Originally published in 1998 as a saddle-stapled chapbook, this 20 Year Anniversary edition is a MUST for fans of Ken Rand's amazing reference book on self-editing. With exciting new cover art and expanded references, it is not to be missed. This concise book is jammed full of the kind of information it often takes beginning writers years to learn. Ken Rand offers his own advice and twenty-five years of experience for the benefit of other writers. His no-nonsense approach to editing fictio...

One Student at a Time is a memoir of some of the unbelievable experiences I have had during my extraordinary teaching career, including some of my extraordinary "life" experiences. The purpose of this book is to take the reader with me on my forty-seven-year journey into the classroom, from inner-city New York to the Bay Area, California, and from junior high school all the way up to four-year university and everything in between. My adventures in teaching and life are a real-life roller-c...

Afterwords the book, is a collection of seven different and unique word games. A highlight of this collection is that there are word games for a variety of number of players for ages 7 - Adult. There are word games for individual players such as Alphabetics, Random, Text-A-Word, My Word, and Jumblegram. And the Random game on page 16 features a starburst promoting a $500 prize for a contest for the person mailing in the highest score. There are also word games for two players, such as Word...

20th Anniversary Edition!Originally published in 1998 as a saddle-stapled chapbook, this edition is a MUST for fans of Ken Rand's amazing reference book on self-editing. With exciting new cover art and expanded references, it is not to be missed.This concise book is jammed full of the kind of information it often takes beginning writers years to learn. Ken Rand offers his own advice and twenty-five years of experience for the benefit of other writers. His no-nonsense approa...

Historians have labeled the 50s and 60s as a 'time of innocence, and many feel it was the greatest generation. In the early 50s, we witnessed the birth of television (in black and white). And it was live TV, where the unpredictable could-and would-happen.People felt safe, and it wasn't unusual for them to leave their cars and front doors unlocked. In the 50s and 60s, we did not have cell phones or computers for texting and email. We communicated by talking to each other (sometimes ...

"A special note: This new edition is enhanced by full-color photos and somemore exciting adventures in Ken's incredible journey"Historians have labeled the 50s and 60s as a time of innocence, and many feel it was the greatest generation. In the early 50s, we witnessed the birth of television (in black and white). And it was live TV, where the unpredictable could-and would happen. People felt safe, and it wasn't unusual for them to leave their cars and front doors unlocked. ...

This mainstream thriller from the late Ken Rand was completed before his passing. It recalls Rand's own insider experience with auto daredevil shows in the 1970s and 1980s.Just as devastating medical bills are about to force the Ian McGinnis Auto Daredevil Thrill Show into bankruptcy, a tire company dangles a huge sponsorship that could save the show and family fortunes. But, of course, there's a catch. . .Ian must do it to save his family, but it could kill him — or the yo...

This book is written by two award-winning instructors. Ken Rand and Kim Thomas met at an educational conference in Chicago, where Kim received her Illinois Teacher of the Year award. After a short but fruitful conversation, they quickly discovered that their teaching philosophies of connecting and engaging students were remarkably similar. They decided to continue their discussions and soon collaborated on what they hoped would be the definitive book on "how to teach."