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Kilian Crawford

Writing for the Web

Self Counsel Press

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Hundreds of books have appeared on how to design new web pages and jazz up existing websites with graphics, animation and sounds. But creating an effective website has much more to do with engaging text that people will want to read. This is what draws people to websites and ultimately keeps them coming back. This fourth edition of Writing for the Web includes chapters on blogs and other personal sites, portfolio sites and corporate webwriting. It also includes a CD-ROM with reference sites for webwriters and writing/editing exercises. This new edition is the complete solution for anyone wishing to write persuasive and interesting web content that will draw readers to a website and engage them enough that they will add the site to their bookmarks file. Writing for the Web will not teach you how to code in HTML or Java. Instead, it offers sound principles that web writers need to know, as well as exercises to strengthen writing skills and eliminate poor writing habits.
Icequake

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A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative science fiction by Crawford Kilian. When the world climate changes overnight, when thirteen million cubic kilometers of icecap slide into the sea, when famine and flood break down civil order, the survivors at the remote New Shackleton Station on the Antarctic icecap know that rescue is impossible.
Tsunami

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A ground-breaking page turner in the realm of speculative science fiction by Crawford Kilian. For San Francisco, a battleground in the wake of a monstrous tidal wave, scientists Don and Kirstie Kennard are the only hope...as long as the tsunami does not come again.
Lifter

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Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy (Self-Counsel Writing)

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Are you struggling to get started on your first science fiction or fantasy novel? Stuck at chapter two and need a fresh approach? Find new direction with this unique guide to creating original and convincing stories. Crawford Kilian offers a clear and straightforward approach to tackling the pitfalls of writing science fiction and fantasy. Coverage includes the origins of science fiction and fantasy, how to use basic science correctly, developing plausible fantasy worlds, and the effective use of symbolism and imagery.
Writing for the Web (Writers' Edition)

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Whether you''re creating a personal home page, developing a business Web site, or publishing an e-zine, this book offers practical advice on how to lead readers to your site, inform readers effectively and prompt readers to take action.'
Publishing on the Web is a very simple task. Publishing content that works well in the online medium and communicates effectively is quite another matter. In Writing for the Web, author and freelance writer Crawford Kilian shares his insights about producing just the right type and amount of content for your target sites.

Kilian acknowledges early on his bias toward print publishing, but his viewpoint offers a particularly relevant discussion for other writers moving traditional content to the Web. Throughout the book, he emphasizes his three principles of Web text: orientation, information, and action. These principles wisely expand the reader's view from content and grammar to the special interactivity and technical-viewing aspects of reading online.

The book is quite brief at only 140 pages, but contains some useful traditional style tips, such as using active tense, strong verbs, and precise word choices. Ironically, the book doesn't include any screen shots to illustrate formatting guidelines in action on real Web sites. This lack of visual connection to the presented techniques detracts from the book's effectiveness.

Nothing ruins the first impression of your Web site than poorly designed content or documents haphazardly ported to electronic form. This book isn't an end-all reference to Web-content presentation, but it certainly offers some useful tips for writing effectively for cyberspace. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered:

  • On-screen text
  • Web-site structure
  • Content organization
  • Writing style guidelines
  • Web text editing
  • Corporate content
  • Resumes
  • Personal pages
  • Marketing

Kilian Crawford News




Left-wingers rush to Harper's aid in $50 billion deficit - TheTyee.ca
TheTyee.ca, Canada - Feb 11, 3964
Left-wingers rush to Harper's aid in $50 billion deficitBy Crawford Kilian May 27, 2009 08:55 pm 5 comments Finance Minister Jim Flaherty looked mortified, the National Post was shocked, and the Liberal opposition demanded Flaherty be fired. But Canadian progressives actually had a kind word for the

Ji Won Stands and Walks - TheTyee.ca
TheTyee.ca, Canada - Feb 11, 9049
Ji Won Stands and WalksBy Crawford Kilian As a friend of the family, I was delighted to see how well Ji Won Park looked when I saw her the other day. Her smile was bright and her complexion was radiant. The day before the seventh anniversary of the attack that disabled her,

CBC English Services losing 350 jobs, 45 in Vancouver - TheTyee.ca
TheTyee.ca, Canada - Feb 11, 8245
CBC English Services losing 350 jobs, 45 in VancouverBy Crawford Kilian May 28, 2009 03:00 pm 2 comments VANCOUVER - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is cutting back staff in its English services and in Radio-Canada staff outside Quebec, according to a CBCnews.ca report this afternoon.

UK Shrinks Reject 'Reparative Therapy' - EDGE Boston
EDGE Boston, MA - May 14, 2009
UK Shrinks Reject 'Reparative Therapy'by Kilian Melloy Most American mental health professionals view the idea that gays and lesbians can be "cured" with skepticism; now, their counterparts in the UK have expressed similar reservations. An April 27 press release from a Gay and Lesbian

Canwest lands $175 million in new financing - TheTyee.ca
TheTyee.ca, Canada - May 20, 2009
Canwest lands $175 million in new financingBy Crawford Kilian May 20, 2009 01:15 pm 5 comments In a news release, Canwest said some of its lenders have agreed to buy "12% senior secured notes" in its subsidiaries Canwest Media Inc. and Canwest Television Limited Partnership for $100 million.