for writers
The way of punchier, more
engaging language and style
One of "10 must-have grammar and style books"---
The Writer magazine, August 2009
". . . wonderful little book . . . . Read, study, and press to your bosom . . . 'Spunk & Bite' by Arthur Plotnik. --- Dave Kindred, columnist, November 2009
" . . . a kick in the pants toward bold, contemporary style. . . . the urge to write will creep up on you at every turn of the page. . . . This will be the best ten bucks you've ever spent." ---Jules L., Go, Go, Gatsby, November 2009
Greetings to fellow writers struggling for distinction in today's witheringly competitive environment. Prepare to soar above the huddle of predictable stylists.
Whether you're one beat from the sublime or mired in slush piles, today could be a day of levitation for you.
You are invited to rise on the updrafts of a breakthrough title from Random House Reference: SPUNK & BITE: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style, by Arthur Plotnik---that's me, your servant in the art of distinctive, stimulating, publishable writing.
To what's already on this site about the book itself, I'll be adding nuggets gathered in a career as author, editor, publishing executive, and writing columnist.
I offer fresh tips, offbeat approaches, and practical techniques you'll find nowhere but here and in my crowning work, Spunk & Bite. Also: links to the most epiphanic sites for writers and my own latest epiphanies.
Oh--and even if you're overdosed on author blogs, you may want to have a look at my "Snog,"an occasional sniff of inside-writing stuff I call, "The Lubricated Snoot." Its beauty is that you cannot add comments in the usual way---no burden of response!
EXTRA: A MODEL PROPOSAL--At the end of the "Tips & Links" page, you'll now find a complete book proposal, one that scored an excellent contract and from which you can model your own winning proposals.
I invite you to raid this site now and later, as its riches overfloweth. Or, you impulsive devil, go ahead and acquire this affordable, transformative, and rapturously reviewed guide from your favorite store, be it Amazon, B&N, or Bubba's Book & Bait Stop.
