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Here are some of my favorite resources:
For editors and writers
- I have been a member of Chicago Women in Publishing for over 20 years. Membership benefits include career development seminars, job listings, a freelance directory, and a newsletter that features the latest developments in the publishing industry.
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The
University
of Chicago Press features essential
books for writers, editors, and publishers:
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition.
- Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
- Wayne Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, The Craft of Research.
- The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors by Bill Walsh is an entertaining and informative site that features The Curmudgeon's Stylebook, "an opinionated and thorough guide to the many things that can go wrong in print."
- Guide to Grammar and Writing dedicated to Charles Darling is a comprehensive site with many good links.
- Puzzled by those pesky possessives and plurals? The Apostrophe Protection Society explains it all. You'll enjoy their collection of examples of apostrophe abuse.
- Visit Common Errors in English to check that phrase that doesn't sound quite right. This is the site of Paul Brians, professor of English at Washington State University.
- If you like to read inspirational and entertaining stories, or want to try your hand at writing them, you'll enjoy Faith, Hope and Fiction. Founded by writer and speaker Patricia Crisafulli, this site features short stories, poetry, essays, and author interviews submitted by readers. People of all beliefs are welcome and the content is totally free.
- For a contrarian view, you'll enjoy June Casagrande's Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies, in which she takes on the experts and attempts to make arcane grammar rules understandable to the average reader.
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Translation Services
- Applied Language Solutions offers translation services by human translators for 140 languages and all types of documents.
- All Translation Services provides language solution for over 130 languages. Their language solution includes translation, interpretation, transcription, desktop publishing, proofreading and editing, and language typing services.
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Marketing and business
- The Online Women's Business Center offers timely advice for women on all aspects of business and careers.
- Digital Women provides an International online community for women in business.
- WomanOwned.com offers small business resources for women business owners.
- Advancing Women is a great portal for career and business advice.
- Sales and marketing expert Dennis Frantsve's many talents are showcased in his Web site, ProfessorDennis.com. His business services include custom PowerPoint presentations; presentation development and training; sales process development and training; and proposal development. Dennis is Associate Professor in the Advertising Department of the Illinois Institute of Art, and is also the author of The Celtic Phoenix (2004) .
Computing and web site development
- The Chicago Computer Society has monthly interest group meetings on computer-related subjects at all levels, from beginner to professional.
- Elizabeth Castro, author of HTML 4 for the World Wide Web, which
I used in creating this page, has two valuable sites:
- The companion web site to the book at Peachpit Press features example files showing both the HTML code and how the code appears in your browser.
- The other site is at www.cookwood.com.
- Make your own animated banners, buttons, and displays (like the one at the bottom of this page) for free at Animation Online, Addesigner.com, and Bannersnbuttons.com.
- Lynda Weinman has written several excellent books on Web design. Her site also features CD-ROMs, informative articles, and other Web resources.
- Get beautiful buttons and backgrounds at AAA Buttons.
- High-quality free software, including an HTML editor and ftp, and cool Web templates are available at CoffeeCup.
Bright ideas
These web sites offer something unique and useful to their audience, a bright idea that makes you say, "Wish I'd thought of that!" Let me know who else should be included in this list.
- e-Tutor offers lessons on the Internet for kids from Kindergarten through high school. With the movement to make the Internet accessible to all schools, comes the need for quality content, and this site provides it. There are free sample lessons and many resources for the teacher, homeschooling parent, and anyone interested in the rapidly changing field of education. e-Tutor pays teachers (and other professionals) to write and submit lessons right online on their LessonPro template.
- Poetry Is Alive is the Web site of Blue, a young poet, novelist and actor based in New York City. Blue's experiences growing up in Harlem and Europe give him a unique perspective on urban life and culture. The site features excerpts of his work and videos of his performances.
- Vonda Sines is a writer and editor whose passion is animal rescue. Check out her blog, Campaigning for Barbaro--Virginia for the latest information on the fight to stop the abuse and slaughter of horses.
For book lovers
Is there a book you love? A book you want to tell everyone, "You gotta read this!" It can be old or new; a literary classic or popcorn for the mind; if it's touched your heart, inspired you, taught you something important, or made you laugh; tell me about it and I'll include it in this space.
Provocative nonfiction to enjoy this spring:
- If you've ever had the misfortune to work with some of the people described in Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work by Paul Babiak and Robert D. Hare, you can relate to this book. All psychos aren't vicious criminals, or even mean-tempered bosses who scream and throw things at their helpless underlings; they could be attractive, charming individuals who can fool otherwise intelligent and discerning people and cause great harm to companies and individuals. Here's how to recognize them and protect yourself from falling victim to these "snakes in the grass."
- Speaking of psychos, I've finally gotten around to reading The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson, and highly recommend it. This factual account, which reads like a novel, juxtaposes the story of the great architect and city planner Daniel Burnham (one of my personal heroes) with that of serial killer H.H. Holmes against the background of Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition. Getting the fair built was an incredible achievement, considering the obstacles facing Burnham, and a task that would be next to impossible today, in our litigious society. The unquestioned disappearance of so many people would also be impossible...or would it?
- Business in the United States has changed greatly over the past few decades; in order to compete in the global marketplace, we have to understand other nations' cultures and values. To help in this undertaking, I'd recommend The New Rules of International Negotiation: Building Relationships, Earning Trust, and Creating Influence Around the World by Catherine Lee. Lee gives brief introductions to the cultures and attitudes of several Asian, Eastern European, and Latin American nations, emphasizing that we need to approach them with openness, honesty, and a willingness to listen and learn. A collaborative rather than a dictatorial approach is what is needed in order to create lasting relationships that benefit both parties.
- Parenting is always a challenge, even when your children are grown. In Walking on Eggshells, Jane Isay talked to many parents and adult children about their changing roles in establishing a satisfying mutual relationship. Problems ranged from children who had "failed to launch," still expecting mom and dad to bail them out of financial difficulties, to those who had totally abandoned their parents, to parents whose undue interference in their children's lives had caused the children to pull away from them. There were those who had found a good balance in the new adult-to-adult relationship, and this book gives some good suggestions on how this can be achieved.
