Peter Cox
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Peter Cox is the author of the UK No. 1 bestseller “Why You Don’t Need Meat” (US title "You Don't Need Meat") and with Linda McCartney author of the UK No. 1 bestseller and worldwide multi-million bestseller “Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking”. Together with his wife, Peggy Brusseau, he’s written many more national bestsellers. He founded Litopia way back when the internet was still a very nice place.
Litopia still is.
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges
Our Summary This is a coming-of-age fiction book about a 24-year-old boy who feels stuck in his small town taking care of his overweight mother...
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Our Summary Down to earth advice, not so much about the craft per se as the practice (and pitfalls) of "being a writer". What I...
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Our Summary a series of essays and short stories on the nature of story What I learned From It It does a great job of...
Writing Historical Fiction by Emma Darwin
Our Summary A beginners' guide to writing historical fiction which draws on the material in her coaching sessions and lectures: characters, plot structure, research, using...
Negotiating With The Dead by Margaret Atwood
Our Summary A collection of essays by a renowned writer on aspects of writing theory and how she became a writer. Entertaining and informative especially...
The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler
Our Summary This is Hollywood story consultant Vogler's distillation of Campbell's The Hero With A Thousand Faces. That is, it's a book on comparative mythology...
The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Our Summary First published in 1949, this dense, sometimes impenetrable, and somewhat controversial book on comparative mythology takes a tour through world folklore to tease...
The Negative Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman And Becca Puglisi
Our Summary Lists character traits to help you generate different types of characters and how these traits might manifest. Useful in conjunction with The Positive...
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