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GUIDE
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Many of us regret the fact that we didn't get to know
our parents or grandparents well enough and that it is now too
late. If only they had left a written record of their lives! So
that your descendants won't be left in the same position, now
is the time to write your autobiography.
Use this book to help you overcome any self-imposed
barriers that may have prevented you getting started, remember
more details from your past, improve your writing and identify
the best way to organize your memories into a complete book.
The
book covers the following key areas:
· The positive and negative reasons for writing an autobiography
· Memory joggers related to the different ways we remember things
· How to improve your writing to bring it to life
· The value of dialogue to 'show not tell'
· Where you can go to fill in the gaps
· Different ways to organize your material
· Using editing and proofreading to get your manuscript up to
the highest standard
· Ways to reach a wider audience, including through fiction, magazine
articles, talks or a complete book
About the author: Jackie Sherman has been writing
non-fiction books and articles for over 10 years and has also
worked as an Adult Education Tutor since 1995. Before then, she
was a Careers Adviser and has run her own business designing CVs.
In 2008 she wrote a distance learning course on Writing Autobiography
and has since taught many people to start writing through her
popular 5-week courses.
Publication June 2011
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Publishing ISBN 9781847162168 £9.99 |
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THE
BONE MILL - A GRAPHIC NOVEL |
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A novel for those with a robust consitution
The
Potteries, 1829. It's a harsh world and nowhere is it harsher
than at the Bone Mill. This is where animal bones are ground down
to make into fine china. It's a stinking world of fetid carcases,
clanking machinery and tough men. This is Joseph Ryder's world.
A teenage orphan, Joseph ekes out a hand-to-mouth living one step
ahead of the workhouse, spending his few extra coppers trying
to contact his dead mother through his landlady and medium, Gerda.
When his foreman, Sewell, offers him a chance to earn a few extra
shillings, Joseph jumps at the chance and soon finds himself dragged
into a deadly sideline business involving the House of Recovery
and the slimy local anatomist, Mr Furness. But not everybody is
as they seem and Joseph soon finds himself embroiled in a life
of crime from which there seems to be no escape. The Bone Mill
is a novel only for those with a robust constitution.
The author: Nicholas Corder is a professional writer-in-residence
with the library service at Stoke on Trent City Council. The novel
is a collaboration with The Arts Council - England and Stoke on
Trent City Council
 Publication
March 2010.
To purchase a copy of 'The Bone Mill'. either send
a cheque for £5.99 plus 50p postage and packing, made payable
to Straightforward Publishing, to 20 Newton Road Lewes East Sussex
BN7 2SH, or purchase through this site using a debit or credit
card.
Teachers Packs are available with a special discount
as follows:
Buy
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Offer is limited to posting within the UK only and applies
to single packs only - other discounts are available for multiple
copies, please contact us using our contacts page.
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Publishing ISBN 9781847161741 £5.99 |
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WRITING
TRUE CRIME |
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A guide to skills and research in producing
books and articles
This latest book in the Straightforward Guides Series
introduces the aspiring crime writer to the skills needed to write
true crime and crime history. The chapters cover everything from
finding a subject, working on a creative treatment, and researching
in libraries and archives.
The
reader is given a clear understanding of the craft of writing
in this popular and expanding area of writing, with material included
from social history, law and criminology in the factual basis
of the book.
The following areas are covered in detail:
· Preparing to write
· Knowing the genres and market outlets
· Researching crime casebooks
· Using archives
· Keeping records
· Writing articles
· Writing on historical crime
The author: Stephen Wade is a writer and historian
specialising in true crime and crime history. He has written several
true crime books and for true crime magazines. He also teaches
part-time on crime history at the University of Hull. His latest
books are: Cold Cases Revisited (Pen and Sword), Plain Clothes
and Sleuths and Square Mile Bobbies, a history of the City of
London Police (History Press). He has also written two books of
family history, Tracing Your Criminal Ancestors and Tracing Your
Police Ancestors (Pen and Sword). latest book in The Emerald Guides
Series Guide to Being a professional Writer, is the perfect book
for all those who wish to develop their skills in this area, whether
through a course of study or as a hobby.
Publication Aug 2009.
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Publishing ISBN 184716126X
£9.99 |
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BEING
A PROFESSIONAL WRITER |
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Developing Writing Skills and Achieving Success
as an Author
This latest book in The Emerald Guides Series Guide
to Being a professional Writer, is the perfect book for all those
who wish to develop their skills in this area, whether through
a course of study or as a hobby.
The
book provides the essential knowledge need to approach this growing
marketable area with confidence and covers the following areas:
o Carrying out research into your
book or project
o Assessing
yourself as a writer
o Knowing your market
o Improving style and technique
o Writing
fiction
o Writing fiction
o Interviewing
o factual
and documentary articles
o Submission of work to editors
Published: October 2007
Authors:
Professor Stephen Wade is Head of English at the University of
Huddersfield teaching and organising writing and media studies.
He has published many books, including two further titles for
Straightforward publishing, Freelance Writing and Performance
Poetry.
Kate Walker has been writing successful romantic fiction
for twenty years. She has published over thirty novels for Mills
and Boon. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association.
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Publishing ISBN 184716 045 X
£9.99 |
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HOW
TO SURVIVE AND SUCCEED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY |
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MUSIC HOW TO SURVIVE AND SUCCEED
IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
This
book is ideal for all would-be musicians and those who require
a career in the music industry.
New Perspectives o How to Survive and Succeed in the Music Industry
is the first book to combine essential information on how the
industry works generally and also specific information for aspiring
musicians such as the roles of agents, lawyers, accountants and
managers.
The book contains important information on different careers and
will prove invaluable to all who want to gain a foothold in the
music industry.
Author: Teri Saccone
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Emerald
Publishing ISBN 1903909-25-2
£9.99 |
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WRITING
THE PERFECT C.V. |
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PRODUCE THE
PERFECT C.V. - GETTING THROUGH INTERVIEWS
This first book in the Emerald Personal Development Series Writing
The perfect C.V-Getting Through Interviews is an ideal introductory
book for the person who needs advice and guidance on constructing
an effective C.V and also how to perform at job interviews.
This book will prove an invaluable guide
for all those who wish to develop their skills in these areas
and is written in a clear concise style accessible to all.
The
book covers the following areas in detail:
o Interpretation of job advertisements
o The construction of a C.V in response to advertisements
o Ideal layout
o References
o Sample C.V's
o Introductory letters
o Getting to the interview
o Interview techniques
The author: Caroline Temple has worked as
a business advisor in a small business centre for many ears, running
seminars and workshops for people who are in need of assistance
in the all important areas of designing effective CV's and performing
at interviews. Married with two children she lives in East Sussex.
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Publishing ISBN 1903909 91 0 £9.99 |
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DAMAGE
RENDERED |
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DAMAGE RENDERED - A NEW NOVEL BY JOHNNY RICHARDS
Three locations provide the backdrop for a tale
of both satisfying intimacy and yet universal perspective and
insight.
This
excellent first novel by Johnny Richards is set in the cataclysmic
week of 9/11.
The story involves a number of key characters whose lives are
inextricably linked by a series of events starting in Montana,
moving through New Jersey and finally to Manhattan.
Central to the plot are several victims of injustice, an ex-convict,
the wife of a 9/11 casualty, a psychopath and a deranged priest
who are caught up in events which change their lives forever.
Damage Rendered is a story about people who are damaged, some
of whom are caught up in events beyond their control, some render
that damage.
The Author:
Johnny Richards is 40 and lives in Hove East Sussex. He has written
short stories for publication and this is his first novel.
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Emerald
Publishing ISBN 9781847160003 £8.99 |
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WHAT
CHILDREN LEARN IN THE CLASSROOM |
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A PARENTS GUIDE TO PRIMARY EDUCATION
In The Classroom-A Parent's Guide to Primary Education
is a user friendly, at a glance guide for parents to what their
children are taught at primary school.
It gives a brief description of the
more modern teaching methods so that parents can gain a familiarity
with, and an understanding of, the processes that their child
will go through in the primary school setting. The
book covers the development of numeracy, literacy and the wider
curriculum from when children
enter school in Reception at age 4, through Key Stages One and
Two until the move to secondary school at age 11. It gives parents
an insight to what - and how - their children are learning, and
suggests a wealth of ways to support that learning at home.
The book covers the following areas:
o Numeracy
o Literacy
o The wider curriculum
o Key stages of development
o Helping at Home
o Moving to Secondary school
The author:
Kate Stewart - Kate is a teacher, a school governor
and a writer on education. Most importantly she is a parent of
two children at primary school and is able therefore to give a
parent's perspective on understanding and supporting learning
during these important years.
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Emerald
Publishing ISBN 1847160 78 6 £8.99 |
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