There is a great deal of emphasis on accurate referencing in written work for university students, but little information on the 'when', the 'why', as well as the 'how' of referencing. This book fills that gap, giving clear guidelines on how to correctly cite from external sources, what constitutes plagiarism, and how it can be avoided.

This book provides a practical introduction to creative writing from an authorial team comprising novelists, poets and dramatists who are also experienced teachers of creative writing. It offers explains good practice, warnings about the most frequent pitfalls and exercises to hone readers' skills in writing and how to get published.

Professional editor and author Lyon offers aspiring novelists the guidance and instruction they need to write and edit well-crafted and compelling stories that will stand out from the competition and attract the attention of agents and publishers.

By turns gleefully precise and happily contrarian, Yeager attacks with a linguistic scalpel the illogical expressions that are so commonplace in everyday conversation.

An ingeniously handy guide to help one transform "chew" into "masticate, rainy into pluvian, and antediluvian into plain old old, this engaging, easy-to-use reference presents the right word for any occasion.