People who work well with numbers are often stymied by how to write about them. Those who don't often work with numbers have an even tougher time trying to put them into words. For instance, scientists and policy analysts learn to calculate and interpret numbers, but not how to explain them to a general audience.
Harry Dresden's faced some pretty terrifying foes during his career. Giant scorpions. Oversexed vampires. Psychotic werewolves. It comes with the territory when you're the only professional wizard in the Chicago area phone book. But in all Harry's years of supernatural sleuthing, he's never faced anything like this: the spirit world's gone postal. All over Chicago, ghosts are causing trouble — and not just of the door-slamming, boo-shouting variety. These ghosts are tormented, violent, and deadly. Someone — or something — is purposely stirring them up to wreak unearthly havoc.
Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Fiction literature | 4 August 2010
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Blood In Blood Out - Vampire the Requiem
Blood Calls to Blood...Ever since his Embrace, Duce Carter has been a firebrand among the Kindred of Chicago, fanning the flames of revolution against the city's Prince and its hidebound elders. But when Chicago's Carthians turn on Duce in the wake of a brutal assassination attempt, the only person he can go to for help is none other than Persephone Moore, the Prince's only childe. Is Persephone the friend she claims to be, or is she an agent of the shadowy forces who are out to destroy Duce? Blood In, Blood Out is his first full-length novel.
Michigan Avenue - Summer 2010Historic Michigan Avenueis synonymous with Chicago—and Michigan Avenue Magazine celebrates the lifestyle of the citys most fashionable and sophisticated residents. Since it September 2008 debut, Michigan Avenue has quickly become the talk of the town. Every issue features interviews, fashion stories, product and accessories trends, home design, art, restaurants, theatre, entertainment, and (of course!) photos of the people and places that make Chicago so special.
(or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself) (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)The editor of the Chicago Manual of Style’s monthly Q&A offers a wonderfully concise yet nuanced guide for the working (or would-be-working) copy editor. Starting with her dictum, “Do no harm,” Saller explains the modern-day role of the copy editor, good habits to cultivate, how to develop a solid working relationship with an author, handling deadlines, and many other specifics of the profession.
