A Beginner’s Guide to Writing a Novel
by Phyllis Irene Radford
$3.99 (Non-fiction) ISBN 978-1-61138-653-0
A BVC Original
A beginner’s guide to writing the novel they’ve held close to their hearts but never written.
People have great book ideas. Yet despite their best efforts, they find it nearly impossible to complete a single chapter. All too soon they give up, disheartened.
Essays on role-playing games and storytelling
by Marie Brennan
$2.99 (Collection) ISBN 978-1-61138-684-4
A BVC Original
Some people play roleplaying-games for the challenge; others play them for the story.
Award-winning fantasy author and freelance game writer Marie Brennan is unabashedly in the latter camp. In these essays she looks at tabletop and live-action RPGs from a narrative perspective, exploring the ways the framework of a game can generate and support (or undermine) your tale.
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Zwei Engländer, zu viele Tiere, und ein Kriminalfall
by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (Memoir) ISBN 978-1-61138-252-5
New York Times Bestseller
Tiere, die sich unmöglich benehmen, die Mißgeschicke anderer Leute und der bizarrste Kriminalfall, den es je gegeben hat. Der internationale Bestseller Französisch mit Spickzettel ist die—unglaubliche, aber wahre—Geschichte der ersten acht Monate, die Chris Dolley in Frankreich verbracht hat. Er wurde als ‘ein Jahr in der Provence mit Miss Marple und Gerald Durrell’ bezeichnet.
And Other Stuff I Could Have Been Arrested For
by Chris Dolley
$0.99 (Collection)
ISBN 978-1-61138-836-7
A BVC Original
A short memoir of a huge hoax
The true story of a student who, to publicise Plymouth Charities Week, created the Free Cornish Army and convinced the UK media that Cornwall had risen up and declared independence.
As he told police at the time, “It was only a small country, and I did give it back.”
But how do you follow a hoax that pushed the 1974 general election result off the front page?
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One man’s move to France with too many animals and an identity thief
by Chris Dolley
$2.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-45247-660-5
Now an International Bestseller!
Animals behaving badly, other people’s misfortunes and the most bizarre true crime story ever. French Fried is the unfortunately true account of Chris Dolley’s first eight months in France and has been described as ‘A Year in Provence with Miss Marple and Gerald Durrell.’
Just when Chris and Shelagh think nothing more could possibly go wrong, they discover
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Turning Point in Democracy
by Phyllis Irene Radford
$2.99 (Nonfiction) ISBN 978-1-61138-197-9
Is the Magna Carta better than the US Constitution? Was it a power grab by English noblemen, or is it a rights-of-man declaration penned by Robin Hood? The answers may surprise you as author and historian Irene Radford picks apart the clauses and explains them in context to the history surrounding this amazing document. Magna Carta, a true turning point in the history of democracy.
an illustrated chapbook
by Ursula K. Le Guin
$2.99 (Short Story) ISBN 978-1-61138-647-9
A BVC Original
A thoughtful, truthful autobiography, translated from the Feline by Ursula K. Le Guin.
First appeared on Le Guin’s blog, and is now presented as an e-book, with many new comments and photographs of the handsome author in his characteristic white tie and tail.
A Writer’s Guide to the Art of Worldbuilding
by Marie Brennan
$3.99 (Nonfiction) ISBN 978-1-61138-729-2
A BVC Original
Step into a world of your own making . . .
Worldbuilding is one of the great pleasures of writing science fiction and fantasy — and also one of its greatest challenges. Award-winning fantasy author Marie Brennan draws on her academic training in anthropology to peel back the layers of a setting, going past the surface details to explore questions many authors never think to answer.
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More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding
by Marie Brennan
$3.99 (Collection) ISBN 978-1-61138-879-4
A BVC Original
Create a world of wonder and imagination . . .
The boundless complexity of worldbuilding can create a daunting challenge for writers of science fiction and fantasy. In the third volume of the NEW WORLDS series, award-winning fantasy author and former anthropologist Marie Brennan provides not only the building blocks for creating a setting, but advice on exposition and other aspects of craft. Whether you need guidance on security or sanitation, demographics or demons or drugs, you’re sure to find inspiration here.
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More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding
by Marie Brennan
$3.99 (Nonfiction) ISBN 978-1-61138-783-4
A BVC Original
Explore a world of your own . . .
Science fiction and fantasy are renowned for immersing their readers in rich, inventive settings. In this follow-up to the collection New Worlds, Year One, award-winning fantasy author Marie Brennan guides you through new aspects of worldbuilding and how they can generate stories. From beauty to books, from tattoos to taboos, these essays delve into the complexity of different cultures, both real and imaginary, and provide invaluable advice on crafting a world of your very own.
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