Scribbr is a Fabulous Resource for Writers. Among many other things, they have a free Citation Generator. https://www.scribbr.com/citation/generator/ Next, you will be asked to add the URL of the Website. I’ll be creating a citation for a post on another one of my websites: Mythological Connections. Go to the scribbr citation creator: https://www.scribbr.com/citation/generator/ I will…
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Early Harvest Festivals and Halloween: Ancient Greece
My college writing students are learning to research for their writing. I have shown them how to use Google Scholar to find research that is academically appropriate. How to Find Academic Resources on Google Scholar: How to Research for Writers Among other things, my class will be talking about how the Ancient Greek Festivals have…
How to Find Academic Resources on Google Scholar: How to Research for Writers
No doubt you have been warned that Wikipedia is not always a good site to find valid research materials. A surer bet for research is to search Google Scholar. 1. Go to Google 2. Type “Google Scholar” in the Search Window. 3. From the Google Scholar search window, narrow your research term. Let’s try the…
How to Create an MLA Citation for What You Watch on YouTube
I am teaching my college writing class how to research, and the subject they are researching is Greek Mythology. Among other things, they will access material on YouTube. In this post, I’ll show you how to create an MLA citation for any data that you find on YouTube. I’ll create a citation for the following…
How to Create an MLA Citation for a Book in Print
Image Credit Amazon Donna Napoli’s Treasury of Greek Mythology is a Gorgeous Book. It is currently in print and NOT on gutenberg.org and NOT out of copyright. I own all of the mythology books in this series, and I’ll show you how to create a citation for any book currently in print. Scribbr is a…
How to Create MLA Citations for Books on Gutenberg
In this post, I’ll show you how to create a citation for a book that you might read on Gutenberg.org. First Tip If you read a book on gutenberg.org your citation will be created as a webpage–even though you are reading the book itself. My college students will be researching Greek Mythology, which I believe…
How to Research for Writers – Day 1: Find Free Gems on Gutenberg.org
Over the next several days, I will share a few tips about research that I believe many people might find helpful. I am currently teaching this material in my college writing class, and I decided to make the info available to the general public. Nonfiction writers will find these tips especially helpful. Today, I’ll tell…
A Pitch for #PBpitch: How My Picture Book The Donkey’s Song Was Discovered
Over and over again, I have repeated these words: It Is A Miracle That The Donkey’s Song Has Been Published! While I’ll try not to drag you through the entire litany of my publishing story, I’ll repeat a few of the high points. I had convinced myself that I’d never sell a manuscript for a…
Ray Bradbury – Something Wicked This Way Comes – Chapter 3
Work Cited Bradbury, Ray. “Prologue.” Something Wicked This Way Comes: A Novel, Reprint, Simon and Schuster, 2017. *****************************************************, Chapter 3 You can read Chapter 3, in its entirety, at the end of the post. Watching the boys vanish away, Charles Halloway suppressed a sudden urge to run with them, make the pack. He knew what the…
How to Use Color-Coded Book Tags to Annotate & Tag a Book
You can Buy Golcellia Transparent Sticky Notes Tabs at Amazon – Link In the above post, I tell you that I use different color book tabs to designate various information. When I see an important quote, I designate that with purple tabs. [You could use any color for that]. When themes are mentioned, I use…