In 1889, the editor of the San Francisco Examiner, having accepted an article from Rudyard Kipling, informed the author that he should not bother to submit any more. "This isn't a kindergarten for amateur writers," the editor wrote. "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language." A century later, John Grisham was turned down by sixteen agents ...(展开全部)

In 1889, the editor of the San Francisco Examiner, having accepted an article from Rudyard Kipling, informed the author that he should not bother to submit any more. "This isn't a kindergarten for amateur writers," the editor wrote. "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language." A century later, John Grisham was turned down by sixteen agents ...(展开全部)

"Where do you get your ideas?" It's a question and a quandary that bedevils every writer. And once you've got an idea, what then? Ideas without a plan, without a purpose, are no more than pleasant thoughts. In The Writer's Idea Book, Jack Heffron, former senior editor at Writer's Digest Books and Story Press, will help you find the answer. Utilizing over 400 prompts and exercis...(展开全部)

Writers will jump start their creativity with over 500 unique idea-generating prompts, from clustering to role-playing to automatic writing, that get the words flowing.

Since its publication ten years ago, "The Writer's Idea Book" has become one of the most popular creativity books for writers. In this new edition, every chapter features new exercises, text, and examples - nearly one hundred pages of additional content overall. In addition, a new section called "Questions to Consider" has been added at the end of each chapter to generate furth...(展开全部)

作者簡介 約翰‧歐康奈（John O’Connell） 自幼靠著番茄肉醬義大利麵和冷凍電視餐維生，直到1990年代搬到倫敦，才真正在美食天堂開了眼界，發現形形色色的食物，並且鼓勇嚐試，此後一發不可收拾，展開對香料和美食的終生追尋。他在文化娛樂活動預告雜誌《出遊時光》（Time Out）工作多年，並說服主編讓他買了一頭牛來，在每週專欄撰寫循序烹飪整頭牛的記錄。他著有I Told You I Was Ill: Adventures in Hypochondria和小說The Baskerville Legacy，並定期為《泰晤士報》和《衛報》撰稿。現居倫敦南區，最愛的香料是孜然。 譯者簡介 莊安祺 台大外文系畢業，印地安那大學英美文學碩士，譯有《西藏的故事》、《托爾金傳》、《翁山蘇姬》、《創作者的日常生活》等書。

作者簡介 約翰‧歐康奈（John O’Connell） 自幼靠著番茄肉醬義大利麵和冷凍電視餐維生，直到1990年代搬到倫敦，才真正在美食天堂開了眼界，發現形形色色的食物，並且鼓勇嚐試，此後一發不可收拾，展開對香料和美食的終生追尋。他在文化娛樂活動預告雜誌《出遊時光》（Time Out）工作多年，並說服主編讓他買了一頭牛來，在每週專欄撰寫循序烹飪整頭牛的記錄。他著有I Told You I Was Ill: Adventures in Hypochondria和小說The Baskerville Legacy，並定期為《泰晤士報》和《衛報》撰稿。現居倫敦南區，最愛的香料是孜然。 譯者簡介 莊安祺 台大外文系畢業，印地安那大學英美文學碩士，譯有《西藏的故事》、《托爾金傳》、《翁山蘇姬》、《創作者的日常生活》等書。

陈致，1964年出生于北京。 1985年北京大学历史系毕业。 1988年南京大学中文系毕业，获硕士学位。 1992年赴美，1999年获美国威斯康辛大学博士学位。 1996-1999年，任教新加坡国立大学。 1999-2000年，威斯康辛大学访问教授。 2000年至今，任教香港浸会大学中文系。 主要从事《诗经》、古史与清代学术史方面的研究，先后在《中国史研究》、《中华文史论丛》、《中国诗学》、《中国文哲研究集刊》、《台大历史学报》、《人文中国》、《东方文化》、英国《剑桥皇家亚洲学会学报》（Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society）、德国《华裔学志》（Monumenta Serica）、荷兰《通报》（T’oung Pao）、美国《中国文学》（CLEAR）等杂志上发表学术论文二十余篇。曾主编《中国古代诗词典故辞典》（1992...(展开全部)

All new PhD's hope that their dissertations can become books. But a dissertation is written for a committee, and a book for the world. William Germano's From Dissertation to Book is the essential guide for academic writers who want to revise a doctoral thesis for publication. The author of Getting It Published, Germano draws upon his extensive experience in academic publishing ...(展开全部)

All new PhD's hope that their dissertations can become books. But a dissertation is written for a committee, and a book for the world. William Germano's From Dissertation to Book is the essential guide for academic writers who want to revise a doctoral thesis for publication. The author of Getting It Published, Germano draws upon his extensive experience in academic publishing ...(展开全部)