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Ready to write a cozy mystery but aren't sure where to start?Are you already writing cozy mysteries but need to streamline your process?Natasha C. Sass takes the mystery out of the writing process, using proven methods developed in her Cozy Novel and Novella workshops.This book will walk you step-by-step through writing a cozy mystery, including developing your sleuth, building a cast of supporting characters and identifying a solid suspect list that will keep your readers guessing until the very end.There's no guesswork for you, the writer. Inside you'll discover a solid four-act structure and how it applies to cozies. Natasha breaks down the story into chapters and scenes that will keep the pace and tension high enough to keep readers turning the page.By following her process, writers learn how to go from story idea to a finished fan-favorite book.What other cozy authors say about Natasha C. Sass's method based on this book:See natashacsass.com for cozy mystery workshop details.Natasha is so knowledgeable about how to write a cozy mystery. She is patient and helps you work through any issues you may be stuck on in your book. Plus, the class is kind of like a small family. It's so much fun to meet with other authors and hold each other accountable! - Stella BixbyAs a pantser, Natasha's Cozy Novella Course helped me find a way to incorporate more upfront planning into my writing without being too confining or taking away the fun of discovery writing. The best part? Within a month I had a brand-new novella in my series. - Brook PetersonA really focused, well-planned course which was a lot of fun as well! Excellent value. It does exactly what it says on the tin, and there's lots of space for having your own questions answered, and for exploring ideas. It hugely exceeded my expectations. As a beginner, I found it ideal. - Cary McGilvane

REVISED SECOND EDITION (2023)Includes a new section on the use of AI.Proofreading Theses and Dissertations introduces some of the basic principles of proofreading academic texts. In many respects, the work required is the same as for any other proofread - you check for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and consistency - but it is complicated by the fact that the thesis or dissertation must be the student's own work.The guide explores the nature of this type of proofreading as well as the practicalities of how to get work, calculating fees and negotiating with students. It then deals with potentially thorny ethical issues such as what to do with possible plagiarism, how you should approach the use of AI, and how much to query, intervene in or change the student's writing.

This study utilized confirmatory factor analyses and latent change score analyses to model individual and developmental differences in a longitudinal study of children's writing. Participants were 158 children who completed a writing sample each year from 15 through 4th grade. At all four time points, a four-factor model of writing provided the best fit to the data. The factors were macro-organization (presence of topic sentence, number of key elements, and order of ideas). productivity (number of words and number of unique words), complexity (average number or words per sentence and number of connectives), and vocabulary (average number of syllables and average number of characters per word, and percentage of multisyllabic words). The latent change score analyses demonstrated significant relations among the intercepts of macro-organization, productivity, and complexity factors, indicating that children with higher initial levels of one skill were also likely to have higher initial levels of the other. Productivity was also identified as a leading indicator of complexity, such that higher levels of productivity predicted subsequent increases in complexity over time.

Completely revised edition of the ground-breaking travel writing book that provides a road map to success in the digital age. It dives headlong into the entrepreneurial world of blogging and digital products, while still acknowledging the real money to be made in freelance writing for others. Drawing on interviews and survey responses from more than 100 successful travel writers and bloggers, this is the definitive guide to creating success instead of waiting for permission.Blogger, editor, and award-winning freelance writer Tim Leffel shares advice from his decades of hard-won experience. He provides practical lessons from running six websites (and selling one), publishing five books through multiple editions, and writing for outlets like CNN, Lonely Planet, and Outside. If you'd like to earn an income from covering your travels and have a clear plan for sustainable profits, this book will open up all the possibilities and show you the best ways to stand out from the crowd.This is not a rosy, "see the world for free" come-on book that dodges the real challenges in building a career in this competitive field. It lays out the real landscape for bloggers and freelancers and shows the obstacles to overcome, but provides clear lessons on how to leap over them and get ahead, while avoiding most of the common mistakes.

Contents________________________________________IntroductionNewtrospection: Reverse-Engineering Modernity in South Korean Speculative FictionSang-Keun YooA Radical Future: Gender and Science Fiction in Contemporary Korean LiteratureJi-Eun LeeTwo Can Play This Squid Game: The Japanese Entanglements of South Korean Speculative FictionSe Young KimBecoming a Ghost: Newtrospective Representation of Historical Violence Through Virtual Reality Media in Gina Kim's BloodlessSang-Keun YooLife Reset: Resisting Gamified Life in South Korean Speculative WebtoonsSang Eun Eunice LeeDesign FictionExcerpts from an Anti-Standardized "¿¿": A Design-Fictional Approach to KoreaSeo-Young Chu"Genre Narratives Are Powerful Tools to Illustrate the Beauty of an Unfamiliar World": Haerin Shin's Interview with SF novelist Bo-Young KimTranslated by Sang-Keun Yoo"Those Left on Earth Are Equally Significant": Sang-Keun Yoo's Interview with Space Sweepers Director Sung-hee JoTranslated by Sang-Keun Yoo"This Inexplicable Complexity That Underscores Our Humanity": Sang-Keun Yoo's Interview With The School Nurse Files Director Kyoung-mi LeeTranslated by Sang-Keun YooREVIEWSCli-Fi, Noir, and The Nonhuman Subject in Netflix's The Silent Sea (2021)Rev. by Katrina Younes

This is a guide to self-publishing like the industry has never seen before! Let the author guide you through the process of getting your book published with several different online booksellers, saving money on publishing costs and saving time by eliminating rework. Use this guide and save yourself headaches and heartaches!The author is a retired airline pilot and mentor that went through the process of watching different YouTube videos, reading all the tutorials, and experiencing the frustrations of out-of-date information while trying to get a manuscript published. Why go through all this yourself when you can be guided with a simple, clear, and organized approach?Buy this book today and get a jump on the publishing process!

Writing with an AI Assistant outlines the strengths and weaknesses of AGI, and explains how to use the software to become a more productive writer, while still retaining your own voice.

Lydretten er en serie læremidler, som er særligt egnet til undervisningen af ordblinde og elever med fonologiske vanskeligheder.Lydretten er et stave- og diktatmateriale, som tager teoretisk udgangspunkt i Mette Zieglers staveudviklingstrin. De fire hæfter spænder over trinene 2-4. For at få bedst udbytte af arbejdet med Lydretten bør man kende til, hvor eleven befinder sig i sin staveudvikling.Udfyldningsdiktaterne i Lydretten er på flere niveauer med differentieret støtte. Til hver diktat er tilknyttet øvesider, hvor eleven arbejder direkte med diktatordene. Øvesiderne indeholder opgaver, som gør eleven i stand til at træne brugen af forskellige relevante stavestrategier.I første del af lærervejledningen gennemgås den grundlæggende viden og teori om staveudvikling og staveundervisning. Dernæst følger i anden del en grundig beskrivelse af, hvordan de enkelte opgaver skal udføres i praksis for at understøtte elevens læring bedst muligt.

Are you a budding writer looking to take your craft to the next level? Or perhaps you're an experienced writer seeking to hone your skills and navigate the ever-changing landscape of the publishing industry. Regardless of where you are on your writing journey, The Complete Guide to Writing is here to help.In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn everything you need to know to write compelling stories that capture your readers' imaginations. From finding your unique writing voice and developing dynamic characters to creating vivid settings and crafting memorable endings, each chapter is filled with practical advice, real-world examples, and hands-on exercises to help you build your skills and confidence.Discover the key elements of plot structure and learn how to outline your book for maximum impact. Overcome writer's block and stay motivated with tips and strategies for setting writing goals and building a consistent writing routine. Explore the differences between self-publishing and traditional publishing, and learn how to write query letters and book proposals that grab agents' and publishers' attention.Whether you're interested in writing fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, this guide covers it all. Learn how to research your subject, conduct interviews, and gather information that will help you create compelling stories that engage your readers. Collaborate with other writers, find writing partners, and join writing communities to get the support and feedback you need to improve your craft.With expert guidance on everything from contracts and royalties to building an author platform and promoting your work, The Complete Guide to Writing is the ultimate resource for writers of all levels. Whether you're looking to publish your first book or your fifteenth, this guide will provide you with the tools and inspiration you need to succeed.

Reference Guides to Rhetoric & CompositionEditors: Charles Bazerman, Anis Bawarshi, & Mary Jo ReiffWRITING KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: THEORY, RESEARCH, PEDAGOGY develops a capacious understanding of transfer in writing studies, tracing the distinct ways transfer has been engaged in various disciplinary fields and drawing connections among similar threads of inquiry. Working from a large-scale, collaborative analysis of some of the most salient long-term debates around transfer, this book guides scholars to link long and broad transfer conversations, attend to troublesome transfer problems in their teaching or research, and support both amplitude (more capacious understandings of writing transfer) and specificity (more detailed and relevant treatments of the term) in research on the transfer of writing knowledge. In addition to a detailed synthesis of multiple disciplines' treatment of transfer, the book offers five themes developed during a rigorous transdisciplinary reading of approximately seven hundred books and articles on transfer from disciplines including cognitive psychology and situated learning; sports, medical, and aviation education; second language writing; and school-to-work research, among others. Together the themes capture the interdependent relations among transfer's actors, influences, contexts, and outcomes. They also provide new frames for better understanding learners' varied and even paradoxical motivations for writing. Ultimately, the book offers value and kinship across disciplines to suggest new transfer questions, lines of inquiry, and theoretical and methodological commitments.Rebecca S. Nowacek is Professor of English at Marquette University, where she co-directs the Norman H. Ott Memorial Writing Center. Rebecca Lorimer Leonard is Associate Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on language diversity, literacy studies, and research methods. Angela Rounsaville is Associate Professor of Writing at the University of Central Florida, where her research focuses on transnational literacy, genre studies, and transfer.

After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Ellen Estilai and her family attempt to leave Tehran, their home of nine years. At the airport, her Iranian husband is inexplicably prevented from leaving. As he confronts hostile colleagues and the Islamic Republic's opaque bureaucracy, Ellen examines their lives, trying to understand what might have brought them to this point. Exit Prohibited is a story of a complex Iran, at once welcoming and hostile, progressive and traditional, enamored of and distrustful of the West-an Iran as complex as Estilai's relationship to it.

A fly-fishers manual of style for aspiring writers and readers by two accomplished and published veterans of the sport and the literature.

Rediscover the joy of handwritten letters and let your story unfold, one heartfelt message at a time. ¿¿Each page offers a blank canvas for you to craft your own letters, each one a precious gift to your beloved. Pour your heart out, reminisce about your shared adventures. It's a timeless keepsake that will grow in meaning with each passing year.

Rediscover the joy of handwritten letters and let your story unfold, one heartfelt message at a time. ¿¿Each page offers a blank canvas for you to craft your own letters, each one a precious gift to your beloved. Pour your heart out, reminisce about your shared adventures. It's a timeless keepsake that will grow in meaning with each passing year.

""Hindi Sulekah Matra Gyan Aabhyas Pustika Volume-2"" by Manoj Publications is a comprehensive workbook designed to develop and enhance knowledge of Hindi matras (diacritical marks) and their usage in writing. This book is a valuable resource for students who want to strengthen their understanding and application of Hindi matras.In ""Hindi Sulekah Matra Gyan Aabhyas Pustika Volume-2,"" students will find various exercises and activities to improve their knowledge and proficiency in using Hindi matras. The workbook covers matra recognition, matra placement, matra-based word formation, and more.Through structured lessons and practice exercises, this workbook provides students with ample opportunities to master the correct usage of Hindi matras. It helps students develop reading and writing skills, enhancing their ability to comprehend and express themselves accurately in written Hindi.Manoj Publications' dedication to educational excellence is evident in ""Hindi Sulekah Matra Gyan Aabhyas Pustika Volume-2."" With its comprehensive content and practical exercises, this workbook is an invaluable tool for students, teachers, and Hindi language learners looking to deepen their understanding and proficiency in Hindi matras.

Rediscover the joy of handwritten letters and let your story unfold, one heartfelt message at a time. ¿¿Each page offers a blank canvas for you to craft your own letters, each one a precious gift to your beloved. Pour your heart out, reminisce about your shared adventures. It's a timeless keepsake that will grow in meaning with each passing year.

Rediscover the joy of handwritten letters and let your story unfold, one heartfelt message at a time. ¿¿Each page offers a blank canvas for you to craft your own letters, each one a precious gift to your beloved. Pour your heart out, reminisce about your shared adventures. It's a timeless keepsake that will grow in meaning with each passing year.

Rediscover the joy of handwritten letters and let your story unfold, one heartfelt message at a time. ¿¿Each page offers a blank canvas for you to craft your own letters, each one a precious gift to your beloved. Pour your heart out, reminisce about your shared adventures. It's a timeless keepsake that will grow in meaning with each passing year.

Rediscover the joy of handwritten letters and let your story unfold, one heartfelt message at a time. ¿¿Each page offers a blank canvas for you to craft your own letters, each one a precious gift to your beloved. Pour your heart out, reminisce about your shared adventures. It's a timeless keepsake that will grow in meaning with each passing year.

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Writing Professionally in the Social Sciences equips readers with the knowledge and skillsets they need to successfully publish scholarly articles within academic journals and beyond. Author David Royse shares accounts from his extensive publishing history as well as lessons he learned from teaching students how to write effectively. The book envisions publishing as a journey, and Royse accompanies readers on each step-from initially carving out time and identifying the journal with the best fit to finally submitting the manuscript. Opening chapters discuss preparing for the writing process, evaluating and selecting an idea for a piece, and considering a writing partner or mentor. Readers learn about the characteristics of predatory and legitimate journals, rejection rates, what to expect when submitting to open-access journals, and more. Additional chapters answer questions about the peer-review process and writing the core components of a manuscript-the introduction, literature review, and method, results, and discussion sections. Crafting abstracts, submitting a manuscript, and processing the bad news of rejection are also addressed. The final chapter discusses what goes into and how to write a book proposal. Developed to demystify the writing and submission processes, Writing Professionally in the Social Sciences is an exemplary resource for new Ph.D.'s, full- and part-time faculty, graduate students, college students, as well as practitioners and professionals who desire to be published.

As lawyers, we must not, in hot pursuit of common law, outrun common sense. The dread of that eventuality prompted this book. Uncommon Law of Learned Writing 2.0 promotes common sense in legal language. Plain language, which is commonsensical, broadens access to legal documents, thus democratizing the law. If democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people, law is the language in which government interacts with the people-it's the language of democracy. The people whose government speaks through law must understand what is said. No democratic society should brook legalese-a dense, verbose dialect known only to lawyers. What then should society do to redress the lawyer-induced obscurity? A Shakespearean character had an alarming proposal: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." Apparently, that proposal was not enthusiastically endorsed, which explains why we're still here. A milder remedy-enrolling lawyers in language classes-has been mooted, which explains why this book is in your hands. Uncommon Law of Learned Writing 2.0 motivates lawyers to prefer plain language to the legalese and verbosity that have besmirched legal writing for centuries. This book is as sweeping and authoritative a treatment of its subject as you can find anywhere.

Have you ever been concerned when you have to write a company report? Do you think that your writing is too wordy or too technical? Do you wish that you could be more concise or more tuned into your audience?These are some of the questions Word Time! answers. The book is based on Elizabeth's years of working with students and business professionals and on the notion that clear writing still matters in the workplace. In part because of the speed of electronic communication, maybe you have forgotten or need to be reminded of some of the basics of punctuation, grammar, and style. Word Time! will help you to write clear, credible, effective emails, reports, resumes, and design memorable PowerPoint - with greater ease.Like its companion Show Time!, about effective speaking, Word Time! is a short, practical guide to help build or rebuild your confidence in your writing skills.

Have you always wanted to write a novel?Emily Winslow will help you develop the mindset and skills to get you started, keep you going, and see you through. Time to Write is a creative writing guide aimed at anyone who wants to write a novel and could use some support.It contains 49 lessons, each easy to read and packed with insights based on experience. Emily has taken her own work to high levels with major publishers, and has learned from teaching at Cambridge University what makes students light up and what makes their work drastically, excitingly improve.This book is full of encouragement, recognizing and affirming different work styles. It's a total handbook, teaching a broad range of specific writing skills with insight and clarity as well as covering topics around writing in-depth, such as how to give and take critique and how to evaluate publishers and agents.It's time to write the stories inside you.

Ben Berman's Writing While Parenting explores what it means to pursue a creative passion alongside raising a family, how having children can make a parent both more vulnerable and more adventurous as an artist. Given how hectic parenting is, is it possible to balance a career and family, let alone find two minutes to pee without someone tugging your leg and asking to watch you "make bubbles"? How does one possibly find the time or energy to be creative?Spanning five years, these essays range from humorous moments (the seven-year-old daughter complaining that she "just got kicked in the weenie") to the more serious ones (finding two swastikas etched into the slide at the neighborhood playground). No matter its genesis, each piece thoughtfully examines the overlaps and the dissonance between the creative life and the procreative one. This is a witty, inspired, and illuminating collection for the writer, the parent, or both.PRAISE FOR WRITING WHILE PARENTING:Ben Berman's witty, brainy, soulful look at writing-while-parenting will speak to every parent-and every writer-committed to understanding the way that having kids raises the stakes for-and loosens the reins of-how we speak and write. What we blurt out, what we write down, the letters we help our children form, and those we hold ourselves back from forming for them-all matter. Every writer speaks to posterity, but Berman shows how parenthood brings that message-literally-home.-Elisa New, director and host of Poetry in AmericaWriting While Parenting, Ben Berman's wonderful new collection, is a striking work of wit, wisdom, and authenticity. His narratives read like micro-memoirs: deep meditations on marriage and family in dramatic structures "between song and thought." In addressing daily routines, dinner dates, and making M&M pancakes, these essays, like poetry, intertwine "imprecise meanings and [a] tangling of tones." This collection is as much about parenthood as it is process. For the writer, it is a reminder to see opportunity in every moment. I am enamored with Berman's care and precision with language and meaning. These essays are full of surprises, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary at every turn.-January O'Neil, author of RewildingBen Berman's collection reveals a writer who is an astute reader, one situated within the community of literature, referencing other texts in ways dialogic and fruitful to us, readers of his text. Here Berman knits a kinship of the poetic, the philosophical, the etymological, and the revelatory in essays remarkable for their scope, surprises, and sheer delights. The fundamental kinship of family and its metaphors is the beautiful beating heart of this book, and Berman's skill as a storyteller gives that heart amazing life.-Danielle Legros Georges, Boston Poet Laureate, 2015-2019ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Ben Berman is the author of Writing While Parenting, Figuring in the Figure, and Strange Borderlands, all from Able Muse Press in 2022, 2017, 2012 respectively; and Then Again (Vine Leaves Press, 2018). He has won the Peace Corps Award for the Best Book of Poetry, has been shortlisted twice for the Massachusetts Book Awards, and has received awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, New England Poetry Club, and Somerville Arts Council.Ben has been teaching for over twenty years and currently teaches creative writing classes at Brookline High School. He lives in the Boston area with his wife and two daughters.