How I Wrote My First Book: The Story Behind the Story

Twenty authors tell amazing stories about the efforts that went into writing their first book. A list of contents. Christine Amsden - "My Million Words of Crap" Darrell Bain - "The Story Behind The Pet Plague" Bob Boan - "How I Came to Write Bobby becomes Bob" Mayra Calvani - "Tips on Writing Your First Novel" D Jason Cooper - "Understanding Numerology" Lee Denning - "Two Beginnings" Susan Goldsmith - "How I Wrote Abithica" Ginger Hanson - "Ten Lessons I Learned from Writing Quest for Vengeance" Toby Fesler Heathcotte - "The Manuscript from a Mystifying Source" Darby Karchut - "Wings" Linda Langwith - "The Serendipity Factor" Aaron Lazar - "The Writing of Double Fort?" Celia A. Leaman - "Writing Mary's Child" Beverly Stowe McClure - "How I Wrote Shadows on the Desert" Gerald Mills - "How I Wrote No Place for Gods" Erica Miner - "How I Wrote Travels With My Lovers" Stephanie Osborn - "How a Rocket Scientist Becomes a Writer" Bob Rich - "How I Came to Write Novels" Dorothy Skarles - "Tales of Intrigue, Adventure and Learning" Dan Starr - "A Solution and a Seed: Novel Writing as Growing a Crystal"