| Teen
Scene January 2007 |
| Have you ever read a book or article you
loved (or hated!) and thought about penning something yourself? Check
out this month's selection of books about writing--whether you want to
create poetry, write for the school paper, keep a journal, or publish
your own zine. |
| New and Recently
Released! |
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| Focus on:
African-American Fiction |
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| Focus on: Books for
Aspiring Writers |
| Your
Name in Print: A Teen's Guide to Publishing for Fun, Profit,
and Academic Success -
by Elizabeth Harper and Timothy Harper |
| Publisher: St.
Martin's Griffin |
| Pub Date: 05/01/2005 |
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library catalog |
| ISBN: 0312337590 |
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Nonfiction. Learning to
write well is an ongoing process, but getting your work
published involves strategy and persistence; this book
outlines many plans of attack for would-be journalists
and other writers. Father-and-daughter team Timothy and
Elizabeth Harper offer convincing reasons for getting
your name in print, including the boost a few bylines
can give to your college applications or to your résumé.
They also offer advice about what to write, when to
write it, and for whom, as well as suggestions of where
to submit your work for publication--from the school
newspaper to city papers, magazines, books, and online
publishers. |
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| Write Where You
Are: How to Use Writing to Make Sense of Your Life -
by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg |
| Publisher: Baker
& Taylor Bound |
| Pub Date: 08/01/1999 |
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library catalog |
| ISBN: 0613843851 |
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| Nonfiction. This fun and helpful book offers
guidance toward the twin goals of self-knowledge and
self-expression. If you'd like to get a better handle on your
thoughts and emotions by putting them on paper, or if you simply
want to become a better writer, you'll find useful techniques
and ample encouragement in this book. Write Where You Are
covers everything from choosing the tools (a favorite pen or
marker, perhaps?) and location (outside among crowds? locked in
your room?) for creating your ideal writing environment to
brainstorming, journaling, overcoming writer's block, organizing
ideas, and refining your work. |
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| Whatcha Mean,
What's a Zine?: The Art of Making Zines and Mini Comics
- by Mark Todd & Esther Pearl
Watson, with contributions by more than 20 creators of Indie
comics and magazines |
| Publisher: Graphia |
| Pub Date: 06/26/2006 |
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library catalog |
| ISBN: 0618563156 |
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Nonfiction. OK, let's
assume that you don't know what a zine is.
Wikipedia defines the word broadly as "any
self-published work of minority interest;" another
way to think of zines is that they are avenues for
extreme, autonomous self-expression--the live, local
bands of the writing and art worlds. Interested? If so,
you should read this book, whether you already create
your own zine or have never heard of them before. It
looks and reads like a zine, presents a history of
independent publishing going back to the days of Ben
Franklin, suggests ideas for zine topics, and--best of
all--details the tools and techniques of zine-making and
distribution (we know you've been agonizing over which
stapler to use for binding zine pages). |
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| Still looking for the right book? Contact your
librarian.
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