Skinny Writing provides explanations and exercises in order for writers and editors to achieve greater economy in their prose. This book is the fourth in Orange House Books' series of Guides to Writing Style. Its readers do not need to have studied the other guides to understand its information, but a knowledge of English syntax is useful whenever studying writing. All level of writers can benefit from using the techniques and information provided.

Gushers is a survey of the novels and short stories written about the events of Texas oilfields from Spindletop to the present. It is the second volume of A Cavalcade of Oilfield Novels, a survey of the significant oilfield novels of America.

Harness Bells is a collection of poems by Dick Heaberlin, author of Trotting With the Fox.

Purposeful Punctuation is a guide to punctuating English sentences for writers and editors. It has been used for several years in college classes from freshmen to graduate. It will work as a supplement to English instruction in junior high or high school. The author, Dr. Heaberlin, has fifty years experience in teaching-from seventh grade to graduate school. He has included many exercises and practice tests with answers. This guide complements his previously published guides on writing style-English Syntax and Connecting for Coherence.

Trotting With a Fox is the first collection of Dr. Heaberlin's poetry published by Orange House Books.

Fountain Wells is a survey of the novels and short stories written about the events of the early oil fields in Ontario, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. The earliest of these novels was published in 1877, the latest in 1956. It is the first volume of a survey of the significant oil-field novels of America, called A Cavalcade of Oil-Field Novels.

This is a pedogogical syntax for writers. It explains the most frequetly used structures in English, beginning with simple ones and moving on to extremely complex ones. For many years it has been used by students from junior high school to graduate school. It provides numerous examples and extensive exercises.

Through the explanations, examples, and exercises in this guide, the author emphasizes using syntax and logic to connect sentences and teach users to connect the information of their prose and thus please readers by the clarity of their writing. He introduces various grammatical concepts and directs users to construct sentences according to specific instructions and specific examples. Gradually the sentences become more complex as users move from writing with one structure to writing with that structure in compounds and series.