"The Fiction Writer's Handbook" is the definitive volume to explain the words and phrases that writers and editors use when they they talk about a work. In a highly competitive publishing world, today's writers need to stay ahead of the competition and make every sentence count. "The Fiction Writer's Handbook" will help new writers who need an understanding of the writing process, and for seasoned writers, this book is a powerful tool.

"Love Will Make You Drink and Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night" brings a number of Shelly Lowenkopf's previously published short stories together in a single volume. Lowenkopf is best known as a master instructor of fiction writing and a book editor. He taught for over thirty years at the University of Southern California, and now at the noted College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. All the while, he's been publishing these short gems. All the stories revolve around life in Santa Barbara, the oceanside city north of Los Angeles, where people go after they've burned...