Review:The essential business guide for writers, this book offers a step by step account of anything and everything you need to know about getting published that you never thought of. David and Arielle put together an incredibly easy to read and useful guide for all things in the world of publishing. From how to find and woo an agent to what to do after you've sold your book, this is the essential how-to to getting published. The writing is succinct and to the point and they don't pull punches. I l... Read more

Review:I have been teaching writing and using this book for over five years. It has been beyond invaluable for me and my students, and I don't know how I am going to live without it.
The earlier, brown version is not the greatest, but the "Revised and Expanded" 1995 edition (blue cover) is fabulous. We were supposed to get a new 2000 edition in January, but now I heard that Prentice-Hall has decided not to do the new edition. So "What If?" is now out of print. NO! Read more

Review:I teach creative writing in the UCLA Writer's Program (online) and always recommend this book to my students as one of the two best books (along with Janet Burroway's "Writing Fiction") on the craft of writing ever penned. I have used the information in this book time and again in writing my own novels and stories ("The Death of Tarpons" (novel), "Monday's Meal" (story collection), "Over Easy" (thriller forthcoming from Random House, 1999). A more intelligent book than this has yet to be wr... Read more