Jass' Bookshelf

Several folks have written me to ask what craft books I have on my bookshelves. There's a ton of them let me tell you and I use them all! Not at the same time. . .but still. I've linked them to Amazon, so if one of them looks interesting you can go straight to it.


Story


Techniques of the Selling Writer

Comedy Writing Workbook


Firefly: The Official Companion, Volume 1 by Joss Whedon


Firefly: The Official Companion, Volume 2 by Joss Whedon


Emotional Structure by Peter Dunne


The Synonym Finder


Dialogue


The Deluxe Transative Vampire


Painless Grammar


Body Trauma


20 Master Plots & How to Build Them


Write Tight


Description


Characters, Emotion and Viewpoint


Conflict, Action & Suspense


Trivia Lover's Lists of Everything
(and boy do they mean it!)


Stein on Writing


Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance


Writing Erotica


I actually have the earlier version of this entitled The Fiction Writer's Silent Partner


The Plot Thickens


Character Traits


45 Master Characters


The Action Heroine's Handbook


Plot


Plot & Structure


The Seven Levels of Intimacy


Descriptionary

Thinker Toys by Michael Michalko