Books:

Writer's Market
(or specific editions such as Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market, etc.) All are published by Writer's Digest Books and updated annually or every other year.

Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents
by Jeff Herman

How To Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How To Overcome Them
by Sol Stein

Stein on Writing
by Sol Stein
(essentials on craft and technique)

The Writer's Digest Handbook of Short Story Writing
Eds.: Frank Dickson and Sandra Smythe
(compilation of articles for WD magazine)

Creative Nonfiction: Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life
by Philip Gerard

Finding What You Didn't Lose:
Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making
by John Fox

The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku
by William Higginson

Creating Poetry
by John Drury

The Poet's Dictionary: A Handbook of Prosody and Poetic Devices
by William Packard

Writers' Tools:

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotes

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotes

Roget's Super Thesaurus

If you write for magazines and books - The Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition)

The NEWEST dictionary available (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and The American Heritage Dictionary are editors' favorites.)

Random House Webster's Pocket Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation (handy for quick look-ups)

Books for Inspiration and Support:

The Artist's Way
by Julia Cameron
(will help you free blocks to creativity and get you in the habit of writing; not a "how to write" book)

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
(entertaining; funny; not a how-to book)

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
by Natalie Goldberg
(includes good writing exercises)

The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear
by Ralph Keyes
(Afraid of failure? Afraid of success? Just afraid? This book really helps! And it’s filled with fascinating stories of how accomplished writers deal with their own bugaboos.)

Magazines for Writers:

Poets & Writers (http://www.pw.org/)

The Writer (http://www.writermag.com/)

Writers' Digest (http://www.writersdigest.com/)

Writers' Journal (http://www.writersjournal.com/)

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