English Writing

One of the most important tools in your writing kit is dialogue. It can help develop your characters, move the plot forward, increase tension, and establish a scene’s mood. Unfortunately, sometimes novice writers write dull dialogue. Like a flat tire that slows your vehicle to a near stop, so dull dialogue can quickly bring your story to a near halt. Write Engaging, Natural Dialogue is all about helping beginning writers better understand how to pen conversations between characters. If you’ve already written a story and know the dialogue is weak, the tips in this book can help you ...

Disease detectives put it all on the line ...to find Patient Zero. Through all the coughing, choking and misery of a killer virus on the loose, can public health officials defeat Chinese secrecy, U.S. drug company interests, and a criminal coverup to stop the disease in its tracks? Or will they be too late? Enjoy acclaimed thriller author Fritz Galt's close-up, clinical look at an unfolding disaster, with a Chinese city in crisis, relationships lost, international criminal justice in action, and a medical community’s desperate search for Patient Zero. “This novel sparkles.” – author...

Dissertation writers need strong, practical advice, as well as someone to assure them that their struggles aren't unique. Joan Bolker, midwife to more than one hundred dissertations and cofounder of the Harvard Writing Center, offers invaluable suggestions for the graduate-student writer.

Maxy Awards 2025 Runner-Up: Historical & Adventure "Fortune's Call is superbly written. Great contrast in characters, and the historical detail is incredible. Great authenticity. Once you start reading, I dare you to put it down!" -James Robert Daniels, author of The Comanche Kid and Jane Fury Pegg, 14, yearned for adventure. He and his father left their family on a hardscrabble farm in Vermont to chase a desperate dream. After his dad died of fever on the high plains, Pegg's confident world fell apart. He found himself saddled with their partner, Fred Hoyt, who proved worse than useless. ...

Here’s what we want you to know: If you can think critically and commit to being the best version of yourself, you will succeed as a grant writing unicorn.

Nervous? Nervous that coworkers get more done in less time, while your boss gives you that “I have to downsize somebody, who is the least productive?” stare? Nervous that AI is taking jobs, and your career is in trouble? You have to do something, but what? Nervous that you have to make more money? How do you plan to make that happen?🔎 There IS a SolutionYou get up to speed and learn AI. Write with AI: Do Better Research, Write Better Content shows how to: Build effective prompts Detect deepfakes Add your voice Avoid claims of plagiarism, and Use AI ethicallyYou use the tool that your...

A proper English earl. An American heiress with a rebellious streak. A secret correspondence that dares to cross every line. When Miss Eleanor Lockhart impulsively writes to the Earl of Blackwood, she expects nothing in return. But across oceans and social boundaries, Thomas Blackwood answers—and what begins as polite exchanges soon ignites into something far more dangerous: a connection forged by wit, honesty, and forbidden dreams. Italy transforms Thomas, awakening passions he long buried under duty. Eleanor, too, finds herself unburdened in their letters, confessing secrets no proper ...

"Personally, I think we created evolution ourselves so that we could be together in the first place. Instead of being lonely spirits cast out in the middle of space. Natural selection or unnatural selection, it doesn't matter—we make our decisions and that leads to evolution." When Keller Mod brings a corpse back to life, the story hits media channels and he finds himself on the run from a phantom caller who wishes to hire him. Giving in to curiosity and extortion, Keller gets caught in a morbid world connected to his childhood, and is lethally tasked-he must contact a flatlining victim ...

On an exotic cloaked island in the Mediterranean, reside the mystical purple-eyed Ara'Jaeons, a race created millennia ago to oversee Earth's elements. Mercy Markos, a young Ara'Jaeon girl, is sent to the Tray, a private school and training center for children of the Ecclesia, an elite group of Ara'Jaeons responsible for guarding the elements. Upon arrival at the Tray and unhappy with her displacement, Mercy accidentally encounters three Metalicons, the terrifying faction made up of dark and mysterious Ara'Jaeons, and she is made aware of a troubling, ancient prophecy involving her ...

Everyone’s talking about AI and using automated writing tools like ChatGPT. But what’s really going on when we ask a machine to write for us? And should we be using these tools at all? AI Can’t Write, But You Can takes a deep dive into the implications of ChatGPT and makes a passionate case for the value of human writing in the age of AI. This concise but hard-hitting book covers: How ChatGPT works and what it can and cannot do The many benefits of writing your own text, and how ChatGPT undermines them Why only you can write from your unique experience and view of the world How ...

Vedanta is the very heart of India’s mysticism and spirituality. It contains the most essential principles for life, leadership and success. This book distils the essence of Vedanta for truly successful living.

Are you tired of waiting on inspiration to complete your songs? Are you not getting the response you hoped for from your songs? Is the songwriting process painful at times? Song Building will help you write songs faster and avoid getting stuck on second verses.

There's an old clip of Bugs Bunny sawing the entire state of Florida off the continent - and every single time a news story springs up about some shenanigans in Florida, someone on the internet posts it in response. Why are we so ready to wave goodbye to the Sunshine State? In A Florida State of Mind: An Unnatural History of Our Weirdest State, James D. Wright makes the case that there are plenty of reasons to be scandalized by the land and its sometimes-kooky, sometimes-terrifying denizens, but there's also plenty of room for hilarity.

What happens when a 37-year-old office worker, who exercises marginally less than the average cheese sandwich, decides to walk 630 miles of challenging coastline in one go? Will he go on an epic voyage of self-discovery...or just get really knackered? Find out the answers to these important questions, and many more, by joining him on a grand adventure that takes in 26,719 steps, 921 stiles, 302 bridges, 91,000 feet of climbing and descending, one seal, zero basking sharks, lots of chips and one overweight, oversize backpack.

This new edition of The Writing Revolution adds guidance for teachers seeking a way to bring their students' writing ability up to rigorous state standards. As thousands of educators have already discovered, The Writing Revolution provides the road map they need, clearly explaining how to incorporate the Hochman Method into their instruction. The new edition provides a reorganized sequence of activities and even more student-facing examples, making it easier than ever to bring the method to your classroom.

Fifteen-year-old Natalie Ryba reluctantly moves from the Illinois suburbs to Rapid City, South Dakota, when her mom accepts a new job in the Black Hills. More than anything, Natalie wants to find the same peace and sense of belonging she had in Illinois with her friends and track team. But moving across the country, living minutes from her estranged, eccentric grandmother, and developing a crush on her next-door neighbor put that dream out of reach.

In Help! My Kid Hates Writing, Julie Bogart shares the secrets to breakthroughs in writing that have made her award-winning Brave Writer program a smash hit among homeschoolers and beyond. From unlocking the joys of freewriting to overcoming fear of the red pen, it blends useful advice and hands-on exercises with in-depth explanations of the underlying philosophy—and throws in more than a few pep talks for parents along the way.

"Once again, David Philips has produced an intriguing counter-history in a narrative that would rival the efforts of Hollywood legends." -Carolyn Korsmeyer, author of Little Follies If you think Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are the first royal couple to alienate themselves from their family, you couldn't be more wrong. Back in the 1930s and 1940s, the former British king, Edward VIII and his wife, Wallis Simpson, not only distanced themselves from their royal household. Edward, now styled the Duke of Windsor after his abdication, actively colluded with Britain's enemies...

True Nature invites you on an intimate journey through Sierra Nevada’s hidden wonders. Unlike traditional guidebooks, there are no GPS coordinates or detailed maps—this is a collection of moving and vivid adventures. Each chapter weaves practical knowledge of Tahoe and Yosemite into gripping narratives set in places known only to veteran wanderers. Michelle’s gritty prose is like sharing stories around a campfire with a friend. As you traverse these pages, you’ll uncover clues to secret places, but finding them requires embracing the same spirit of discovery that led Michelle to ...

For one brief shining moment, the utter insanity that is Tristan Everett’s world makes sense. He’s marrying the man he loves, has a dead drag queen for a bestie and is surrounded by an amazing found family. Okay, so his life isn’t exactly what you’d call normal. By day, he’s a quiet, mild-mannered forensic pathologist, but the rest of the time, he guides lost souls into the light. He’s also averted an apocalypse, stopped Chaos from coming through a magic door, and drunk tequila with Death.