Mike Foley's monthly column, The Writer's Edge, has been a source of information and inspiration for more than 15 years. This collection gathers the best articles from the Writer's Edge series, offering writers focused techniques for working with characters, dialogue, description, action, and the challenges of living the writer's life. Hundreds of writers have found The Writer's Edge to be a valuable resource for their writing. Now this collection can help you improve your work and take pride in that special artistic path-being a writer.

Busy As Hell is a funny, serious, and instructive look at the wild experiences shared by hundreds of Boston firefighters who battled their way through the busiest years in BFD's history - a period known affectionately as "The War Years." This was long before bunker gear .... no masks, just dungaree jackets, work shoes, and (maybe) gloves. The era of iron men and wooden aerial ladders What was it like being a Boston fireman back then? For instance, what was it like to watch the captain wrestle on the ground with one of his men while the building was burning down? Who comforts a suicidal man...

"This handbook explores the history and society of the Americas, placing particular emphasis on collective and intertwined experiences. Forty-four chapters cover a range of concepts and dynamics in the Americas from the colonial period until the present century."--Provided by publisher.