Rinda makes every effort to avoid the use
of the word "kid" in RindaRealm.
She knows that many
young people dislike being called by this word.
She has also
tried
to avoid,
when possible,
linking to outside websites
that contain the word "kid" in site names.
In other countries and cultures,
an
equivalent
for the word "kid"
is either unknown or
is viewed
as being disrespectful.
Be sensitive,
especially if you create and/or publish books
intended for an international audience.
Use age- or school- appropriate words
like
"child,"
"kindergartener,"
or "teen" instead.
Or
use general terms like "young people" or
"young
readers."
Well Scribed Words
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Also
see the text navigation bar at the bottom of every page.
Almost
all graphics in RindaRealm contain links. Click a few
for fun surprises!
e-MAIL
RINDA:
rindarealm@hotmail.com
Use this e-mail
address to inform Rinda about technical difficulties with this
website
or to ask questions about the use of content in
RindaRealm.
rindambyers@hotmail.com
Use this e-mail to make inquiries about Rinda's copy editing and
writing consult services, to commission her fabric art
pieces,
and to see what art pieces she may have for sale (done
by private e-mail only).
All Other Comments and
Questions:
Please leave these in the comment box of
Rinda's blog, rindawriter.
Links
are categorized, alphabetically, in more detail below:
ART
COLLECTORS/BUYERS: See RindaWayQuilts for information about Rinda's
fabric art. Go to BookLook for information on
collectible, mint copies of her first picture
book.
ARTIST
HELPS: RindaWayQuilts contains information and
links for artists.
BIOGRAPHY: Information about Rinda
is scattered throughout RindaRealm and on her blog, rindawriter (see the profile there). Fun
facts about her grow in NewThings.
BLOG: Rinda's blog, rindawriter, with an emphasis on the writing
process, creativity, publishing issues, cats, theology, fabric
arts, and poetry.
BOOKLOOK: Information about Rinda's
published writing. Promotion materials for Rinda.
Rinda's book reviews (rindaviews) on books by other writers.
Links to reviews by other writers. Helpful links for
teachers, librarians, and readers, including links about
Thailand and links about literacy and learning disabilities.
Information on scams, shams, and slam-dunks in the world of
books for young readers.
BOOK REVIEWS: Rinda's opinionated
book reviews (rindaviews) on other people's books. These
sprout in BookLook!
CHILDREN: Links especially appropriate for
children and teens blossom throughout my safe-for-young-people
site. Keeley's
Kitty Page contains fun links to some online games.
See SiteInfo/FAQ for more information on
child safety in RindaRealm. See RindaWayQuilts for craft ideas suitable for
children and teens, with an emphasis on beadies and paper
crafts. Poetry links suitable for children and teens grow in
RoseArbor. Look
in Search for
homework help and in What is RindaRealm? for word and wordplay
links. Young writers may want to lurk in Meyowfers
Lair!
CHARITIES: See Keeley's Kitty Page.
COPYRIGHT: Useful links about
copyright. Defines broadly how the content of RindaRealm may
be used by others. Also click on the Creative Commons
License logo at the bottom of every page.
COMMENTS/GUESTBOOK
ENTRIES: Go to rindawriter. Post general comments and
questions there about my blog and RindaRealm. Rinda monitors her blog
regularly. She is an ardent free speech supporter, but she
may, nonetheless, delete comments that go far beyond the
boundaries of common courtesy.
COMMUNICATE WITH
RINDA: rindarealm@hotmail.com: Use this e-mail
address to inform Rinda about technical difficulties with this
website or to ask questions about the use of content in
RindaRealm. rindambyers@hotmail.com: Use
this e-mail to make inquiries about Rinda's copy editing and
writing services, to commission her fabric art
pieces, and to see what art works she may have for sale (done
by private e-mail only). For all other questions and comments
on RindaRealm, please
leave these in the comment area of her blog, rindawriter, which also serves as her
newsletter.
CRAFTS: See RindaWayQuilts for craft links and
information with an emphasis on crafts suitable for families,
classrooms, and young people. Also find here a focus on
specific fabric arts, such as crocheting, quilting,
needlework, fabric painting, and fabric embellishment.
CREDITS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: On
the SiteInfo/FAQ page.
e-MAILS: rindarealm@hotmail.com: For inquiries
about technical problems with this website and for questions
about the use of content in RindaRealm.
rindambyers@hotmail.com: For inquiries
about Rinda's fabric art or her copy editing and writing
consult services. For all other comments and questions:
Please post these in the comment section of Rinda's
blog, rindawriter.
ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS: Please see Marketplace for "green" shops
and organizations.
FUN LINKS: These sprout in
Keeley's Kitty
Page. For young surfers, although older folks may
also enjoy these.
FREEBIES: RindaRealm is richly studded with free
information and useful lists of recommended links on every
major page. Wander around, and pick a few!
"GREEN" LINKS:
Go to Marketplace to discover
environmentally-friendly shops and
organizations.
KEELEY'S KITTY PAGE:
Keeley's secret page. Fun links for young surfers. Cat
and charity links.
LEGAL CONCERNS: See my copyright page and
SiteInfo/FAQ page.
LIBRARIANS: See
BookLook for
helpful links to lists of recommended books and book reviews.
with an emphasis on intercultural, interracial books with
links about literacy and learning
disabilities.
MARKETPLACE:
Shop online here at recommended sites with an emphasis on Fair
Trade and environmentally safe products.
MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUES:
Get your prominent writing problems diagnosed and cured in a
writing consult. Rinda finds the word "critique" to be too
negative! Consults must be individually arranged with Rinda.
Reasonable rates. No hidden fees.
NEW THINGS: Take a
quick look here at the newest things growing in RindaRealm!
Also, find fun facts about Rinda.
POETRY: Go to RoseArbor, for
helpful poetry links and information with some links
especially for children and teens.
PROOFREADING:
Publishers, go to RindaCareWords to arrange proofreading
or copy editing freelance contracts with
Rinda. Reasonable rates. No hidden fees. Fast
turn-around.
PUBLISHERS: Go to RindaCareWords for
information on Rinda's copy editing and proofreading services.
She has been copy editing professionally for over twenty
years. Reasonable rates. No hidden fees. Fast
turn-around.
PROMOTION
MATERIALS: These germinate in BookLook.
QUOTES: Stroll through RindaWayQuilts
for a list of accurately reproduced quotes about creativity,
writing, and children.
QUESTIONS:
Go to the SiteInfo/FAQ page for possible answers
first. Ask unanswered questions about RindaRealm in the
comment section of Rinda's blog, rindawriter. Rinda may, rarely,
respond personally to non-business-related questions or
comments; however, she will post answers to new questions of
interest to all on her blog or in RindaRealm.
READER
HELPS: BookLook contains reader helps, including
links about literacy, learning disabilities, and Thailand and
links to book reviews (including
rindaviews).
RESEARCH: What Is RindaRealm? contains word and
wordplay links such as dictionary and thesauri, etc. Search contains
search and megasearch searches right on the page as well as
links to other useful research sites. Includes homework
help links for young people.
RINDACAREWORDS: Go here
for information about
Rinda's copyediting, proofreading, and writing consult
services and for information about her medical transcription
service. Reasonable rates. No hidden fees. Fast
turn-around. Snail mail or e-mail. Also, discover
how-to-write helps and useful links for writers of books for
young people. Special helps and links for young writers
lurk in Meyowfers
Lair.
RINDAWAYQUILTS: A photo album about
Rinda's fabric art and her "creative" room and a collection of
accurately-reproduced quotes about writing, art, creativity,
and children. Helpful information and links for artists, with
an emphasis on the fabric arts of quilting, needlework,
crochet, and applique. Helpful information and links on
crafts for families, classrooms, and young people, with an
emphasis on paper crafts, beadies, and art made from recycled
materials.
ROSEARBOR:
Links and information about poetry and spiritual things.
Also useful poetry links for both children and teens.
Links to Bible study tools.
SAFETY: See SiteInformation/FAQ for site child safety
information and child Internet safety links.
SEARCH: Search
RindaRealm and the Internet with search functions right on
this page! Links to other helpful Internet research sites.
Homework help links.
SECRET
PAGES: Click on graphics in RindaRealm for surprise
links!
SCAMS: See The Good, the Bad, and the Truly Ugly: Scams,
shams, and slam-dunks in the world of creating books for young
people.
What Is
RindaRealm? A secret page with word and
wordplay links.
Keeley's Kitty Page: The home of Keeley, Cat
Executive Officer. Young people start here for fun links!
Includes cat and charity links.
SITE
INFORMATION/FAQ: Alphabeticized site directory of major
pages in RindaRealm. Site child safety information. Site legal
information. Credits and acknowledgments. List of links
to website building tools. Miscellaneous.
TEACHER
HELPS: BookLook has book reviews and links with a
focus on literacy and learning disabilities links. Also find
links about Thailand. Go to RindaWayQuilts for links about crafts for
the classroom. Meyowfers Lair has special helps for young
writers. Poetry links and helps for young people grow in RoseArbor.
TEENS: See BookLook and RindaCareWords for
reading and writing helps. RoseArbor sprouts poetry helps. RindaWayQuilts contains
craft links. Use search, metasearch, and portal research
sites in Search.
Check out Meyowfers Lair! Word and wordplay links live in What is
RindaRealm?
THAILAND: See the BookLook page
for links about Thailand, the country where Rinda was
born and grew up.
THE
GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY: Scams, shams, and slam-dunks
in the world of creating books for young people.
WEBSITE
BUILDING: Go to SiteInformation/FAQ for links to website
building tools. See NewThings for information on how Rinda built
RindaRealm!
WEBSITE WRITERS: Go to RindaCareWords for
information on Rinda's copy editing services and writing
consults. Reasonable rates. No hidden fees.
WELL
SCRIBED WORDS: Rinda's blog of first
aid for writers.
WHAT
IS RINDAREALM? Secret page with word and wordplay links.
Dictionaries, thesauri, etc.
WOODWORKING: View Doug's (Rinda's
husband) woodworking projects. He takes
commissions!
WRITER HELPS: Writers, see RindaCareWords for
how-to-write and marketing helps. Young and young-at-heart
writers may want to prowl through Meyowfers Lair!
WRITING CONSULTS: Go
to RindaCare Words.
Rinda finds the word "critique" to be too negative!
Consults must be individually arranged with Rinda.
Reasonable rates. No hidden fees.
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