Bad: Barrior
Good Barrier
The o of barrior has no restrictions on it. It’s open so it’s not a barrier. But the e in barrier is like a closed gate and thus creates a barrier.
Can you think of a better way to spelling the word? If so, please share.
This presentation was given by Sean McCollum through the WriteForKids organization. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. Much of Sean’s works are nonfiction education books. He often does work for hire for education publishers.
Q: What is a digital nomad?
– Digital work is done by people who live overseas. They can do writing, programming, and other functions over a computer.
Q Vetting resources for nonfiction?
– Wikipedia is a good place to start especially if you know nothing about a topic. Then move from there to other sources.
– Smithsonian
– Scientific American
– He asks experts in the field.
– 1500 words may have over 30 links for footnotes showing the author’s research. Help the publisher with fact-checking
Q How has travel influenced your fiction?
– He keeps journals of his travels.
– He wrote blogs while hiking from Mexico to Canada. It took five months.
– Book: one for all:
– To be an interesting writer if to live an interesting life.
– Continue experiencing new things’ Way to keep live moving
– Contests helped him focus on what to work on for that story. It interweaves the author’s focus.kitlit411 website
Q: How do you select topics?
– If I were a kid, what would I want to learn about?
Q: How do you address the language barrier in international travel/ writing?
– His friend can speak several languages well.
– Most people speak English.
– Native do appreciate attempts to speak in their language
Q: Please define Lexile in regard to educational nonfiction?
– It is the measurement of reader ability of text in a book.
– Amazon will have Leslie listed for children’s books.
– A good online resource is https://lexile.com/ and provides software that can test the reading ability of your text. It puts you in the ballpark for age groups. (A Lexile rating might be nice to include in a cover letter to an editor -mlg)
– Writer’s Digest Children’s Writer’s Word Book aligns with Lexile.
– Way to submit to a new editor to mention Lexile reference. Most people with education are interested in Lexile.
Q: Work for hire
– W4H Is very popular with education publishers.
– Work for Hire does count as a publisher’s credit.
Q: How to become a writer for hire?
– Establish contacts through writing conferences
– Being in a critique group with authors of different skill levels.
– Knowing other people in the craft. Know someone who knows somebody.
– In writing communities you can find fellow writers who share the same interest. Pay it forward.
Q: How to find publishers who of education books.
– Go to authors sites who write the type of books you write. See who their publishers are. Look up that publisher’s website for submission guidelines.
Q: What is your system for writing nonfiction?
– Book reading A to Z.
– Get an assignment and start reading about the topic. Read about the person, era, and other related information. He will create scratch files and create bullet points on a list of interesting things learned during research. (Save your resources later for documentation)
– Create an outline.
– Editors will respond with their notes.
– Editors will often have access to an expert on a topic that the book is about.
Q: How do you save your data when traveling around the world?
– Write items in a notebook and mail it to a family member
– All work is on his laptop. Many will have a cloud to save.
Q: How to resist buying items from around the world
– The fictional character (cartoon?) Cathy has this advice. If it looks good in Guatemala it stays in Guatemala.
– If he buys a new shirt he must remove an old shirt.
Q: How do you handle social media?
– Jason Reynolds does social medial well.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jason-Reynolds/403685768
– Todd Olson: book lost in the clouds> did a video game climbing a mountain. Engaging and brings in elements of the book.
http://todolson.com/
– Your social media presence has to fit with the type of person you are.
– He, personally, has spent a lot of effort and not seems very much beneficial returns.
– Getting involved in online groups is a way to enhance your presence.
– Here is an idea offered by the interviewer: Some authors bundled their efforts into marketing with other authors. The authors will visit schools as a group as well as book signings. Each combines their fan base with the fan base of the author’s fan base and can build a strong combined base. It would-be authors that same a similar emphasis. On the website for nature fiction/nonfiction, you may have games, articles for parents, and other related interests on the website.
Q: Have you ever encountered a dangerous situation?
– In New York working contract works in scholastic. He was in NY during the attack on Sept 11th. He was 6 blocks away when the towers fell.
This is a presentation offered at the Book of Mormon conference by Ken crow. These are notes from a Book of Mormon conference. Any misinformation is the fault of the typist.
– What were Mormon & Moroni trying to tell us?
– Scholar: someone who searches out origin source doc to try to find the truth.
– Historian try to reconstruct the past
– Scientists use the scientific method form an experiment to see if truth be obtained
– The philosopher comes us with a theory to come up with the truth.
– Moved Book Of Mormon on line
– Google trends to see what your completion is selling if you want to sell something
– Traffic pointing to book of Mormon goes to play
– He decided to treat Satan like a competitor in business.
– Book of Mormon evidence and book of Mormon DNA.
– 580 pages throwing people names under the bus during the Book Of Mormon debate
– Anti-Mormons using the Book Of Mormon debate to fuel their own objective
– 59% of members that leave the church they grew up in 62% LDS. Christian organizations have on outreach and Christian music. They bring entrepreneurs to events.
– 80% BYU professors must publish or perish. 13% of teaching. 7 % comes from business
– Digital marketing has replaced advertisements. 90% of Americans don’t believe in ads. Only 3% trust ads.
– He met with the Book of Mormon central.
– He raised money to have BYU processors FARMS and five of heartland researcher FIRMS. Farms believe BofM in Central America. FIRMS believe the BofM happened in the heartland of America. The group included 30 from church headquarters who are involved with the scriptures, Book of Mormon videos. To meet with those of foundations plus. He wanted them to get together to address the contention between groups. The compiled group agreed to first see the evidence provided by the FIRMS people in the heartland of the US then have the group go down to Central America and see the evidence there on the Book Of Mormon. Hope to have them work together.
– Had a meeting to address concerns. At the meeting, he asked, why did you spend your life promoting the Book of Mormon? Both groups of contention talked about what they loved about the BofM. Two leaders of opposing sides hugged and apologized.
– They signed a contract of civility and truth. Rod of FIRM took down negative articles from his site.
– Some say DNA proves the Book of Mormon wrong.
– Met with Urgo the guy who wrote the article that said DNA wasn’t conclusive.
– Had a conference in Jan we want to address the hard question. Had 70 people come to visit the US site. Did not get permission got certain BYU professors to take the group central America.
– We asked the researcher about Joseph Smith’s paper and find out about why joseph Smith supported the Mesoamerica. Instead of finding info on the article, they trashed Joseph Smith. In the article, the scholar quoted anti-Mormon material. The Book of Mormon quote came from enemies of the gospel.
– Quote from Scripture: Lord says if you are not one you are not mine. Jan 2017.
– Agreed to pull the best articles for any source. The commitment did not last very long. Certain ones pulled out from the civility contract.
– Top 15 reasons of why people leave the church and it is because we are fighting each other.
– When reading scriptures Came up with 5 levels of reading.
– 1. Skip
– 2. Skim
– 3. Read
– 4 study
– 5. search
This talk, at church, is inspired by Elder Urdorf. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.
– In the face of persecution, the church has grown stronger.
– In some areas of the world, church membership is decreasing.
– Christ’s great commission to us to go about the nations to teach the gospel.
– How can we as Disciples of Christ fulfill the great commission of our lives?
If you feel shy about sharing the gospel
1. Draw close to god. First great command love god. The closer you feel closer to god the more joy of his light will shine from you. Prayer helps us get closer to God. Prayer is a gift from our heavenly father God knows how much we need him.
2. David McKay: answers to prayers may not always COME IN THE WAY WE expect. The greater you faith the
3. 2. Feel your heart with love for others.
4. 3. Strive to walk the path of discipleship. As you share the gospel do it by love. Some may never join the church it does not save your love for them.
5. 4. Share what is in your heart.
6. 5. Trust the Lord to perform miracles. Don’t be discouraged if someone does not accept the gospel immediately.
7. Paul: rejoice when you share Christ’s suffering.
Bad: artecture
Good: Architecture
I get the second half of the word correct, but not the first. What is a great example of good architecture? The invention of the arch of course. Wedging stones between each other to create a curving dome entrance-way looks so cool. There are two words in architecture. Thus remember ARCH – IT- ecture.
Have a better idea? Please feel free to share.
I listened to a webinar titled Visual Plotting Breakthrough, hosted by K-lytics. During the presentation, the programmer of this software provided a list of plot options. I thought I’d type of the list and give links to these as a writing submission for anyone interested.
Michael Hauge Six Stage
https://www.storymastery.com/six-stage-structure-chart/
7 Point plot Structure
https://thewritingkylie.com/blog/the-basics-of-the-seven-point-story-structure-and-how-to-use-it
Dan Harmon’s Story Circle
https://blog.reedsy.com/dan-harmon-story-circle/
Hero’s Journey
http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/Workshop-stuff/Joseph-Campbell-Hero-Journey.htm
Take off your Pants
https://www.storyplanner.com/story/plan/take-off-your-pants-outline
Jami Gold Romance
https://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/#:~:text=Jami%20Gold’s%20Romance%20Beat%20Sheet%3A,the%20course%20of%20the%20story.
Billy Mernit Romance Seven Beats
https://nicoladohertybooks.com/2017/01/09/the-7-romantic-comedy-beats-part-one/
12 Chapter Mystery Formula
Shonen Battle Magna Formula
Victor Pineiro Screenplay
https://www.slideshare.net/purewest/how-to-write-a-screenplay-or-tell-a-better-story
8 sequences Method
Action Adventure Plot
No real hits
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/save-the-cat-beat-sheet/
W Plot
http://howtowriteshop.loridevoti.com/2018/05/how-to-plot-a-book-the-w-plot/
Romancing the Beat
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/gwen-hayes/romancing-the-beat.htm
While looking these up I also found:
Plot and Story Structure
http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/Workshop-stuff/Plots-Story-Structures.htm#:~:text=The%20W%2Dplot%20is%20a,think%20about%20story%20structure%20visually.&text=A%20series%20of%20events%20connects,different%20phase%20in%20the%20story
From our Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee: Mask issue for schools
Got this as an email. This is a submission to caucus corner.
My request to exempt Utah County schools from the state’s [mask wearing] mandate will be discussed and voted on by the entire Utah County Commission this Wednesday, July 15 at 3:00 pm. If you would like to make your voice heard, be sure to attend the meeting, which will be at the following location:
Utah County Administration Building
100 East Center Street, Room 1400
Provo, UT 84606
Immediately before Wednesday’s Commission meeting, a group of citizens will assemble from 2:30-3:00 pm to peaceably express their concerns about the state’s K-12 school mask mandate. I (Bill Lee) will be addressing the crowd right at 2:30pm. If you would like to attend and listen to my remarks, here is the address:
Utah County Historic Courthouse—WEST STAIRS
51 South University Avenue
Provo, UT 84601
These are notes from a Book of Mormon conference. Any misinformation is the fault of the typist.
– 2 Nephi 9:53. Our seed will not be destroyed.
– 2 Nephi 30:4 > they are descendants of Jews
– Purpose of plates they will learn of their forefathers.
– Moran5:15 seed believes the gospel people shall be scattered.
– Elder Larry echo hawk: general authority 2012> house of Israel> lookup. > talks about the descendants were scattered from their lands. Happen in the trail of tears.
– People in South America were never removed from their lands.
– We need to learn about the prophecies of our ancestors. Nephite and Lamanite.
– Could there be a time that the chiefs of Indians could be converted and they lead their tribe just as king among was converted by Lord through Ammon
– 3 Nephi 2:17 blossoming of seed will occur after the church.
– Markers of Indians around great lakes> related to old-world long before Columbus.
– Ether 13:6,8 New Jerusalem will be built on this land. Shall be a land of their inheritance. If the new Jerusalem is where they live and we know where the modern revelations of the new temple locations then do that confirm the Book of Mormon was in the northern hemisphere.
– Jew sand Native Americans both have issues with diabetics 2.
– Five different DNA groups amongst the native American nations. one of them is labeled X.
– Lown load book for free rediscovering the book of Mormon. Wee what others are free.
– D&C 30:5-6 power to build up the Lamanites
– D&C 32:3, -3.
– Parley P Prat journal: talks about missions
– Arrive in FL, TN moved 2 miss and moved to Ohio valley driven northern lands Hill Comorroh.
– Most of the freshwater of the world is in these lakes.
– Ether 10:20 seas divide the land > could be the great lakes.
– Seas on north east west south refer to great lakes.
– Alma 65:5 went to narrow land and sailed away.
– Being surrounded by water could mean being surrounded by rivers.
– Myan moved north and enslaved Lamanite for 300 yrs. They were known as the snake people.
– The same 5 markers for certain native American tribes match the DNA of Jerusalem 600 BC.
These were notes from a church talk. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker
List of negative thoughts:
– Have you ever felt alone?
– Felt overwhelmed?
– Felt anxious?
– Depressed?
– Worthlessness?
– Forgotten?
– Disappointment?
– Angry
– Sciatic
– Hopeless
– See how many people raised their hands in the class.
How to get through these dark times.
– Reaching out to others, journaling,
– When feeling down, see who around you might be sadder than you and do something for the.
– You can insert the topics your mind lingers on. Have positives thought rather than negative?
– Gratitude really helps.
– Go to lds.org. Guide to the scriptures look up thought and sees what it means.
– You need to take care of yourself physically mental and spiritual
– Take care of spiritual responsibilities first and the rest needs of your life will be taken care of.
– Lord has opportunities to share his love. The Lord answers the prayers of volunteers. As you help others with their heavyweights, your weights will be lightened. (Paraphrase)
Bad: honer
Good Honor
Think of the two o as heads. One person showing deference or hOnOr to another is one head. The person receiving hOnOr is the other head.
Do you have a better idea? If you do, please feel free to share.
