Comments on: 7 books that should be on every writer’s bookshelf

By: Vee

Vee — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:35:40 +0000

I have another suggestion to add to this list – it’s a site, not a book, but quite helpful all the same – infloox.com – it’s like a literary search engine/wiki. I find it most useful for research on other books and authors, or also when I need a writer’s block break and want to find out which books my favourite authors liked to read in their off-time.

By: Shruti Chandra Gupta

Shruti Chandra Gupta — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:12:17 +0000

Thank you Rebecca. I will soon request to become a fellow writer on your blog. All the best.

Hi Carla. I will put your name there. I think it wasn’t on the site so I didn’t know who wrote it, or some such. Thanks for visiting.

Yes Kurt, that is one very good book. Maybe I should add it here.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:03:51 +0000

Oh dear. I am afraid I only own and have read one of the seven books listed. I have always been a big Art of Fiction by John Gardner fan. From this list, I am particularly keen on How to Read a Book.

By: Carla

Carla — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:41:44 +0000

Thanks so much for linking to my book review for The Elements of Style!

By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith

Rebecca Laffar-Smith — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:27:31 +0000

Fantastic Choices! It would be hard to select from all of the fantastic books that offer insight for writers. I have three shelves full of specifically ‘writing’ books and there are many more books I would like to buy.

1, 3, and 7 are on my shelf already. 6 and 2 are on my Amazon Wishlist.

Anything James Scott Bell writes about writing I want to read. Met him at Writer’s Digest Writer’s Conference in L.A. last year and loved his presentations. He is definitely an author worth modeling after.

One of the books I’ve found most helpful in my career is “Word Work” by Bruce Holland Rogers (another author I rave about). It focuses more on the emotional and mental aspects of this career and offers some key techniques to be a more effective writer and how to bring writing into balance with the rest of life. Brilliant stuff!

By: Aaron Askew

Aaron Askew — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:39:53 +0000

Good list. I especially agree with numbers 1 and 3, very much recommended.