CivilSociety Resource / Reference Library
Entrepreneurship, personal development, life coaching, return migration, research on inter-communal stress, and the Middle East
Listed by author, with links to Amazon.com for more information (when possible)
See also: The WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations
Entrepreneurship, personal development, life coaching, return migration, research on inter-communal stress, and the Middle East
Listed by author, with links to Amazon.com for more information (when possible)
See also: The WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations
Burack, Sylvia K. The Writer's Handbook 1987
" In general, I rejected stories for one or more of the following reasons, and this had nothing to do with how well written the stories were.
1. The pace was wrong. 2. The story was not complete in itself. 3. Main character was not identifiable. 4. Editor could not get interested in the characters. 5. Nothing happened in the story. 6. Character did not have a serious enough problem. 7. The story was just too grim. 8. The story was offensive, or the editor thought it was offensive.
Nine out of ten stories that are rejected fall into one or another of these eight categories."
This book remains a standard on my bookshelf as a reference to help me write clearly, concisely, and confidently. Newer editions of The Writer's Handbook should be studied as well, but this version is written for those who wrote for the children of the 1980s, who are now upper-middle aged readers.
ChangeThis is a viral network of bloggers and writers who are activists, change agents, or anti-singularity forces.
"ChangeThis is aiming to disrupt the media pattern with powerful, rational arguments from leading thinkers. We know that we deserve better than what we've got. We know there's a thoughtful, caring, rational human inside every one of us. We're working with the brightest minds we can find. And we believe that bloggers are crucial to changing the tone of our collective dialogue."
They post very interesting articles and comments using a "Manifesto" format.
Gresham, Jon. Publish Your Own Book. You have a book inside of you, waiting to be read by others. I recently helped a friend get his book together. Just as he is doing, you can publish your book quickly so that others can start reading. SelfPublish
Pfeffer, Jeffrey and Sutton, Robert. Hard Facts and Dangerous Assumptions.
The book by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton powerfully strikes at the heart of decision-making. Assumptions and half-truths are the main issues in leading change, instead of facts. This is a management textbook, but should be re-written into a pamphlet for easier dissemination. This is a heavily-documented study of differences between decisions made on facts and decisions made on non-facts. Excellent!
Rutledge, Patrice-Anne. Websavvywriter.com. I just found a new website/blog devoted to book promotion.
Some of us need a lot of help in getting our writing in circulation.
Patrice-Anne Rutledge lists some new tools to manage feeds and publicity.
For example, I had not heard of "pinging" multiple services at the same time,
although I had been doing it. Check out her links and other articles as well.
Ueland, Brenda. If You Want to Write: A book about Art, Independence, and Spirit
"Educated people in my opinion must satisfy the following conditions:
They respect a man’s personality, and therefore are always tolerant, gentle, polite, yielding."
This delightful book is an inspirational book, as well as a writing guide. It is about why we should write more than about how we should write. Very motivating and useful.
" In general, I rejected stories for one or more of the following reasons, and this had nothing to do with how well written the stories were.
1. The pace was wrong. 2. The story was not complete in itself. 3. Main character was not identifiable. 4. Editor could not get interested in the characters. 5. Nothing happened in the story. 6. Character did not have a serious enough problem. 7. The story was just too grim. 8. The story was offensive, or the editor thought it was offensive.
Nine out of ten stories that are rejected fall into one or another of these eight categories."
This book remains a standard on my bookshelf as a reference to help me write clearly, concisely, and confidently. Newer editions of The Writer's Handbook should be studied as well, but this version is written for those who wrote for the children of the 1980s, who are now upper-middle aged readers.
ChangeThis is a viral network of bloggers and writers who are activists, change agents, or anti-singularity forces.
"ChangeThis is aiming to disrupt the media pattern with powerful, rational arguments from leading thinkers. We know that we deserve better than what we've got. We know there's a thoughtful, caring, rational human inside every one of us. We're working with the brightest minds we can find. And we believe that bloggers are crucial to changing the tone of our collective dialogue."
They post very interesting articles and comments using a "Manifesto" format.
Gresham, Jon. Publish Your Own Book. You have a book inside of you, waiting to be read by others. I recently helped a friend get his book together. Just as he is doing, you can publish your book quickly so that others can start reading. SelfPublish
Pfeffer, Jeffrey and Sutton, Robert. Hard Facts and Dangerous Assumptions.
The book by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton powerfully strikes at the heart of decision-making. Assumptions and half-truths are the main issues in leading change, instead of facts. This is a management textbook, but should be re-written into a pamphlet for easier dissemination. This is a heavily-documented study of differences between decisions made on facts and decisions made on non-facts. Excellent!
Rutledge, Patrice-Anne. Websavvywriter.com. I just found a new website/blog devoted to book promotion.
Some of us need a lot of help in getting our writing in circulation.
Patrice-Anne Rutledge lists some new tools to manage feeds and publicity.
For example, I had not heard of "pinging" multiple services at the same time,
although I had been doing it. Check out her links and other articles as well.
Ueland, Brenda. If You Want to Write: A book about Art, Independence, and Spirit
"Educated people in my opinion must satisfy the following conditions:
They respect a man’s personality, and therefore are always tolerant, gentle, polite, yielding."
This delightful book is an inspirational book, as well as a writing guide. It is about why we should write more than about how we should write. Very motivating and useful.
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