Books with author Donald Maass

Take your fiction to the next level!Maybe you're a first-time novelist looking for practical guidance. Maybe you've already been published, but your latest effort is stuck in mid-list limbo. Whatever the case may be, author and literary agent Donald Maass can show you how to take your prose to the next level and write a breakout novel - one that rises out of obscurity and hits the best-seller lists.Maass details the elements that all breakout novels share - regardless of genre - then shows you writing techniques that can make your own books stand out and succeed in a crowded marketplace.You'll learn to: • establish a powerful and sweeping sense of time and place • weave subplots into the main action for a complex, engrossing story • create larger-than-life characters that step right off the page • explore universal themes that will interest a broad audience of readers • sustain a high degree of narrative tension from start to finish • develop an inspired premise that sets your novel apart from the competitionThen, using examples from the recent works of several best-selling authors - including novelist Anne Perry - Maass illustrates methods for upping the ante in every aspect of your novel writing. You'll capture the eye of an agent, generate publisher interest and lay the foundation for a promising career.

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Excerpt from Will O' the Wisp Flashe: A Selection of Stories, Sketches, Poems, &C., Including Lectures by Old Blogg, and Fellows I Have KnownHaving of late had more time at my disposal than I could devise profitable means of employing, I set about killing it by preparing the present volume for the press. The work has afforded me considerable pleasure, and has, doubtless, helped to curtail the amount of that other work Which a certain obnoxious personage is said always to fincl for idle hands to do. If the perusal of the book affords a few pleasant half-hours to its readers I will consider that my labour has not been in vain, and will feel a thousand times repaid.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Gum Boughs and Wattle Bloom: Gathered on Australian Hills and PlainsWhence gathered - The locusts' glad chirrup May furnish a stave The ring of a rowel and stirrup The rush of a wave. The chaunt of the marsh frog in rushes, That chimes through the pauses and hushes Of nightfall, the torrent that gushes, The tempests that rave.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Gum Boughs and Wattle Bloom: Gathered on Australian Hills and PlainsWhence gathered - The locusts' glad chirrup May furnish a stave The ring of a rowel and stirrup The rush of a wave. The chaunt of the marsh frog in rushes, That chimes through the pauses and hushes Of nightfall, the torrent that gushes, The tempests that rave.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> Gum Boughs And Wattle Bloom, Gathered On Australian Hills And Plains<author> Donald Macdonald<subjects> History; General; History / General; Nature / General

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ... 1st „ ex. mai our 2nd „ munu your 3rd „ la their Of things that are really one's own property--1st singular siagku my 2nd „ siama thy 3rd „ siana his, her, its 1st plural in. siara our 1st „ ex. siamai our 2nd „ siamunu your 3rd „ sia their Demonstrative.--tenegkia--this; teneha--that. Relative.--ga--that, which, who. ADJECTIVES Follow the noun. They are frequently reduplicated to increase or intensify the quality or quantity expressed. In such cases, the final syllable of the first one is usually elided. and so it is multiplied up to 10000--lualima baka lualima, ata lualima baka lualima MULTIPLICATIVES. batagketu--once, onetime; bakaua--twice; bakatou-thrice; bakavase--4 times, &c. THE VERB Goes on the same lines as the Baki verb, but the negative is se after the verb in past tenses, and a se before the verb in verbal pronouns in the future tenses. The verb takes its future tense with a negative. Nearly all Bierian verbs take m before them to express the past tense, as mlogo--he hears: the dropping of this m is often the only sign of the future. Exceptions to this rule are--1st., verbs beginning with b or mb, which make f in the future tenses. 2nd., verbs beginning with ma, me, mi, mo, mu and accented on the first syllable; these suffer no change in the future. 3rd., md generally softens to t in the future, as mdolu--future tolu; but sometimes it makes r in the future, as mdom--he loves, future rom. The causative is mdolu. The verb to be is mbe. There is a curious usage (euphonic) in the past tense of verbs beginning in mh, viz., that (except in the 3rd person singular) the h is pronounced before the m, and is guttural as well as aspirate. ADVERBS. Adverbs of Manner agree with the tense of the verb they ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> South Sea Languages: A Series Of Studies On The Languages Of The New Hebrides And Other South Sea Islands, Volume II: Tangoan-Santo, Malo, Malekula, Epi (Baki And Bierian), Tanna, And Futuna<author> Donald MacDonald<publisher> Printed at the expsense of the Trustees of the Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria, 1891<subjects> History; Oceania; History / Oceania; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Vanuatu

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