Self Help & How-To 

If you're a writer having trouble creating believable dialogue, study this book.  You might possibly find it at the library, but I think you'll want to make marginal notes and plaster it with post-its for use in your novel. 

Here is one of those non-fiction books replete with the core conflicts that make up the best fictional reading. 

Drama Kings is about the kind of men that drive strong women crazy -- and isn't that the recipe for every dynamite, hot-sexy romance novel you've read lately? 

Read this book.  Write a novel of your own -- or rewrite your own life.  Or at least click the title at the left and read the reviews online.   That won't cost any money. 

This is a book about living as a woman after 50 -- with an in-your-face attitude about it -- by an international club of fine women. 

With 900,000 members world wide, this Red Hat Society may change the way everyone looks at life. 

1. Rich people believe "I create my life." Poor people believe, "Life happens to me."
2. Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.
3. Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.
4. Rich people think big. Poor people think small.
5. Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles.
6. Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people.
7. Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.
8. Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value. Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.

9. Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems.
10. Rich people are excellent receivers. Poor people are poor receivers.
11. Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.
12. Rich people think "both." Poor people
think "either/or."
13. Rich people focus on their net worth. Poor people focus on their working income.
14. Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.
15. Rich people have their money work hard for them. Poor people work hard for their money.
16. Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.
17. Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

But I think all the books on this page are of interest to writers because they give you clues about how to differentiate your  characters from one another.

Take characters who have the problem the book focuses on -- take them through a series of adventures that pounds the solution the book suggests into their heads, -- see where they come out in their lives.  Make a drama out of this personal journey of transformation.

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Here's another in the long LONG list of stories about researchers who discover something revolutionary and true -- only to have their reputations smeared by their colleagues.  Think of the drama of BEING in that position.  

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A very small dog does a very large job.  
See my review in the July 2004 column of ReReadable Books

It's like something out of an Andre Norton novel -- this animal is real (and one of those cute creatures like Porthos on Star Trek: Enterprise).  

Even if you don't know anyone who has need of such an assistant in life, you will find many novel ideas in this book.  See it on amazon.  

I checked it out on Amazon and found a new edition with an updated questionaire to determine your body-type and thus what to emphasize in your diet to improve your general health (and incidentally weight).  

There is a discussion of how the older book made it less easy to determine your body type and how he updated the questionnaire and the instructions.  

Some people find this one too much of a lifestyle change - others find that it fits and works better than Atkins.  This works often where Atkins fails.  Read about this book and see if you want it.  

http://www.susanlovemd.com/ 

Jean Lorrah says: Love is famous, and she tells it straight.  She gives women the facts to make informed choices.

See Jacqueline Lichtenberg's full review on amazon.com 

She is also planning to participate in the WorldCrafters Guild Heritage Project, writing in the Historical thread and in the forthcoming Historical e-zine which will be housed on simegen.com.  

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Paperback - 336 pages 1 edition 
(April 26, 1993)John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471580163 ; 
Dimensions (in inches): 0.91 x 9.01 x 6.02