
52	Gordon, Karen Elizabeth	New Well-Tempered Sentence, The	A Punction Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
53	Gee, Robin	Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 1992	How & where to get your fiction published by commercial book and magazine publishers, small presses, literary & small circulation magazines - 1992.
54	Editors of American Heritage Dictionary	Roget's II The New Thesaurus	Easy to use
55	McCutcheon, Marc	Roget's Super Thesaurus	The ultimate thesaurus and word-finder
56	Wingate, Anne, Ph.D.	Scene of the Crime	A writer's guide to crime-scene investigations.
57	Tompkins, David G.	Science Fiction Writer's Market Place and Sourcebook	The indispensable writing and marketing companion for science fiction and fantasy writers, featuring information on: short fiction markets for your work; markets for your novel; dozens of literary agents; anthologies and gaming markets; conventions and h
58	Browne, Renni & King, Dave	Self-Editing for Fiction Writers	How to edit yourself into print; Two professional editors share their expertise and proven techniques for turning manuscripts into published works of fiction.
59	Meredith, Robert C. & Fitzgerald, John D.	Structuring your novel	From basic idea to finished manuscript, structuring your novel
60	Williams, Joseph M.	Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace
61	Swain, Dwight V.	Techniques of the Selling Writer
62	Bradley, Lynn	TIPS for Beginning Fiction Writers
63	Gordon, Karen Elizabeth	Transitive Vampire, The	A handbook of grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed
64	Laird, Charlton	Webster's New World Thesaurus	30,000 major entries
65	Gordon, Karen Elizabeth	Well-Tempered Sentence, The	A punctuation handbook for the innocent, the eager, and the doomed
66	Bernays, Anne & Painter, Pamela	What If?	Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
67	Garrison, Webb	Why You Say It	Fascinating stories behind over 600 Everyday Words and phrases
68	Sher, Barbara	Wishcraft; How to Get What You Really Want	Discover your strengths and skills; turn your fears and negative feelings into positive tools; diagram the path to your goal - and map out target dates for meeting it; chart your progress-day by day; create a support network of contacts and sources
69	O'Conner, Patricia T.	Woe Is I	The grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
71	Freeman, Morton S.	Wordwatcher's Guide to Good Writing & Grammar, The	Quick answers to pesky grammar and usage problems
72	Gillett, Stephen L.	World-Building	A writer's guide to constructing star systems and life-supporting planets. Edited by Ben Bova.
73	University of North Texas Press	Writers and Publishers Guide to Texas Markets; 1997-1999
74	Buchman, Dian Dincin and Groves, Seli	Writer's Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats, The	How to prepare and present; book manuscripts; magazine articles; short stories; cover letters; proposals; queries; fillers; poems; plays; movie, av tv scripts; photos; illustrations
75	Editors of Writer's Digest	Writer's Digest Handbook of Novel Writing, The	Practical advice and instruction for creating the novel -- from first idea to plots and subplots to outlining and writing to contacting and working with ideas.
76	Epel, Naomi et al	Writers Dreaming	Twenty-six writers talk about their dreams and the creative process
77	Kenyon, Sherrilyn	Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages, The
78	Vogler, Christopher	Writer's Journey; Mystic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters, The
79	Goldberg, Natalie	Writing Down the Bones	Freeing the Writer Within. Foreward by Judith Guest
80	Kelton, Nancy Davidoff	Writing from Personal Experience	How to turn your life into salable prose
81	Grafton, Sue	Writing Mysteries	Sue Grafton also authored the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series; A handbook by the mystery writers of America; Sara Paretsky on inventing a recurring character; Tony Hillerman on the basic ingredients of a good novel; John Lutz on plausible, satisfying endi
82	Skillman, T. Macdonald	Writing the Thriller	How to craft page-turning suspense with instruction from best-selling authors including: Richard North Patterson; Clive Cussler; Tess Gerritsen; John Lutz; Judith Kelman; Michael Connelly
83	Altea, Rosemary	You Own the Power	Stories and exercies to inspire and unlelash the force within

84	Rainer, Tristine	The New Diary	How to use a journal for self guidance and expanded creativity

85	Bernays, Anne and Painter, Pamela	What If	Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers

86	Goldberg	Wild Mind	Living the Writers Life
87	Therese Eiben and Mary Gannon	The Practical Writer; From Inspiration to Publication
88	Lyn Dupre	BUGS in Writing; a Guide to Debugging Your Prose
89	C. Edward Good	A Grammar Book for You and I, oops Me! All the Grammar You Need to Succeed in Life
90	Todd A Stone	Novelists’ Boot Camp; 101 Ways to Take Your Book From Boring to Bestseller
91	Robert W. Harris	When Good People Write Bad Sentences; 12 Steps to Better Writing Habits
92	Scott Edelstein	Manuscript Submission; How to put together a blue-ribbon, attention-getting query, proposal, or submission package that will sell your fiction to an agent or editor

Many thanks to Becky Ellisor & Kate Sanger who have donated books to the B.A.W.L. library.

Questions? E-mail us at info@bawl.org

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