{"id":1633,"date":"2017-08-08T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2017-07-03T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T15:45:32","slug":"favorite-books-on-writing-and-for-recreational-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/08\/08\/favorite-books-on-writing-and-for-recreational-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Books on Writing and for Recreational Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1725\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic4-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic4-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic4-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic4.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Some books about the craft of writing are timeless in their content:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1727 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic2-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic2-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic2-338x450.jpg 338w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic2.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/strong>English Through the Ages<\/em> by William Brohaugh<\/li>\n<li><em>The Emotions Thesaurus<\/em> by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi<\/li>\n<li><em>Word Painting<\/em> by Rebecca McClanahan<\/li>\n<li><em>Between the Lines<\/em> by Jessica Morrell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>**My newly-read favorite authors include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nina George<\/li>\n<li>Anna Rivers Siddons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>**My short list of continuing favorite authors for recreational reading includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amy Yurk<\/li>\n<li>Sue Henry<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Ford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1726 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic3-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic3-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic3-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogpic3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>**Local (Edmonds area) authors that create great stories <\/strong><strong>include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mindy Halleck<\/li>\n<li>Judith Works<\/li>\n<li>Denise Frisino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>**For specific titles by these authors consult your local bookshop or peruse online book companies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some books about the craft of writing are timeless in their content: English Through the Ages by William Brohaugh The Emotions Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi Word Painting by Rebecca McClanahan Between the Lines by Jessica Morrell **My newly-read favorite authors include: Nina George Anna Rivers Siddons **My short list of continuing favorite authors for recreational reading includes: Amy Yurk Sue Henry Jamie Ford **Local (Edmonds area) authors that create great stories include: Mindy Halleck Judith Works Denise Frisino **For specific titles by these authors consult your local bookshop or peruse online book companies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,253,247],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musings","category-recreational-reading","category-writing-reference-books","tag-books-for-writers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}