This day (June 18) in 1812 marks the beginning of the War of 1812 after the U.S., under the presidency of James Madison, declared war on Great Britain. There were three major reasons for this declaration: Britain’s economic blockade of France, the capturing of American seaman and forcing them to serve in the British Royal […]
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Featured Books: Chicken Soup for the Soul Series
Once in a while, we like to read or hear good news, something uplifting and inspiring. If there isn’t any on your current news feeds, try out these books that are meant to inspire, comfort, and bring hope in contrast to a seemingly endless stream of bad news in dark times. We’ve got the following […]
Correcting Someone Else’s Mistakes Is Much More Fun … and Educational!
Written by Debi Polen The Role of an Editor: Finding Other People’s Mistakes and Correcting Them You’ve experienced it: you were reading over one of your compositions and you didn’t catch the grammatical or technical mistakes the first time, or even the second time, or maybe even the third time through it! Why couldn’t you […]