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Achieving a moment of hushed anticipation, where the mind, the heart and soul ascend to a place of perfection is and should be the goal of every writer. That place is where spirit lives. And where spirit lives, there is imagination and intuition and all things inspired and powerful. Getting...

Editing is an invisible art where the very best work goes undetected. Editors strive to create books that are enlightening, seamless, and pleasurable to read, all while giving credit to the author. This makes it all the more difficult to truly understand the range of roles they inhabit while shepherding...

Why do some books linger in memory long after they are read? Why are some books reread, recommended, shared in the classroom? How can you add your book to this elite company? The key is theme, giving your story a dynamic idea that lends it power and purpose. William Bernhardt explains what theme is,...

Editing Canadian English is a style guide, reference manual, judgment-call coach, and much more. Written by expert editors from across the country, it presents a flexible but systematic approach to creating workable Canadian styles. This comprehensive update includes valuable information on: •...

The Game Plan For Parenting Has Been Written!Although there are many books with good ideas for parents, as a Mom or Dad, how do you take those good ideas and actually implement them? Positive Parenting with a Plan is the fastest growing parenting program in the U.S.A. and Canada.

Technological, economic and social trends are changing the context of communication policy. Determining the precise beginning of communication policy-making and the attendant idea of researching it systematically is difficult. It is often said to have begun with the emergence of telegraphy, telephony...

Have you ever read a book that grabbed you on the first page and pulled you through the whole book almost nonstop to the end? Did you have a difficult time putting it down? Did you lose sleep, miss your train or bus stop or put off work so you could stay in the world the author created? If...

William Faulkner has a reputation as a "difficult" author -- but he doesn't have to be! With this new guide, The Unvanquished can be easy to understand. Included are: a chapter-by-chapter summary and commentary on the story, a thorough description of all the characters, a biography of Faulkner,...

In this revised and expanded 2nd edition, Children's Writer's Word Book helps you immediately determine if you're using the right vocabulary and language for your audience. With its intuitive organization, you'll easily find appropriate words for children of various ages, and discover substitute words...

How writers of fiction, memoir and creative nonfiction can apply the techniques of poetry to make their prose stand out.

In this book, we’ll discuss the structure of the poem, canto, stanza, and line, even to the molecular level, discussing how the sounds of certain letters or letter combinations in certain words affect the reader; whether and why the length or brevity of a line or stanza has a certain effect on the...

5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Write!25 Speculative Fiction Prompts within these pages will help new and old authors alike to fight the dark nemesis of the blank page. This book is broken into five sections for five different types of prompts: scenario, quote, question, book title, and simple. These prompts will help the writer defeat the blank page and write into new horizons!

The creation of an outline is far more about content and intent than about shape. Learn the various ways to approach outlines and what type might work for you. This set takes your though Weeks 26-33 of the classes.

Guaranteed Not to Be Confusing Don't Ever Be Confused by Grammar Again. Take a "bite" out of Grammar with No Mistakes Grammar Bites. It seems as if many dictionaries and books on grammar do their best to confuse people. Words and explanations are defined using grammatical terminology...