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Eclectic as heck! Books for fact and fun. Keep up on what Lee's reading.

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writing & writers

     


On Moral Fiction
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print
Characters & Viewpoint
Writing the Novel : From Plot to Print
Creating Short Fiction (3rd Ed.)
20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them
Beginnings, Middles & Ends
The First Five Pages
The Complete Guide to Editing Your Fiction
The Forest for the Trees : An Editor's Advice to Writers
Writing the Blockbuster Novel
Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
Why Writers are Cranky
Networking at Writer's Conferences


dictionaries & thesaurii

     


The American Heritage College Dictionary
The New Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary Form
The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.)
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The Elements of Style (Strunk & White)


learning japanese

     


Essential Kanji
Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary
Japanese Step by Step
Beginner's Kana Workbook
Japanese Grammar
All About Particles: A Handbook of Japanese Function Words
Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version
Japanese for Busy People - Kana Workbook
Genki 1: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese 1
Japanese Names






Lee trivia:    The book Alfred the butler is reading in Lee's story Batman A-Go-Go is John Gardner's On Moral Fiction. Lee has delivered an academic paper on this particular book.


Lee trivia:    Lee is right-handed, but throws a frisbee left handed.


Lee trivia:    Lee has ridden an elephant. He didn't like it. The elephant didn't appear to care one way or another.


Lee trivia:    When Lee was a kid, he used to thumb through the dicitonary, find an odd word, and make a superhero out of it. That's how he ended up creating a supervillain named "Hauberk." Hauberk has never appeared in a comic book. Nobody wants to read about someone named Hauberk.


Lee trivia:    Lee's favorite type of pickle is Vlasic Kosher Dill Stackers. He eats them like candy.


Lee trivia:    Lee prefers wearing watches with twist-o-flex bands instead of the kind that buckles.