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David Bowman specializes in writing well. With over 20 years of editing experience, Mr. Bowman has a wealth of strategies and advice to help you communicate in writing, connect with your reader, and reach your goals.
David Bowman is the author of 7 books on writing, the popular Precise Edit Training Manual, 300 Days of Better Writing, Zen Comma, Which Word Do I Use?, Bang! Writing with Impact, Concise Guide to Technical and Academic Writing, and Your Writing Companion. In addition to serving as the chief editor of Precise Edit, he is a writing instructor for the University of New Mexico and private writing coach and consultant for many organizations.
Mr. Bowman knows that all people need to write well: it's how we communicate with each other. However, writing is an overlooked skill. He writes books on writing so that others may learn to write-and edit-like a professional. These are more than books on grammar and punctuation. These are books on effective communication through writing.
Written to be practical, they are excellent guides and references for anyone who needs to communicate in writing.
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The Seekers: The Children of Darkness (Dystopian Sci-Fi - Book 1)
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<p>New from the author of the multiple award-winning fantasy saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em>, winner of the <strong>Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2014 - Best Book in the Category of FANTASY</strong>....</p><h1><strong><em>The Children of Darkness</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the first book in the new dystopian series <em>The Seekers</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>[Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Religion]</strong></h2><p><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></p><p>A thousand years ago the Darkness came—a terrible time of violence, fear, and social collapse when technology ran rampant. But the vicars of the Temple of Light brought peace, ushering in an era of blessed simplicity. For ten centuries they have kept the madness at bay with “temple magic,” and by eliminating forever the rush of progress that nearly caused the destruction of everything.</p><p>Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, have always lived in the tiny village of Little Pond, longing for more from life but unwilling to challenge the rigid status quo. When their friend Thomas returns from the Temple after his “teaching”—the secret coming-of-age ritual that binds young men and women eternally to the Light—they barely recognize the broken and brooding young man the boy has become. Then when Orah is summoned as well, Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her.</p><p>In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a terrible secret that launches the three on a journey to find the forbidden keep, placing their lives in jeopardy, for a truth from the past awaits that threatens the foundation of the Temple. If they reveal that truth, they might once again release the potential of their people.</p><p>Yet they would also incur the Temple’s wrath as it is written: “If there comes among you a prophet saying, ‘Let us return to the darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the Light.”</p><p><strong>Be sure to read the second book in this series, <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>, due to release November 30, 2015. And don't miss David's award-winning speculative saga, <em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></strong></p>
Story Behind The Book
"Bang! Writing With Impact" has a very specific purpose: help you write in such a way that your readers pay attention and agree with your ideas.
I read several books on persuasive writing and rhetorical strategies, but I didn't find any that told me plain and clearly what to do. Using my 19 years of experience as an editor I wrote "Bang!" to show people exactly how to use their writing to persuade. Fluffy books bore me, and highly technical books can be confusing. This book is for the every day writer without an English degree but with a purpose to achieve.
