The Writer’s Portable Mentor, Second Edition

By Priscilla Long

University of New Mexico Press, 2018

ISBN 978-0-8263-6005-2

Available from the usual online booksellers—try Bookshop.org—or your local independent bookstore.

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Designed to mentor writers at all levels, from beginning to quite advanced, The Writer’s Portable Mentor offers a wealth of insight and crafting models from the author’s twenty-plus years of teaching and creative thought. The book provides tools for structuring a book, story, or essay. It trains writers in observation and in developing a poet’s ear for sound in prose. It scrutinizes the sentence strategies of the masters and offers detailed advice on how to remain productive and on how to get the work out in the world.

This second edition  is updated to account for changes in the publishing industry and provides hundreds of new craft models to inspire, guide, and develop the writer’s work.

“A treasure trove of information and inspiration. Every writer should own a copy of this book.” —Lori Ann Bloomfield, author of The Last River Child

“A well-organized and immensely helpful guide for writers at all levels to jump-start their creativity, refine their work, and approach the realm of virtuosos.” —Shelf Awareness