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“As I sat in the Odyssey Writing Workshop classroom where Melanie and Steve Tem were serving as writers-in-residence, I thought how fortunate the students were to participate in that magical experience.  Through their unique ‘dialogues on writing,’ Melanie and Steve explored topics in a way...

Reading faster is something that many of us want and truly need to be able to do. While speed reading is an acquired skill which takes effort and regular practice, it is a skill which every reader can learn and take advantage of at any stage of life. Whether you need to complete a reading assignment...

Do you struggle with poetry formatting? Fortunately, creating a clean poetry book is easier than ever before. Don't fall for the myths that poetry formatting is hard. In this step-by-step, hassle-free guide, indie poet & author Michael La Ronn walks you through how to format a collection...

This is a short concise package of How 2! articles which cover all you need to know to get started in eBook Publishing and to effectively market your Titles. Do you want to wade through multiple tomes of 250 pages each per topic , or simply grasp all the fundamentals in only 40 pages which is what...

These days fact-checking can seem like a lost art. The Fact Checker's Bible arrives not a moment too soon: it is the first—and essential—guide to the important but increasingly neglected task of checking facts, whatever their source. We are all overwhelmed with information that claims to...

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English for Journalists has established itself as an invaluable guide to the basics of English in newsrooms the world over, focusing on the essential aspects of writing, from reporting speech to the house styles and jargon central to the language of journalism. Written in a highly accessible...

(This book is part of Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft) Fix the character and point-of-view problems holding your manuscript back! Characters are at the heart of every story, and if readers don't like those characters, they won't keep reading. Make sure your characters...

Which of These Sentences Has a Hyphenation Mistake?  The winner of the pie-eating contest ate ninety nine pies.  The seven-foot tall man was obvious in the crowd.  Her two-thirds share of the business meant that she called the shots.  She owned two-thirds of the voting stock in the business.  He...

As an author and editor with more than 25 years in the publishing industry in Australia and internationally, Robin Bower takes aspiring authors through the main steps of publishing a book, shows the differences between commercial publishing and self-publishing, and looks at the financial aspects —...

The Frugal Author is full of the distilled results, the acquired knowledge and personal practice of being a successful indie author who dislikes paying out more than is absolutely necessary. The Frugal Author generates profit from his very first books sale. In this book, he explains how he...

The study skills in this booklet should enable students to: -1) Value the purpose of proof reading2) Proof read his/her own drafts3) Correct each mistake found in the draft4) Appreciate the advantages of proof reading aloud5) Assess the effectiveness of his/her proof...

This updated, upgraded, and expanded edition of Write In Style teaches writers how to produce captivating and compelling prose. Writers who apply the methods in this book uncover their fresh voice, the type of voice contemporary publishers and readers demand. The second edition goes even further than...

The study skills in this section should enable students to: -1) Write gripping paragraph openings2) Control the 'direction' of the paragraph3) Employ brief (as well as long) sentences4) Punctuate the work accordingly5) Make the work comprehensible to outside parties6) Close paragraphs in a brisk, business-like manner