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Noah Lukeman
Dear Librarian, If you have readers who enjoyed Eats, Shoots & Leaves, or who enjoy books on the craft of writing, they will be pleased to know about my new book on punctuation, A DASH OF STYLE: THE ART AND MASTERY OF PUNCTUATION. Punctuation reveals the writer: haphazard periods, for example, reveal haphazard thinking. Semicolons might indicate affectation; colons might denote melodrama; dashes might point to scattered thought. Yet in the right hands, these marks can also transform your writing from the banal to the exquisite. Punctuation can be used to teach the writer how to think, and subsequently how to write. A short, practical book, filled with original exercises, A DASH OF STYLE will be a necessity for creative writers, along with anyone hoping to make punctuation their friend instead of mysterious foe. “A DASH OF STYLE is a necessary volume for the serious writer's library. It offers a truly exciting way to view what once seemed like tedious old periods and commas.” --Authorlink “Here’s a book that offers not only the mechanics of punctuation, but the means to make your writing soar.” --Alexander Steele, Dean of Faculty, Gotham Writers’ Workshop "A DASH OF STYLE is the contemporary book on the subject." --Carol Bly, legendary writing teacher A selection of the Writers Digest Book Club I would be pleased to be available for events, or via speakerphone for readers groups, or to sign copies. I welcome your feedback, and invite you to visit the site: www.adashofstyle.com Noah
Dash of Style / Noah Lukeman / W. W. Norton / Hardcover; 224 Pages
Price: $23.95 / ISBN: 039306087X / Published: April, 2006 Noah Lukeman is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view his reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |