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about me
I'm away from authonomy for a while, but you can reach me at SChrisShirley at yahoo dot com.
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My novel, PLAYING BY THE BOOK, will be published by Magnus Books in fall 2012. I am represented by Sterling Lord Literistic.
favourite books
Classics: To Kill A Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Jane Eyre, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Lord of the Rings
Short Stories: Dangerous Laughter, Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl
On Writing: The Making of a Story (LaPlante), Inside Story (Marks), Save The Cat (Snyder), The Art of Fiction (Rand), The Art of Dramatic Writing (Egri), The Writer's Journey (Vogler)
On Comedy: Writing the Romantic Comedy-Chapter 8 (Mernit)
On Editing: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers (Browne, King), The Elements of Style (Strunk, White), Techniques of the Selling Writer (Swain)
my websites
http://schrisshirley.com/
https://twitter.com/SChrisShirley
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