College Textbook Supplements & Ancillaries Freelance Writer https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog Freelance Writing for Higher Education Companies and College Textbook Publishers: Test/Assessment Questions | Website Content | Lecture Outlines | PowerPoint Presentations | Internet-Based Exercises Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:29:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-favicon-john-soares-writer-32x32.jpg College Textbook Supplements & Ancillaries Freelance Writer https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog 32 32 Writing College Textbook Supplements New Edition! https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2018/02/28/writing-college-textbook-supplements-new-edition/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2018/02/28/writing-college-textbook-supplements-new-edition/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:00:41 +0000 https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=2142 I’m proud to announce the expanded and thoroughly updated third edition of Writing College Textbook Supplements: Developing Test Questions, Quiz Questions, Instructor Manuals, Lecture Outlines, and Other Curriculum Components. Here’s the official new-edition release post over on my Productive Writers blog. Also see these two new posts with important links to companies that can hire you: […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2018/02/28/writing-college-textbook-supplements-new-edition/feed/ 0 Third Edition of Writing College Textbook Supplements Coming Spring 2018 https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2017/07/31/third-edition-writing-college-textbook-supplements/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2017/07/31/third-edition-writing-college-textbook-supplements/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:15:51 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=2116 Find all the details over at my ProductiveWriters.com site: New Edition of Writing College Textbook Supplements, Plus Survey If you purchased a previous edition, you’ll be getting the third edition for free. And if you’re a freelance supplements writer at any education level (including K-8 and high school), I’d greatly appreciate it if you’d take […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2017/07/31/third-edition-writing-college-textbook-supplements/feed/ 0 My New Course About Freelance Writing Niches https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2013/07/29/course-freelance-writing-niches/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2013/07/29/course-freelance-writing-niches/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2013 08:02:06 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1957 I recently released my new course: Find Your Freelance Writing Niches: Make More Money for Less Work. It shows freelancers in detail why it’s important to specialize and how to identify the best areas for specialization. My main niche, of course, is writing supplements for textbooks, but I also have a secondary niche in outdoors […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2013/07/29/course-freelance-writing-niches/feed/ 0 Summer Time is Prime Time for Higher Education Writing Projects https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2012/06/21/higher-education-writing-projects-summer/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2012/06/21/higher-education-writing-projects-summer/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:08:37 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1864 Summer is prime time for winning freelance writing jobs to create supplements and ancillaries for higher education/college textbooks and courses. Editors Are Scrambling to Get Ancillaries Ready for Fall Supplements need to be revised with each new edition of a textbook. Publishers time the release of new editions to coincide with the beginning of either […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2012/06/21/higher-education-writing-projects-summer/feed/ 3 The Biggest Problem I See When I Revise Test Banks https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2012/06/06/test-bank-revise-problem/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2012/06/06/test-bank-revise-problem/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:54:56 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1731 I’ve written many thousands of multiple-choice, true- false, and essay questions in my 20-plus years as a freelance writer for higher education publishers. Frequently I’m hired to revise an existing textbook supplement, often a test bank. This occurs when a new edition of the textbook is issued and test questions have to added, deleted, or […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2012/06/06/test-bank-revise-problem/feed/ 4 Best Ways to Improve Your Freelance Writing https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/11/29/textbook-supplements-freelance-writing/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/11/29/textbook-supplements-freelance-writing/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:12:49 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1572 As many of you know, I dish out plenty of advice on how to get your writing done faster and better over at my ProductiveWriters.com blog. In this post I feature the best PW articles that will make the biggest difference in helping you get your textbook supplements projects done quickly and well. Each post […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/11/29/textbook-supplements-freelance-writing/feed/ 0 What You Need to Complete Your Textbook Supplement Project https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/10/27/textbook-supplement-project-new-edition/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/10/27/textbook-supplement-project-new-edition/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:23:01 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1466 When you create or revise test questions or a lecture outline or a student study guide for a textbook, you’ll need a variety of materials, printed and electronic. Here’s a list of all the potential items you could need for a college textbook supplement or ancillary project in order to do a great job and […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/10/27/textbook-supplement-project-new-edition/feed/ 6 Pay Rates for Multiple-Choice Questions https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/09/29/multiple-choice-questions-pay-rates/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/09/29/multiple-choice-questions-pay-rates/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:19:47 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1554 The pay rates for multiple-choice questions that you write for a textbook or a learning manual can vary greatly. I recently answered the following forum question inside the Freelance Writers Den: “I have a potential opportunity to write 250 multiple-choice questions about a topic I know well, but I have no idea how long this […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/09/29/multiple-choice-questions-pay-rates/feed/ 8 Writing a Textbook Supplement in the Woods… https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/08/15/writing-a-textbook-supplement-in-the-woods/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/08/15/writing-a-textbook-supplement-in-the-woods/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:26:06 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1547 I’m heading out for a three-day camping trip in the mountains to the west of Mount Shasta. Why? So I can finish lecture outlines for a science textbook. The project’s due on Friday, and I need to shield out all distractions. I just wrote about  it over at my Productive Writers blog. Please head over […]

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]]> https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/08/15/writing-a-textbook-supplement-in-the-woods/feed/ 0 My Guest Post and Live Call About Writing College Textbook Supplements https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/07/05/my-guest-post-and-live-call-about-writing-college-textbook-supplements/ https://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/2011/07/05/my-guest-post-and-live-call-about-writing-college-textbook-supplements/#respond Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:54:37 +0000 http://writingcollegetextbooksupplements.com/blog/?p=1543 I hope my American readers all had a great Fourth of July. I definitely did! I have two important announcements this week… 1. My Guest Post on Carol Tice’s Blog Please go read my guest post on Carol Tice’s Make A Living Writing blog about the important aspects of writing college textbook supplements. Carol is […]

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