Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Featured Product: Lit Plan Teacher Packs from Teacher's Pet Publishing

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Now available through PrestwickHouse.com , LitPlan Teacher Packs from Teacher's Pet Publishing have everything you need for a complete...

Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview

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This week, McSweeney's Internet Tendency is featuring Robert Lanham's Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview . Both clev...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Tuesday Trivia

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Which of these authors was sentenced to ridicule in the town’s public stocks as a punishment for libel? The epitaph "Under the wide and...
Monday, January 4, 2010

The Future of Writing About the Future

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by Jason Scott I n addition to being an awesome tech & culture blogger on Boing Boing , Corey Doctorow is an awesome young adult sci fi ...
Friday, January 1, 2010

Best Selling Paperbacks of 2009

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Plain English: Responding to "Thank You"

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The most annoying language pattern going around these days is the use of “No problem” to mean “You’re welcome.” Is there an insidious emplo...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Tueday Trivia

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Which author stood trial in Mexico in 1951 for shooting his wife? Which author was constantly in trouble at school — for an atheistic pamphl...

Plain English: Verbing Nouns

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copyright 1987 Bill Watterson “Thank you” is no longer enough. Some Americans are switching to the phrase “preciate it.” On TV I hear “p...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Letters to Santa from Shakespeare Characters

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This week, McSweeney's Internet Tendency is featuring some stellar letters to Santa written by Shakespeare characters. Authors Caroline...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Prestwick House to Expand Through Purchase of Fellow Educational Publisher, Teacher’s Pet Publications

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Smyrna, DE, 22 December 2009 – This week, Prestwick House will sign an agreement to purchase fellow educational publisher, Teacher’s Pet P...