Curtin University: Preparing you for the next chapter
Edmund Seng, President of the Curtin University alumni Singapore Chapter, recently developed a suite of services including career counselling and workshops on job searching, résumé writing and interviewing. The fact that Curtin utilises its vast pool of talent, even once they've left, demonstrates how
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Video-sharing firm Clip raises funds from Matrix, others
Mint reported in November that at least three content start-ups including Clip, self-publishing platform Pratilipi (Nasadiya Tech. Pvt. Ltd) and social media platform Sharechat (Mohalla Tech Pvt. Ltd) were in talks with investors to raise fresh funds. Apart from this, content and news focused start-ups such
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WNMU's Twisted Vine Looking To Publish Poetry, Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Interviews and …
Western New Mexico University's student-run Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal put out a call for submissions and asked artists to send original and unpublished works of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, interviews and visual arts for possible publication. Curated by WNMU's Master of Arts
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OSU football: James Washington named ninth unanimous All-American in program history
Oklahoma State wide receiver James Washington (28) runs for a touchdown while being defended by West Virginia safety Dravon Askew-Henry (6) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson). Ray Thompson.
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Christmas food for thought
I suggested that she write a cookbook, using a Word document and a template, include family photos, and send it off to make copies at one of the companies doing self-publishing. She seemed interested, and that is exactly what I'm doing with the telecommunication employees I teach. Their deadline for
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WIGTON: Writing this makes it real
I hope I'm still writing stories about Christian County in some capacity. And. of course, I plan to be reading your stories within the pages of the Christian County Headliner News. You will be in good hands. The company has found my replacement â Charles Goodin. He already works for us, in charge of
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Payday 2 for Nintendo Switch gets a release date
The game will launch digitally self-published on the Nintendo eShop and also physically on retail, thanks to 505 Games publishing. The co-op first-person 'heist simulator' adds to the growing lineup of action games on Nintendo's platform, and its successful formula offers a different experience to those
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What a year to write about
Those communications most justified the voluminous research and many rewrites that are the core of the laborious writing process. Of course, there are those who are vehement in their opposition to my standpoints. Especially when I critique the current president or the incumbent governor, I have
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Varuna the Writers House looks ahead to next year
Another highlight will be a course on untaming the writing mind. This four-week course will explore ways of abandoning the writing-ego and learning how to allow writing to take shape organically, from the inside out. Facilitated by award-winning poet and Varuna consultant Vanessa Kirkpatrick, it will be
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Local Writers Hone Their Craft at the Street Lit Authors Club
He's in the first week of his second stay at the ARCH (the first was one day in 2009), and a longtime Street Lit writer invited him to the creative writing workshop after noticing Ezekiel writing in his notebook. Now, Ezekiel sits at the corner of one of the foldout tables arranged into a rectangle so the writers
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Coding & writing: The two sides of author Anvita Bajpai
BENGALURU: Anvita Bajpai's best recall value is that she had filed a plagiarism suit against Chetan Bhagat. However, as legal matters take their own course, the 40-year-old software professional is busy leading her technology startup and simultaneously working on her fourth book â a non-fiction
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Indian mobile app start-ups to track China's growth path
Over the past 12 months, Shunwei Capital has invested in eight Indian mobile app start-ups, including ShareChat, mobile video app Clip, mobile gaming Mech Mocha, and e-books and self-publishing platform Pratilipi. Shunwei Capital scouts for early-stage Indian investments and provides financing up
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The Learning Center lends a hand to students
The tutors that are available in the course based tutoring and writing studio are all peer tutors. Grad assistants help out in these areas, but they are mostly Shippensburg students who help tutor. These students who want to help tutor must have already taken the course that they plan on tutoring on and
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What I learned about writing from watching Hallmark Christmas movies
For more than a year, I served as official caregiver to my wife of 46 years, Karen Clark. Two years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two surgeries followed, along with three months of chemotherapy, and 37 radiation treatments. It has been a life-changing experience, of course, and I am happy
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Local author releases Book No. 2 in 'Jon Wells' series
All his friends loved it and begged him to publish it. He started with an electronic version of the book that cost nothing, but he soon had people asking him to publish a hard copy. So he found a print-on-demand publisher, and next thing he knew, his books were being stocked on grocery store shelves in
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Words and Pictures
In its place are outfits like Gestalt Publishing, arguably Australia's biggest and most successful comics publisher, and Milk Shadow Books, a haven for independent graphic novels. With the ubiquity of the Internet, there's also the option of self-publishing, either through existing platforms like Comixology
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Desktop Publishing Specialist from Kforce Inc
RESPONSIBILITIES: Kforce has a client seeking a Desktop Publishing Specialist in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey (NJ). Essential Duties: Accurately produce book and report pages by efficiently using Ventura Publisher code; Work with programmers on layout changes/updates, address formatting,
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Fast-growing startup HAAWK buys TuneRegistry and RoyaltyClaim
TuneRegistry, which launched at SXSW 2017, is a music rights and 'metadata management platform' enabling independent artists and to self-publish and retain their music royalties. Launched in September this year, RoyaltyClaim is a search engine for unclaimed and so-called 'black box' music
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Renault buys magazine publishing group as it gears up for driverless cars era
French carmaker Renault has bought a stake in a glossy magazine publishing group, its first foray into media, as it prepares to keep travellers occupied in the era of driverless cars. Renault billed its move into media as the first among the world's automobile manufacturers, who are carrying out advanced
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The second biggest fear for writing and publishing
I still remember the first time I published a story. I was not sure about the quality of my writing. But then I realized that this fear was unnecessary. The only way to do some thing right, is to keep on doing it and learning from it. But there is another thing which hinders the writing and publishing process.
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