Overview: *Online Style Guide* is an easy-to-use guide to writing for and about the Internet. It's an essential tool for writers, editors, librarians, webmasters, teachers, students, communications professionals, and anyone who wants to learn about the language of the Internet. Content: Hundreds of online terms and acronyms are defined in nontechnical language. Lists, sidebars, and plenty of examples help you relate the information to your situation. From the serious business of writing effective Web site copy to fun (everyone's favorite) sections on emoticons and shorthand, this guide will bring you up to cyberspeed in no time. Throughout the book, the authors share great tips for writers and editors of any medium, including solutions to common grammar mistakes. Format: Tabbed dividers and an index help you find information quickly and easily. The book is wire-o bound, making it easy to keep open while you type; the book lies flat with facing pages or wraps along the spine to show one page at a time. The convenient 6" by 8-1/2" size fits easily on your desk or shelf, or in a briefcase.
Karen Pavlicin is an award-winning writer known for her practicality, inspirational insight, and sense of humor. An accomplished business leader, hall of fame athlete, and singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after keynote speaker on a variety of topics.
Karen's challenging yet positive experiences during her Marine husband's many deployments, and her volunteer work with military families, inspired her to write Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families and lead military family workshops. She wrote Life After Deployment: Military Families Share Reunion Stories and Advice to help with the many challenges military families face during their reunions. Her poem "Love Letters" in Military Life: Stories and Poems for Children was inspired by her son's love note on the pantry door and the more than 800 handwritten letters she exchanged with her husband during his deployments. Karen regularly consults with family organizations, counselors, and schools to support military families.
Karen's personal experience raising her young son following the death of her husband, as well as her wonderful childhood memories at her Grandma's house inspired her multiple-award-winning children's novel Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest.
Karen created the Circle of Catholic Women journal series in response to the desire of women in her church community to reflect on their faith in their daily lives and share their faith journey with other women.
Karen's independent record label, Andermax Records, donates 100% of the profits from her music CD, Little Bit of Faith, to cancer research.
She loves photography, a colorful sky, and the challenge and blessings of her new blended family life in Minnesota.
