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spitkitten

The daily special

Jan 15, 2009 21:58

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Of all the writing reference books I’ve ever owned, by and far the most awesomely useful one is one that I almost never see mentioned by other writers: The Random House Word Menu. Old versions are out of print, but available at used book stores, or you can do as I did and ( Read more... )

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spitkitten January 16 2009, 08:15:09 UTC

You will love it. I fear if Doug had one, it would only raise more questions for him. :)

photosexual January 16 2009, 07:26:39 UTC

Oooh... that is reference book porn. Yes. I must have one.

I'm having a hard time coming up with reference books for writing yet, but if you ask me about autos, musical instruments, meditation, and other arcane topics, I have a short list.

buscemi January 16 2009, 08:29:43 UTC

I'm not even a writer, but now I want that book. :D I bet I would've loved it back in my poetry days. I guess the closest I have to a reference book now is an anthology of Rush songs from 1980 to 1985. It's helped me come up with song ideas more times than I can remember.