Beating the Odds: Getting Published in the Field of Literacy

Bys: Linda B. Gambrell and Shelley B. Wepner

Book Overview

Writing for publication isn't easy, but getting published is an essential part of your professional development. Whether you're a novice or an experienced literacy writer, a K-12 teacher, or a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872075893
• ISBN13: 9780872075894
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Intl Literacy Assn
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

The importance of establishing a "write-for-publication" mindset.

Edited by professors Shelley B. Wepner & Linda B. Gambrell, Beating the Odds: Getting Published in the Field of Literacy combines essays from seventeen contributors presenting more than eighty guidelines to cope with the often confusing labyrinth that is the publishing process. Though compiled especially for classroom teachers, reading specialists, faculty and administrators affiliated with literacy programs and others seeking to publish their writings in the field of literacy, much of the practical advice in Beating the Odds is applicable to writers of all walks. Whether one is trying to get a literacy article published in a journal, newspaper or magazine, or responding to rejection or revise-and-resubmit decisions, writing or editing a book, or just getting started, Beating the Odds offers sound advice on every step of the way. Of especial note are the topics not covered by most other writing guidebooks, such as the advantages and pitfalls in collaboration in writing for publication, and the importance of establishing a "write-for-publication" mindset. Highly recommended.