----- Original Message ----- From: "Bludis Jack" <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com>
> You can't go wrong with Stephen King's book
on
> the subject.
>
> But I agree that Block's books are good, as
are
> Dean Koontz's if you can find them.
>
> And there is one classic how to writer who
stands
> out--an old writer I found in the dusty
back
> shelves of the Enoch Pratt Library in
Baltimore
> about thirty years ago when I first started
to
> write.
>
> These books by Jack Woodford, the last of which
I
> think was written in 1937, but I think still
have
> value today. They are available in new
editions
> that I think you can track down by going
through
> Amazon.
>
Thanks, Jack. I did a search on Jack Woodford on abebooks.com
and found that he's the author of lots of vintage sleaze.
MALE VIRGIN, HONEY, MIRAGE OF MARRIAGE, CRAVINGS,
ILLEGITIMATE, THE ABORTIVE HUSSY, etc. Following in the
footsteps of Larry Block and Don Westlake. Can't be bad. All
his writing books seem to be out of print, sadly, according
to amazon. Apart from (possibly, it's hard to tell), the
brilliantly titled HOW TO MAKE YOUR FRIENDS AND MURDER YOUR
ENEMIES.
Al
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