Writing Magic

I've been reading this book called Writing Magic by Gail Carson Levine, author of fabulous fairy-tale retellings such as Ella Enchanted, Fairest, The Two Princesses of Bamarre and others. The slim book featuring a hand with a pen writing Magic on some parchment with magical looking swirls on coming out of it holds lots of helpful tips for writing written in a practical but funny way. With a lot of writing exercises, advice and other such things broken down into subject chapters, it's a great help to any aspiring author!