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Home Author Archive For Librarians Authors: Get Included Noah Lukeman Dear Reader, As both an author and a literary agent, I’d like to thank you for making my humble book on the craft of writing, THE FIRST FIVE PAGES, a bestseller. Now, six years later, I offer you A DASH OF STYLE. 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 If you enjoyed Eats, Shoots & Leaves, or if you enjoy books on the craft of writing, I believe you will be pleased by A DASH OF STYLE. I welcome your feedback, and invite you to visit the site: www.adashofstyle.com Write me at dashfeedback@lukeman.com to win one of five free copies of A DASH OF STYLE. Noah TOP OF PAGE BACK TO MAIN PAGE © 2005 by AuthorBuzz