Cape Fear Rising, a novel

John F. Blair, 1994.

ISBN 0-89587-108-4; hardcover, 416 pp

Also available in softcover,
ISBN: 0895871653

 

Cape Fear Rising, by Philip Gerard

[ Excerpt Prologue ]

 "At once historically meticulous and convincingly human, Cape Fear Rising tells us more than many-- black and white-- will probably want to know about our common past, our common heritage, but we all need desperately to hear it. We should all be grateful to Philip Gerard for unearthing such a significant historical 'mystery' story."

--Randall Kenan, author of Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

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Creative Nonfiction:  Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life

Story Press, 1996.

ISBN 1-884910-07-6; hardcover, 208 pp; 

Also available in softcover:
ISBN 1-884910-43-2.

Creative Nonfiction, by Philip Gerard

[ Contents ]

 "Philip Gerard's book is the manual for nonfiction storytellers. From concept to character to craft, he distills the essence of drawing the drama from actual events and bringing them to life for the audience. Creative Nonfiction is on every bookcase at National Geographic Television."

--Maryanne Culpepper, director of story development, National Geographic Television

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Hatteras Light, a novel

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986

ISBN 0-684-18730-2; hardcover, 246 pp.

Reprint, John F. Blair 1997
ISBN 0-89587-166-1.

 

Hatteras Light, by Philip Gerard

[ Excerpt Ch. 1 ]

 "Hatteras Light is a knowing, intelligent, intriguing slice of World War I naval history that Philip Gerard has invigorated by means of a sure and generous imagination. It's part adventure story, part love story, part thriller, and overall an impressive meditation on heroism and compromise in a small place."

--Ron Hansen, author of Desperadoes, Mariette in Ecstasy, and Hitler's Niece.

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Desert Kill, a novel

William Morrow, 1994; Piatkus in UK

ISBN 10-688-12641-3; hardcover, 270 pp.

Reprint, Disc-Us Books.
ISBN 1-58444-250-6

Desert Kill, by Philip Gerard

[ Excerpt Day One ]

 "No kidding, that murderer's voice still gives me the chilly-willies. He's one dude I don't want to meet in a dark alley, or in a light alley, or in a bowling alley, or anywhere else."

-- Tim O'Brien, author of The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato, winner of the National Book Award

 

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Brilliant Passage . . . a schooning memoir

Mystic Seaport Museum, 1989.

ISBN   0-913372-50-1; oversized softcover, 81 pp., illustrated by author's photos and classic yacht portraiture from the Rosenfeld Collection.

 

Brilliant Passage, by Philip Gerard

[ Excerpt 1: Coming Aboard ]

 "I came to Brilliant empty-handed, with just the clothes on my back and a notebook, feeling, I imagined, the way sailors the world over must feel when joining their ships in foreign ports-- anxious to put water under them, eagerness tinged by apprehension for the adventure ahead."

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Writing a Book That Makes a Difference

Story Press, 2000.

ISBN 1-884910-44-0
Hardcover, 230 pp.

Writing a Book That Makes a Difference, by Philip Gerard

 [ Excerpt Ch. 1: What's the Big Idea? ]

 "Philip Gerard is a trustworthy guide in the field of creative nonfiction. I not only teach with his books, but I continue to learn from them. His words inspire creativity, no small feat."

--Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge

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Character, Training, Discipline, Will

"Naval aviators have a saying: 'You don’t rise to the occasion-- you default to the level of your training.'

Writing is about character, and character is formed by training--practicing your craft to a fine point where instinct replaces conscious thought and art slips in, unnoticed.

Training requires discipline--the discipline to sit at your desk day after day, to think hard and precisely, to carefully and seamlessly integrate research into story, the discipline to rewrite a passage as many times as it takes to get it right.

Discipline comes from will--the force of personality that will not let you despair or quit, even and especially when things are darkest and most difficult.

And will ultimately derives from passion: the fierce, sustained desire to write a book that matters about a subject that has captured your heart and seized your imagination.

Nothing short of that passion will sustain you over the long haul of months and years that it will take to write that book. You may be writing for glory, but it is belief in the ongoing work at hand and joy in the act of putting words onto the page that will get your through the long days at the keyboard."
Writing Creative Nonfiction:
Instruction and Insights from Teachers of the Associated Writing Programs

Edited by Carolyn Forche & Philip Gerard 

Story Press, 2001

Softcover, 400 pp.
ISBN: 1884910505

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