by Joana Regulacion
The internet has changed the face of research: Now, just about anyone can search for and find information on nearly any topic they can think of. But real, studious, academic research has in some ways become more complicated: How do you know what sources to trust? How...
by Kaelyn Barron
We all want to put our best word forward when it comes to our writing, whether it’s in an email to the boss or an exclusive article that’s going to pay the bills this month. But proper grammar can be very tricky to master, and sometimes no matter how many hours we...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Led (pronounced /LED/ with a short e) is the past tense of the verb to lead, which is pronounced as /LEED/ with a long e. The noun lead, which refers to a chemical element, is pronounced the same way as led. Since both led (the past tense of “to lead”) and...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Whose is the possessive form of who, while who’s is a contraction linking the words who is or who has. Whose and who’s are an example of what we call homophones—words that sound the same but have different meanings. Just like other homophones, these two words,...
by Melissa Drumm |
A table of contents is an essential part of many nonfiction books, making it easier for readers to navigate your book. Creating a table of contents (TOC) in Microsoft Word is easy. In this article, we’ll walk you through four easy steps to making a TOC in Word....
by Jacob Mohr |
You might have noticed that we’re pretty big into books here at TCK Publishing. We love books—and we love to talk about them. We’ve led discussions on just about every aspect of the business of literature (fiction and nonfiction), from writing and editing tutorials to...
