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 on Writing and Language
Bryan A. Garner; ISBN: 159031588X; $59.95 [Amazon.com]
Garner's Modern American Usage
Bryan A. Garner; ISBN: 0195161912; $39.95 [Amazon.com]
Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style, Second Edition
Philip Rubens; ISBN: 0415925517; $28.95 [Amazon.com]
The Elements of Style
E. B. White, E. B. / Wm. Strunk, Jr.; ISBN: 020530902X; $6.95 [Amazon.com]
AP Stylebook
(Editions are updated every two years) [Amazon.com
Writer’s Digest
Beginning Writer’s Answer Book
ISBN: 0898795990; $17.99 [Amazon.com]
The Writer’s Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats
ISBN: 0898792932; $19.99 [Amazon.com]
38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
Jack Bickham; ISBN: 0898798213; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Beginnings, Middles & Ends
Nancy Kress; ISBN: 0898799058; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Plot
Ansen Dibell; ISBN: 0898799465; $12.00 [Amazon.com]
Scene & Structure
Jack Bickham; ISBN: 0898799066; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Setting
Jack Bickham; ISBN: 0898799481; $12.00 [Amazon.com]
Description
Monica Wood; ISBN: 0898799082; $12.00 [Amazon.com]
Characters & Viewpoint
Orson Scott Card; ISBN: 0898799279; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Dialogue
Lewis Turco; ISBN: 0898799473; $12.00 [Amazon.com]
Voice & Style
Johnny Payne; ISBN: 0898796938; $15.99 (HC Only) [Amazon.com]
Conflict, Action & Suspense
Wm. Noble; ISBN: 0898799074; $12.99 [Amazon.com]
Sources Used for Tameri.com
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.
Amato, Carol J. World's Easiest Guide to Using the MLA. Westminster, CA: Stargazer, 1999.
Ayto, John. Arcade Dictionary of Word Origins. New York: Little, Brown and Co. Arcade, 1990.
Bickham, Jack M. 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes, The. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 1992. [Amazon.com]
________. Setting Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 1994. [Amazon.com]
Booth, Wayne C. Rhetoric of Fiction, The. 2nd ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1961. Reprint, 1983. [Amazon.com]
Buchman, Dian Dincin and Groves, Seli. Writer's Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 1987. [Amazon.com]
Card, Orson Scott. Characters & Viewpoint Elements of Fiction Writing. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 1988. [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.
Ellsworth, Blanche and Higgens, John A. English Simplified. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Education, 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]
Hacker, Diana. Bedford Handbook, The. 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 Lester, James D. Jr. Research Paper Handbook, The. 2nd ed. Parsippany, NJ: Pearson Learning, Good Year Books, 2002. [Amazon.com]
Morner, Kathleen and Rousch, Ralph. NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms. Chicago: NTC, 1998. [Amazon.com]
Murfin, Ross and Ray, Supryia M. 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]
Polking, Kirk, ed. Beginning Writer's Answer Book. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest, 1994. [Amazon.com]
Rozakis, Laurie E. Creative Writing Complete Idiot's Guide to, The. New York: SImon & Schuster, Alpha Books, 1997. [Amazon.com]
________. Grammar and Style Complete Idiot's Guide to, The. 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. Elements of Grammar, The. 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 White, E. B. Elements of Style, The. 3rd ed. New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1959. Reprint, 1979. [Amazon.com]
Terban, Marvin. Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms. New York: Scholastic, 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]