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Jack M Bickham Books In Order

Wildcat O’Shea Books In Order

  1. Wildcat’s Claim to Fame (1983)
  2. Wildcat’s Revenge (1983)

Charity Ross Books In Order

  1. The War On Charity Ross (1967)

Brad Smith Books In Order

  1. Tiebreaker (1989)
  2. Dropshot (1990)
  3. Overhead (1991)
  4. Breakfast at Wimbledon (1991)
  5. Double Fault (1993)
  6. The Davis Cup Conspiracy (1994)

Novels

  1. Feud Fury (1959)
  2. Gunman’s Gamble (1959)
  3. The Apple Dumpling Gang (1971)
  4. Ambush Vengeance (1971)
  5. Sheriff’s Campaign (1971)
  6. The Night Hunters (1973)
  7. Baker’s Hawk (1974)
  8. The Blackmailer (1974)
  9. Emerald Canyon (1974)
  10. The Silver Bullet Gang (1974)
  11. Texas Challenge (1974)
  12. Showdown at Emerald Canyon (1975)
  13. A Boat Named Death (1975)
  14. Operation Nightfall (1975)
  15. Twister (1976)
  16. The Winemakers (1977)
  17. The Excalibur Disaster (1978)
  18. Katie, Kelly and Heck (1980)
  19. Dinah, Blow Your Horn (1980)
  20. Regensburg Legacy (1980)
  21. All the Days Were Summer (1981)
  22. I Still Dream About Columbus (1982)
  23. Ariel (1984)
  24. Miracleworker (1987)
  25. Hangman’s Territory (1988)
  26. Day Seven (1988)
  27. Murder at Oklahoma (1998)

Omnibus

Non fiction

  1. Writing Novels That Sell (1989)
  2. The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (1992)
  3. Scene and Structure (1993)
  4. Setting (1994)
  5. Writing the Short Story (1994)
  6. More about How to Write a Million (1996)
  7. Writing and Selling Your Novel (1996)

Wildcat O’Shea Book Covers

Charity Ross Book Covers

Brad Smith Book Covers

Novels Book Covers

Omnibus Book Covers

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Jack M Bickham Books Overview

Tiebreaker

Retired tennis pro and part time spy Brad Smith tries to help Danisa, a young Soviet tennis star defect, but the defection goes horribly wrong, they must run for their lives and Brad finds himself falling in love. NYT. PW.

Double Fault

The FBI searches for the members of an infantry unit that had massacred a Vietnamese village, while the killers hunt the pilot who witnessed the killings, a friend of ex tennis champ and CIA operative Brad Smith. AB.

All the Days Were Summer

In the summer of 1943, as a 12 year old boy tries to cope with his dog’s blindness and his father’s new job with German prisoners of war, he finds his life unalterably changing.

The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes

When you write fiction, you march onto a minefield. This book gives you a map. Oh, what tricky terrain you’re traveling! You must reckon with: Character, Conflict, Point of View, Dialogue, Editors, Editors, and Editors, who by returning stories they see as problem plagued can burst your hopes of publication. Where are the problems? Editors rarely take the time to map them out, so Jack Bickham has. In this book, he spotlights the 38 most common fiction writing land mines writing mistakes that can turn even dynamite story ideas into slush pile rejects. And he guides you in overcoming them. In to the point style, he shows you how to:conquer procrastination and put ink on paper regularlydump wimpy characters and build characters ready to actlook for trouble and create conflicts for your characterscut coincidence and put better than life logic into fictionescape the fog and find and stick to your story’s directionfree feelings and fire your fiction with passion and emotionIn short, Bickham helps you take a giant step toward publication. Read this book. Strengthen your writing. And start setting off explosions where they belong: on the sales charts.

Scene and Structure

Craft your fiction with scene by scene flow, logic and readability. An imprisoned man receives an unexpected caller, after which ‘everything changed…
‘And the reader is hooked. But whether or not readers will stay on for the entire wild ride will depend on how well the writer structures the story, scene by scene. This book is your game plan for success. Using dozens of examples from his own work including Dropshot, Tiebreaker and other popular novels Jack M. Bickham will guide you in building a sturdy framework for your novel, whatever its form or length. You’ll learn how to: ‘worry’ your readers into following your story to the endprolong your main character’s struggle while moving the story aheadjuggle cause and effect to serve your story actionAs you work on crafting compelling scenes that move the reader, moment by moment, toward the story’s resolution, you’ll see why…
believable fiction must make more sense than real lifeevery scene should end in disastersome scenes should be condensed, and others built bigWhatever your story, this book can help you arrive at a happy ending in the company of satisfied readers.

Setting

Even if you have great characters, outstanding dialogue and a gripping plot, your story isn’t complete without the appropriate Setting. Setting is the unifying element in most fiction, working in concert with plot, characterization and point of view. Here you’ll explore how to use Setting as the basis for creating dramatic, engaging stories. Focusing on detail, language and observation, Jack Bickham’s invaluable instruction will not only improve your ability to create a strong Setting, but also enhance your writing skills as a whole. You’ll learn: the function of Setting within the fiction writing process how Setting works with plot, characterization and point of view the effect of Setting on unity ways to generate story ideas through Setting techniques for creating Setting how to use Setting as a thematic device methods for using Setting to stimulate your reader’s senses how to incorporate factual information for texture and authenticity exercises for improving your powers of observation tips for recording ideas, events and descriptions using notebook entries

Writing the Short Story

The author here conducts an index card based ”workshop on paper” a programme founded on his successul Writer”s Digest magazine Blueprint series. Bickham guides readers through the steps needed to plan, organise, write and revise a short story.’

Writing and Selling Your Novel

Discusses the qualities of a professional writer, and offers advice on plot, viewpoint, characterization, and tactics for selling a novel.

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