Suggested and Cited Resources
• Resources for writers, editors, teachers, and students
We consult a lot of books on the English language, grammar, and writing while updating the Tameri site. Somtimes the books offer conflicting advice, so we do our best to find “majority” opinions. Our primary sources appear in MLA format at the end of this page: Tameri.com sources.
Books to Consider
General to Writing, Editing
Garner, Bryan A. Garner on Writing and Language. ISBN: 159031588X [Amazon.com]
Garner, Bryan A. Garner’s Modern American Usage. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0195161912 [Amazon.com]
Rubens, Philip. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style, Second Edition. ISBN: 0415925517; $28.95 [Amazon.com]
Strunk, William and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. ISBN: 020530902X; $6.95 [Amazon.com]
Associated Press. The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. (Editions are updated every two years) [Amazon.com
Writer’s Digest
Bickham, Jack. 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes. ISBN: 0898798213; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Bickham, Jack. Scene & Structure. ISBN: 0898799066; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Bickham, Jack. Setting. ISBN: 0898799481; $12.00 [Amazon.com]
Buchman, Dian Dincin and Seli Groves. Writer’s Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats, The; ISBN: 0898792932; $19.99 [Amazon.com]
Card, Orson Scott. Characters & Viewpoint. ISBN: 0898799279; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Dibell, Ansen. Plot. ISBN: 0898799465; $12.00 [Amazon.com]
Kress, Nancy. Beginnings, Middles & Ends. ISBN: 0898799058; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Noble, Wm. Conflict, Action & Suspense. ISBN: 0898799074; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Payne, Johnny. Voice & Style. ISBN: 0898796938; $15.99 (HC Only) [Amazon.com]
Polking, Kirk (ed). Beginning Writer’s Answer Book; ISBN: 0898795990; $17.99 [Amazon.com]
Turco, Lewis. Dialogue . ISBN: 0898799473; $12.00 [Amazon.com]
Wood, Monica. Description. ISBN: 0898799082; $12.00 [Amazon.com]
Sources Used for Tameri.com
We have attempted to link titles and ISBNs to Amazon for visitors interested in buying these books. Not every title is a link, so try ISBN or "Amazon" links when we provide those. We recognize that we have some older versions of some of the following texts. In these cases, the Amazon book link goes to the currect version, not the version listed in this bibliography. We update this list when we add citations to any page within the Tameri Guide for Writers.
Amato, Carol J. World’s Easiest Guide to Using the MLA. Westminster, CA: Stargazer, 1999. [Amazon.com]
Ayto, John. Arcade Dictionary of Word Origins. New York: Little, Brown and Co. Arcade, 1990. [Amazon.com]
Barnet, Sylvan, Pat Bellanca, and Marcia Stubbs. A Short Guide to College Writing. Penguin Academics. 2nd ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2005. [Amazon.com]
Bickham, Jack M. The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1992. [Amazon.com]
________. Setting Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1994. [Amazon.com]
Booth, Wayne C. The Rhetoric of Fiction. 2nd ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1961. Reprint, 1983. [Amazon.com]
Buchman, Dian Dincin and Seli Groves. Writer’s Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1987. [Amazon.com]
Callaghan, Patsy, and Ann Dobyns. A Meeting of the Minds A Brief Rhetoric for Writers and Readers. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2004. [Amazon.com]
Card, Orson Scott. Characters & Viewpoint. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1988. [Amazon.com]
The Chicago Manual of Style.
15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. [Amazon.com]
Christ, Henry I. Modern English in Action, Ten. Boston: D. C. Heath and Co., 1965.
Copperud, Roy H. American Usage and Style: The Consensus. New York: Von Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980. [Amazon.com]
Ellsworth, Blanche and John A. Higgens. English Simplified. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Education, 2004. [Amazon.com]
Fowler, H. W, and R. W Burchfield. Fowler’s Modern English Usage. 3rd ed. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. [Amazon.com]
Funk, Wilfred. Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language. New York: Random House, 1950. Reprint, 1998. [Amazon.com]
Garner, Bryan A. Garner’s Modern American Usage. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. [Amazon.com]
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003. [Amazon.com]
Goldstein, Norm. The Associated Press Stylebook. Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus Books, 2002. [Amazon.com]
Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford, 1998. [Amazon.com]
________. Pocket Style Manual. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford, 2004. [Amazon.com]
Kolln, Martha. Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects. 4th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2003. [Amazon.com]
Langenscheidt’s Pocket Merriam-Webster Guide to Punctuation and Style. New York: Langenscheidt, 1998. [Amazon.com]
Lester, James D., Sr. and James D. Lester Jr. The Research Paper Handbook. 2nd ed. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Learning, Good Year Books, 2002. [Amazon.com]
Meyers, Alan. Writing With Confidence: Writing Effective Sentences and Paragraphs. 6th ed. New York: Longman, 2000. [Amazon.com]
Morner, Kathleen and Ralph Rousch. NTC’s Dictionary of Literary Terms. Chicago: NTC, 1998. [Amazon.com]
Mulvey, Dan. Grammar the Easy Way. Hauppauge, N.Y: Barron’s, 2002. [Amazon.com]
Murfin, Ross and Supryia M. Ray. Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford, 2003. [Amazon.com]
Noble, William. Conflict, Action & Suspense. Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1994. [Amazon.com]
Parker, Roger C. Looking Good in Print. 3rd ed. Chapel Hill, NC: Ventana, 1993. [Amazon.com]
Partridge, Eric and Janet Whitcut. Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English. 1942. Rev. by Janet Whitcut. New York: W. W. Norton, 1995.
Polking, Kirk, ed. Beginning Writer’s Answer Book. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest, 1994. [Amazon.com]
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001. [Amazon.com]
Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. 4th ed., brief. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2006. [Amazon.com]
Rozakis, Laurie E. Creative Writing. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to. New York: Simon & Schuster, Alpha Books, 1997. [Amazon.com]
________. Grammar and Style. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to. New York: Simon & Schuster, Alpha Books, 1997. [Amazon.com]
Rude, Carolyn D. Technical Editing. 4th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2006. [Amazon.com]
Scholastic Writer’s Desk Reference. New York: Scholastic, 2000. [Amazon.com]
Shertzer, Margaret. The Elements of Grammar. New York: MacMillian Publishing, 1986. [Amazon.com]
Stein, Jess, ed. Random House Rhyming Dictionary. New York: Random House, 1960. Reprint, 1989. [Amazon.com]
Strunk, William and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 3rd ed. New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1959. Reprint, 1979. [Amazon.com]
Terban, Marvin. Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms. New York: Scholastic, 1996. [Amazon.com]
Turabian, Kate L., John Grossman, and Alice Bennett. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Rev. by John Grossman and Alice Bennett. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. [Amazon.com]
Turco, Lewis. Dialogue Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1989. [Amazon.com]
Williams, Joseph M. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 9th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007. [Amazon.com]
Wood, Monica. Description Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1995. [Amazon.com]