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The Rick Walker Detective Novels website
Working Minds: A Philosophy of Empowerment
'Dateline Chamesa' weblog
G.E. Nordell's Movie Scripts Page

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Private investigator Rick Walker is the hard-boiled hero of a series of novels, the first of which, BACKLOT REQUIEM, is published & available online in English and in Croatian. Subsequent titles include "Waltzing Mice", "Ballad of the Tall Man", "Desert Riff", "Viper Serenade", "Gashouse Beat", "Grape Jam", "Hoppyland Lullaby", "Ragtime", "Romanov Fandango", "Shasta Hoedown", "Pin-Striped Suite", and the sequel to "Backlot Requiem", "Trio For Blunt Instruments". go to novels website Agents and-or publishers wanting to contact the author regarding expansion of the Rick Walker detective novel series may request chapter outlines of "Desert Riff" and "Viper Serenade" by email or per the Contacts Page

WORKING MINDS A Philosophy of Empowerment is partly based on the ideas of Ayn Rand [Objectivism], Albert Camus [Existentialism], Eric Berne [Transactional Analysis], Carlos Castañeda, sociologist C. Wright Mills, economist Thorstein Veblen, a little quantum physics — plus a host of original thought. The WORKING MINDS Source Document is available as a free ebook, in several formats. The free WMail ezine is now beginning its eighth year. go to Working Minds website Agents and-or publishers wanting to contact the author regarding "Working Minds" texts or editors wanting to publish excerpts from the 60-plus issues of the 'WMail' Philosophy Newsletter {ezine} may reach the author/editor by email or per the Contacts Page

Bookstores

The Nordell Online Bookstores Group
BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore & Beatnik Coffeehouse
'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
Spirit of America Bookstore
Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

Los Angeles Bookstores Page

Publishers of Real Actual Books

Chronicle Books [est. 1966] of San Francisco, CA
Ingalls Publishing Group of Boone, NC
Small Publishers, Artists & Writers Network
Ten Speed Press / Celestial Arts / Tricycle Press
TrineDay Publishing [est. 2002] in Walterville, OR
University of New Mexico Press [est. 1929]

eBook & Subsidy Publishers

Buy Books On The Web [print-on-demand] {site broken? 3/2008}
Infinity Publishing [est. 1997] {print-on-demand}

Pneuma Books - complete publisher solutions

Xlibris Publishing [est. 1997] {print-on-demand}

Literary Links

About.com Arts/Literature
Arizona Book Festival [April]
Authors Guild [est. 1919]

BizWeb Guide  +  Publishers Category at BizWeb
Books In Print (from Bowker)
BookSpot: Book Info Portal

California Literacy [est.1956]
Chief Blackbear's Literary Tribe
U.S. Copyright Office
Great Books Foundation
Great Books Index
Granta Publications
Independent Writers of Southern California
Joseph Campbell Foundation [est. 1991]
Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles
Los Angeles [CA] Science Fantasy Society [est. 1934]
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes [each April; est. 1980]
M.I.T.'s Internet Classics Archive

National Latino Writers Conference [May 2006 = #4] in Albuquerque, NM
[U.S.] National Punctuation Day [est. 22 August 2004]
National Writers Union [est. 1981]
NetLibrary USA
NetRead: The Publishing Portal
New Mexico Book Awards [est. 2006]
P.E.N. American Center [est. 1921]
Poets & Writers Magazine
Project Gutenberg
Publishers Weekly
Quills Book Awards [est. 2005] to be televised Oct 2005
Reading Is Fundamental [est. 1966]
Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California [est. 1966]
Self-University Bookstore
Start A Writing Business [UK]
Southwest Manuscripters [est. 1950] in Torrance, CA
The Sun Magazine [est. 1974]
Tony Hillerman Writers Conference: Focus on Mystery [Nov 2005 = #2]

University of Pennsylvania's Digital Libray of Online Books
The Writer Magazine [est. 1887]
Writer's Digest Magazine

Books on Writing

	"The Writer's Quotebook: 500 Authors On Creativity, Craft & The Writing Life" [2006] Compiled, arranged & edited by Jim Fisher Rutgers Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [9/2006] for $22.95
	"The Writer's Handbook 2007" Edited by Barry Turner Macmillan 8¼x6x2 inches thick! pb [8/2006] for $16.47 2006 edition: Macmillan 8¼x6x2 inches thick! pb [4/2006] for $16.47
	"Ayn Rand: My Fiction-Writing Teacher" [2005] by Erika Holzer Madison Press pb [12/2005] for $20.00
	"Weinberg On Writing: The Fieldstone Method" [2005] by Gerald M. Weinberg Dorset House Publng 9x6 pb [11/2005] for $24.95 author's official website
	"13 Ways of Looking At The Novel" [2005] by Jane Smiley Anchor 7¾x5¼ pb [9/2006] for $10.85 Knopf 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2005] for $17.79
	"The Writer's Voice" [2004] by A. Alvarez W.W. Norton 8½x5¾ hardcover [11/2004] for $14.93
	"Ten Percent of Nothing: The Case of The Literary Agent From Hell" [2004] by Jim Fisher (former F.B.I. agent) Southern IL Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2004] for $27.50
	"Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach To Punctuation" [2004] by Lynne Truss listed as Los Angeles Times Book Review Best of 2004 Gotham 7¼x5¼ hardcover [4/2004] for $13.57 Penguin UNABR audio CD [4/2004] for $10.17 official booksite
	"Common Errors In English Usage" [2003] by Paul Brians William James & Co. 9x6 pb [3/2003] for $10.20 official booksite
	"The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts On Writing" [2003] by Norman Mailer "[This] may be the most insightful book written about writing." — Robert Jaffee, L.A. Weekly Random House 8x5¼ pb [2/2004] for $11.16 Random House 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2003] for $17.47
	"The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways To Bring Fiction to Life" [2002] by Noah T. Lukeman St. Martin 7x5 pb [6/2003] for $10.36 St. Martin 7½x5.3 hardcover [7/2002] for $13.97 author's booksite
	"Stealing Fire From The Gods: A Dynamic New Story Model For Writers & Filmmakers" [1999] by James Bonnet "It cracks the code to great story telling." Michael Wiese Prodns 9x6 pb [9/99] for $26.95 author's website
	"Description" (WD Elements of Fiction Writing) [1999] by Monica Wood Writers Digest Books 9x6 pb [8/99] for $10.39 Writers Digest Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/99] out of print/used
	"Beginnings, Middles & Ends" (WD Elements of Fiction Writing) [1999] by Nancy Kress Writers Digest Books 9x6 pb [5/99] for $10.39
	"Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated" [1998] by Nancy Kress Writers Digest Books 9.4x6 pb [7/98] for $13.29
	"The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers" [1992] by Christopher Vogler Michael Wiese Prodns 9x6 pb [11/98] for $17.47 author's website
	"Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity" [1989] by Ray Bradbury Capra Press Expanded Edition 8x5½ pb [4/94] for $10.36 Bantam pb [4/92] for $5.85
	"The Art & Craft of Novel Writing" [1989] by Oakley M. Hall Story Press 9½x7½ pb [8/2001] for $15.99 Writers Digest hardcover [3/89] out of print/used
	"Joseph Campbell & The Power of Myth" [PBS mini-series 1988] Mystic Fire/Winstar DVD [10/2001] 2 disks/6 hours for $50.99 full credits from IMDb Joseph Campbell [1904-87] Page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
	"Plot" (WD Elements of Fiction Writing) [1988] by Ansen Dibell Writers Digest Books 9x6 pb [8/99] for $10.39 Writers Digest Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/88] out of print/used
	"The Art of The Novel" [1986] by Milan Kundera Harper Perennial 8¼x5¼ pb [4/2003] for $10.75 Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [1/89] out of print/used Faber & Faber hardcover [12/88] out of print/used
	"The Art of Fiction: Notes On Craft For Young Writers" [1984] by John Gardner Vintage 8x5¼ pb [6/91] for $9.60 Knopf hardcover [1/84] out of print/used
	"The Writer's Quotation Book: A Literary Companion" [1980] Edited by James Charlton Faber & Faber 4th edition 7½x5&frac hardcover [10/97] out of print/used
	"The Art of Dramatic Writing" [S&S 1960] by Lajos Egri Touchstone 8x5¼ pb [2/72] for $9.60
	"The Hero With A Thousand Faces" [1949 classic] by Joseph Campbell Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/72] for $11.87 Princeton Univ Press hardcover [12/89] out of print/used Audio Renaissance ABR [3/95] for $13.97 Audio Renaissance ABR audio CD [1/2001] for $25.20 Joseph Campbell [1904-87] Page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
	"Becoming A Writer" [1934 classic] by Dorothea Brande J.P. Tarcher 8x5 pb [3/81] for $9.95

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