Chapter books are aimed at newly independent readers. These are kids who have graduated from having books read to them to reading books on their own. (Although a family read-a-long is always wonderful!). These readers are around ages 6-9. They are starting to feel independent...
During TAA’s May 2024 Conversation Circle, several members shared their experiences with ‘academese’ and tips for how academic writers can avoid it in their writing. Academese is characterized by writing that is heavily filled with jargon, overcomplicated language, and/or convoluted sentence structure (Wikipedia)....
Here’s your moment to stop and think, to learn before you put your pen to paper and ink that contract or hit publish on your book....
Poets from the NWU’s New York Chapter performed during a prime slot at this year’s New York Poetry Festival, an annual outdoor event on Governors Island organized by The Poetry Society of New York. ...
The Dramatists Guild of America has co-signed the following Authors Guild letter to the United States Congress, seeking legislative amendments to labor and antitrust laws that would enable freelance professional creators (including playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists) to negotiate collectively....
The NASW Freelance Committee decided to get a clearer picture of the pitching scene at popular magazines for science journalists. Here’s what we learned from a brief, unscientific survey conducted by email this spring from select editors at Scientific American, MIT Technology Review, Science, Slate,...
As we face an increasingly tense political season, we urge media companies to fund security training for journalists who may not have it, whether staff or freelance, and to ensure that frontline media have the tools and support they need to do their jobs....
The Authors Guild is delighted to partner with a new grassroots organization called Authors Against Book Bans (AABB) to mobilize authors and illustrators in the fight against the growing number of book bans and challenges across the country. ...
Bestselling novelist Craig Johnson and Dayton Duncan, documentarian Ken Burns’s longtime scriptwriter, are among this year’s Spur Award winners from Western Writers of America....
Mystery Writers of America is dedicated to promoting higher regard for crime writing and recognition, respect for those who write within the genre, and general literacy. As part of our mission, we’ve created this educator’s page with links to mystery-based reading and writing learning exercises....