Biography - Bickham, Jack M(iles) (1930-1997): An ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 6 Publication Date: 2003-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Killer's Choice (An 87th Precinct Mystery)
KILLER'S CHOICE IS A KILLER BOOK!!: I have really liked all the 87th Precinct books I have read. This one is really two stories in one. Meyer Meyer, yes, that is his name, Bert Kling, Steve Carella and newcomer Cotton Hawes are after who ever killed a [... more]
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Tiebreaker
Aged well: I got this novel after reading Jack Bickham's books on writing. I was pleasantly surprised to find this to be a very enjoyable international espionage novel - even after the many years since it was published. The main character, Brad Smith, is [... more]
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38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (And How to ...
Amazon.com Review: Fictional life, according to Jack Bickham, is better than real life. You don't get struck by lightning. You are not subject to random acts of cruelty. Events proceed logically. On the other hand, Bickham says, "In fiction, the [... more]
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Following Columbus
Needs More Personalization: I like the opening description of the ocean off of the coast of Sicily and the way it shapes the lives of the people who live there. The first few paragraphs make clear that this was a difficult time and place in which to live, [... more]
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Critical Evidence
A Literary Masterpiece: I enjoy reading the good ones . . . Rainmaker, White Oleander, All The Pretty Horses, Snow Falling On Cedars, Bridges of Madison County. I like John Grisham, Robin Cook, Stephen King, Jack Bickham, Danielle Steel. The thing I like [... more]
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Make a Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene at a Time
Loved it!: Great! There are many good (and not so good) books available to improve one's writing skills - and I've read a mountain of them. This is one of the best. 'Make a Scene' gives concise, enjoyable understanding to the many character, plot and [... more]
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Writing the Short Story: A Hands-On Program
The Best of the Best: When Jack Bickham was a student at the University of Oklahoma, his teacher and mentor was Dwight Swain. Swain was one of the finest writing instructors of his generation -- right up there with John Gardner -- and many who were [... more]
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Setting (Elements of Fiction Writing)
Amazon.com Review: There's nothing more tiresome, either at the outset of a novel or thrust into the middle of one, than a lengthy description. So the sky was blue and the clouds a billowy white and a sheepdog lolled in the middle of the dusty lane. Get [... more]
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Writing the Short Story: A Hands-On Program
The Best of the Best: When Jack Bickham was a student at the University of Oklahoma, his teacher and mentor was Dwight Swain. Swain was one of the finest writing instructors of his generation -- right up there with John Gardner -- and many who were [... more]
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The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
Amazon.com Review: Fictional life, according to Jack Bickham, is better than real life. You don't get struck by lightning. You are not subject to random acts of cruelty. Events proceed logically. On the other hand, Bickham says, "In fiction, the [... more]
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Setting: How to Create and Sustain a Sharp Sense of Time ...
Amazon.com Review: There's nothing more tiresome, either at the outset of a novel or thrust into the middle of one, than a lengthy description. So the sky was blue and the clouds a billowy white and a sheepdog lolled in the middle of the dusty lane. Get [... more]
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