The young adult novelist M. E. Kerr discusses her career including her writing process, favorites among her books, the issues she writes about, how she keeps in contact with young people, and current work. A bibliography of 17 young adult books written by M. E. Kerr is included. (EAM)

Presents an interview with Lois Lowry, 1994 Newbery Medal winner, about her book "The Giver" and the background for its writing. (SR)

Discusses bringing local writers into the classroom--how to locate such writers and how to prepare for and organize the visit. (SR)

Discusses issues that deal with the interface of copyright law and online systems. Areas of change needed to maintain the balance between users and creators of electronic information are identified, limits of the Copyright Act are explored, and it is suggested that existing copyright law can be applied to electronic information. (four references)…

Studied five students to investigate whether socially distributed cognition can be used in design of computer system to support collaborative writing. Data show "group" talk is bound with procedural, executive, and substantive talk and a system that allows for only text-based forms of communication is likely to limit ways in which talk acts as…

Presents the responses of numerous professional writers to the question, "What did you do on your summer vacation?" (HB)

Discusses unethical practices of authors, editors, and reviewers of scholarly journals, including problems related to coauthorship, data sharing, and underreporting; ethical responsibilities of editors; ethics of peer review; and suggestions for eliminating or limiting unethical practices, such as more explicit guidelines for journals and better…

Argues that the best journalistic prose has a claim to literature. Observes that some leading literary figures started as journalists. Identifies authors whose use of symbolic detail, interposition of narrative voice, and sensory description are particularly notable. Suggests that the challenge of teachers and students is to dare to employ similar…

Relates the viewpoints of child readers with respect to authors, narrators, illustrations,and text. Asserts that children can grasp the concept of author well before age five and that, for the child, the author "lives." (PRA)

Discusses the origination of the character, the voice, and the story behind the 1991 Newbery-winning "Maniac Magee" as told by the author, Jerry Spinelli. (MG)

Considers the role of the visiting writer in encouraging and supplying useful writing advice to student writers. Proposes some principles for the art of writing that writers offer composition students, especially related to the art of writing over its craft. (HB)

Examined literature by and about women in four core journals in higher education ("Journal of College Student Development,""Journal of Higher Education,""Review of Higher Education,""Research in Higher Education") from 1987 to 1991. "Journal of College Student Development" had largest number of articles about women or gender issues and largest…

Notes that the new media will incorporate the old. Discusses what changes writers can expect from multimedia and how writers might thrive in a multimedia world. (SR)

Considers what makes up the sensibilities and personal traits of a writer. Describes how one writer learned to express herself through a particular writing workshop. Outlines the reasons writers write and lists some tricks of the trade. (HB)

Describes the sensibilities and temperament that make a successful, daily writer. Questions why writers write. Attempts to define what it is that makes a writer write. (HB)