As a native speaker, here is my advice to you: resources for learning korean • - hosts all the sejong textbook series in an online form, but you have to create an account (it’s free + easy) to start. They include ebooks, pdfs, and learning modules from beginning to advanced levels. The online lessons are available in english, chinese, spanish, and more. There’s also webtoons and culture-related items, so it’s probably the closest you can get to taking a real korean course.

From quickly browsing through, i can tell that it’s extremely thorough and detailed – highly recommend • - don’t trust any other translators • - is a mobile app available on ios + android, and korean will be released on sept. 7, 2017 (what perfect timing!!). It’s a well-developed app and a great starting place to ease into the language. I’m assuming they’ll start with teaching hangul and move on to grammar/vocab? They’re pretty reliable and it’s user/student-friendly.

Super useful for learning when you’re on public transport, walking somewhere, in a waiting room, etc. • - a popular resource that includes podcasts, pdfs, and videos • - free vocabulary flashcards • - someone compiled a list of other free textbook pdfs, websites, blogs, etc. That might be helpful to you general tips: • learn the korean alphabet, hangul (한글), first and foremost! Relying on romanizations is a bad way to approach the language. You can move on to actual learning once you’re comfortable reading, writing, and pronouncing sentences. You’re not going to understand much, but try reading korean tweets (i.e. Or your favorite fansite accounts) as practice!

• don’t neglect grammar. I see a lot of people jumping to watch kdramas/movies or diving into flashcards first to pick up vocabulary, which is good, but grammar is just as important, if not more. It might not be as fun, but it’s the backbone • practice often and don’t get too ahead of yourself. Learning a language (or any subject) is like building a skyscraper. You can’t just keep going up and up without having a solid foundation first, or it will collapse. You spend years learning basic math like addition before working to up to calculus right? So spend time to absorb information carefully and take it seriously to build a solid foundation before climbing up.

It will take time, but you’ll be a better speaker because of it • talk. Since you are learning online, it’s crucial that you are reading things aloud. Watch videos to get pronunciations right! You might not feel confident speaking to someone in korean if you aren’t speaking when you learn good luck & study well ^^. HOW TO EDIT WITH SCRIVENER (NOTE: This is Part Three of a series. For a full guide to using scrivener, check out my advice on planning and drafting in Scrivener, please see and for my advice on planning and drafting in Scrivener respectively.) COMPILING When editing in Scrivener, I recommend first compiling the original document. In Scrivener, compiling means selecting the texts you want included in your novel and converting them into a manuscript format (in word or as a pdf or even sent straight to the printer.) Even though you can save old versions of your manuscript in scrivener itself, this is the best way to view the completed product of what you’ve written.

And don’t worry if different texts are formatted differently, when you compile a manuscript, Scrivener will let you format the entire thing in one go. Simply go to the “formatting” option in the “compile” pop-up and chose a font, a font size, margins, how your titles are stylized etc. (Scrivener will have a preset manuscript format set up for you, but it’s slightly old-fashioned, so it’s perfectly to tell it not to convert italics to underline, to make your font Times New Roman instead of Courier, etc.) I recommend looking at all of the settings Scrivener presents you with, and make sure you’re formatting your manuscript exactly the way you want it.

As I mentioned, you can compile your manuscript into almost any format you’d like. You can make it a word doc, a PDF, an ebook, or simply print it.

No need to make your friends buy Scrivener to show off your story. SNAPSHOTS Using the camera icon in your Inspector on the righthand side of your screen, you can save a current draft of your chapter before every round of editing. Simply click the + icon in the snapshot tab.

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(Or else you can add the camera icon to your toolbar, like I have in my example image.) Scrivener will automatically remember the date and time of the snapshot, and gives you the option to add a title (ex. First draft, NaNoWriMo edition, Incomplete, etc.) I love this feature, because you don’t have to make a new document or file for each edit. There’s need for a file called “Final Final Version (2)” “OLD DRAFT NANO.” You don’t have to wonder whether “FINAL FINAL DRAFT V.2” or “ACTUAL REAL FINAL DRAFT” contains the most recent version of your chapter. Everything is neatly cataloged, with the most recent version of your chapter on full display. You can save as many snapshots as you want, for even the smallest of edits, and sleep well knowing that you don’t have to lose a single letter you’d put to the page. If, for any reason, you regret an edit, you can both save the edited version of the chapter AND revert to the previous version. Or, you can just go back and re-add a line or two that you’d edited out.

Scrivener even lets you compare your current document to snapshots. Simply chose the version you’d like to compare it to, and in the snapshot tab of the inspector, Scrivener will show you both what you’ve added (in blue and underlined) and what you’ve deleted (In red with a line running through it). As an indecisive editor, this feature saves my life when I remember to use it. SPLIT SCREEN Compare any two texts while writing. As I mentioned in my Drafting with Scrivener post, you have the option of a vertical split screen or horizontal. You can find this feature either by going to View->Layout ->Split Vertically/Horizontally or using the little split page icon to the right of your text title, just to the left of your inspector. Scrivener will automatically open a copy of the text you’re currently viewing.

To change this, click on the title above the side of the screen you no longer want to view and then click on the title of the new thing. (Unless it’s a snapshot, in which case, you’ll need to drag the title and drop it over the text you no longer want to see.) If you use the vertical split, I recommend hiding the inspector and binder (which you can do in two clicks with the blue binder icon at the far left of your toolbar and the ‘i’ icon at the far right.) To close split screen, simply click on the single-screen icon just to the left of your inspector, You can compare different versions of the same chapter with split screen or two different chapters or the first paragraph and last paragraph of the same chapter. I sometimes personally find it useful when I want to completely re-write a chapter, but still use a previous version as a reference. ( Save a snapshot, clear the entire text, open up both using a split screen, and start rewriting. OTHER USEFUL FEATURES • You can create a new folder called “Deleted Scenes” in your binder and instead of trashing texts, squirrel them away. Snapshots won’t help you when you’re deleting an entire chapter, so this is a quick and easy way to save those words. Your chapter/scene will all still be well within reach, in the same file and screen as the rest of your book, but it won’t be included in the official manuscript • Using the cork board, or even your binder, it’s easy to move chapters and scenes around with zero fuss or hassle when making big changes to your manuscript.

No cut + paste. No scrolling through the entire document. Just drag, drop, and restructure your entire manuscript. Editing is another good time to use the ‘document notes’ feature in your inspector. If you know what changes you want to make to your chapter, but aren’t quite at the point of doing the actual editing yet, you can make a list of all of the changes you’re planning.

When you’re finally ready to edit, open your chapter, and they’ll be on your screen. • If you submit your manuscript for review to critique partners/agents/editors in a word document and receive a marked up copy back with track changes, comments, etc.

You can import those to Scrivener. Save a snapshot of your chapter, delete the text inside of the chapter, copy the text in your word document, paste them in scrivener, and all of those markups will be included. It’s a little clumsy, but it works. • You can also add comments in Scrivener with the yellow dialog icon in your toolbar, or else go to the ‘comments and footnotes’ tab of your inspector, and click on the + or +fn symbol. The + will leave a comment and the +fn will leave a footnote. I’m a technical writer/editor, and I’ve been without a full-time job for six months. I’ve been picking up some freelance work, but I could use more.

Basically, I want to keep my editing skills sharp and also just have something to do with my day. I also know that many of you on tumblr are working on educations or job packets or other such things, so I wanna let you know my rates, so you know what’s up.

Here we go: Personal Statement (these are a grad school thing): $30 for two rounds of editing, provided I feel the draft you send is pretty solid. Cost will vary if I feel that is not true. Resume clean-up: $50 to clean up your resume and match it to the industry/industries you’re seeking out. For an entirely new resume to use for general purposes, I’d need to see what you have for me to start with.

Cover Letter template: $50 I put together a base cover letter for you with fill-in-the-blank spots for you to mention relevant work experience. If you order both a resume and a cover letter: I’ll cut you a 20% off deal and run the batch for $80. Copyediting: $6 per page. I’ve done masters’ theses, non-fiction books, longfic, and basically anything else. If you have an original manuscript that you know needs an editor’s eye for clean-up, I’m your person. Also great for academic papers and resume double-checks in terms of spelling/grammar/layout. Technical Editing: $6 per page to check and make sure when you say, “See section, ‘And then they kissed’,” is matched correctly to the real title of the section.

Also includes checks on running heads, exhibit and table numbering, and similar information. Great for you academics putting together those huge papers. Also useful for crochet pattern designers. I know all your abbreviations.

Developmental Editing: $45 an hour. I read your whole, full manuscript (original work only) and provide detailed information about plot holes, story inconsistencies, characterization issues, and similar information. Book Layout: $45 an hour.

This is especially useful for those of you who are looking to self-publish but don’t want to deal with the technical side of things on createspace and other sites. I will lay out your book according to the standards of where you’re publishing. I can do print, pdf, and ebook layout. Consultations on all services are free. Hit me up in an ask with your e-mail address and the project you need me on, and I’ll get ahold of you. I want to get through my chapbooks that are in ebook/PDF, especially the Ghost City Press micro-chapbooks (both from Summer 2016 & Summer 2017). & I really want to get through the to-read print books on my desk.

Just to find the motivation & necessary attention span. But specific books? In an ideal world I would read: • by Cynthia Cruz • by Tati Luboviski-Acosta • by Khadijah Queen • by Eunsong Kim • by Kate Zambreno • by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza • (ed.

Valente) (rape/abuse tw) • by Angela Veronica Wong • by Nicola Maye Goldberg (the publisher’s shop is currently down but will be back soon-ish) • by Claudia Cortese. • by Tiana Clark • by Natalie Eilbert This is the result of 5+ years of purchases and the sudden absence of a hefty bill I’d been paying. A and call, anon.

Tonight’s task is to draw flowers. Tomorrow’s task is to write queer ghost stories. Both will be powered by significant amounts of coffee. It hits me as I sit down to draw that PDF ebook versions of our Peyroux Dispatch can be available as early as late next week.

Kindle / ePub / mobi are still on the table but there are a few things to tackle in getting words and pictures into those formats. But PDFs are just a matter of tweaking the existing layouts. The plan for PDFs will be to have them as digital downloads (obviously) but formatted to print on Letter and A4. So wherever you are, you can print ‘em out to read if you prefer that. Captive Prince is a great book series which gets you through I shit ton of emotions and reactions as things unveil; it’s truly a rollercoaster and you should be aware that it deals with sensitive issues such as rape, pedophilia, slavery, violence, etc.

The first book is something you’ll hate. It’s filled with depravity and maliciousness and it makes it seems like there’s no actual good hero in there. The end of it will get you intrigued and hooked, wondering ‘wait, what’s actually going on here?’ and ‘are all these people who they seem to be?’ and you’ll get eventual exposition and understanding of the main characters as you go on to the 2nd and 3rd that will get you more and more captivated. You really need to read the whole of Captive Prince and to be able to look back on it to truly appreciate its depth tbh, but it’s a great ride. If you don’t want/can’t buy the books, there are pdf/ebooks online if you do look for them. Main series: Captive Prince (1), Prince’s Gambit (2) and Kings Rising (3).

There are also 4 short stories released on the side, but you’ll get there when you get there if you are interested for more. First day of college!!! How exciting!

It’s okay to be nervous! I know I was super nervous when I started haha. But hm some advice– • Be friendly with your teachers! Don’t be afraid to ask questions/for help!! Send them e-mails if you’re unsure or set up an appointment! You’re there to learn and it’s their job to assist you on anything you don’t understand! • Look over your syllabus and make sure to mark down when specific thing are due!

• I usually wait till the first couple of days of class to see if I need to buy the textbooks. Sometimes they list down the types of books you need, but ended up not really using them. (It’s already the second week of classes for me and I haven’t bought mine yet when I really should lmaoo) • Also, about textbooks, be sure to check online if you can find a free ebook/pdf version of it!!

I was lucky enough to find free PDF versions of my textbook to save some money for some of my classes! • Ask for some of your classmate’s numbers so you can ask for their help and vice versa! Make friends haha • GO TO CLASS.

I know it’s tempting to skip class (I know I used to skip so many) BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JUST GO. Even if it’s an early class and ya gotta wake up at 6am (like me smh) just go. Force yourself to get up, listen to good music to start your day! It’ll save you the anxiety lol. • Signing up for classes is one of the most god damn stressful times, so I tend to make an appointment with my academic adviser months in advance to make sure I have dibs on classes and to make sure I have the classes I want.

• Please please get enough sleep, bragging about not getting enough sleep is not cool. Ever since my uni started, I try to make sure I get at LEAST 6 hours of sleep! • If you find yourself on campus for most of the day (like me) bring some snacks or a lunch from home! Campus food is convenient but so expensive Also bring a refillable water bottle! • Um if your teacher is known to make their quizzes/exams the same every year and they’re online courses quizzlet is your best friend to “study” *wink wonk* Gah these are so generic, but I hope the best for you!!!

Choose classes you’re interested in and you know it’s something you want to learn. Make your college years about you, it’s where you can explore so many different fields and meet different kinds of people! Neither if I can avoid it. Have a story: For christmas my girl made me a gift card and told me I could buy any books I want up to the amount of 250€. She knows I’m a geek for books so naturally she thought I’d buy a couple of Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics that I was gushing about. But then I went to amazon, downloaded a couple of new cheap ebooks that have been on sale (I think around 20 books for a little over 30€), ordered pizza from her favorite Italian for around 25€ and told her she should keep the rest because that would be everything I needed.

No one will get me to pay a fortune just to have a hardcover book in my collection. Listen, I love leatherbound classics. I love paperbacks.

I LOVE books. And that’s the essence. I love books. I don’t care if they are professional, amateur, paperback, ebooks, hardcovers or pdf. I just love to read, period.

So I love any kind of books but I prefer ebooks and pdfs the most because they are just easier to carry around and they don’t take as much space as other books.

My friend who lives in the Galil took me on the peak trail of Mount Meron in the northern part of Israel last week. I was thrilled to be greeted with these red anemones aka poppy anemone, known in Hebrew as kalanit (singular poppy). I thought they bloomed earlier, but she explained that Meron is up high, so the poppies bloom in May. What a treat! There were plenty of flora of Mount Meron in bloom.

Here is a sign for the peak trail on Mount Meron. We parked toward the top of the mountain, then we hiked around the mountain. The views on Mount Meron are breathtaking. There was a bit of a haze, which my friend said is unusual. The skies are typically quite clear in late May. I am guessing that these beautiful yellow flowers with insects on them are nurit (singular) in Hebrew – maybe ranunculus asiaticus in Latin.

The English name might be asiatic buttercup. I used this database to help identify the wildflowers: A guess for this yellow flower: yellow pea or yellow vetch. See Here’s how those yellow flowers were growing, in a great yellow bunch. Thistles of various types are common in Israel; I suppose they do well in dry, hot climates.

A brown and white butterfly landed on this thistle. This aster-like flower with light blue petals I’m guessing is a chicory flower. See: I will finish up with another view from Mount Meron. Mount Meron is known for the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai. We visited the tomb site and surrounding village – that is a topic for another post.

For more Nature Notes: Filed in:,. Today I chaperoned seven girls (one was my daughter) at the Salute to Israel Day Parade. The girls danced down Fifth Avenue wearing yellow RPRY t-shirts, white with black detailed bandanas and flowers on their wrists.

I thought they did great despite the nasty heat. We gave them water when they looked flush, but I was concerned for some of them with the humidity and heat.

Above is the RPRY banner, which I photographed while we waited to move unto Fifth Avenue. I took these with our Canon Power Shot, as being a chaperone I needed a lightweight camera that I could put in my fanny pack.

This was another RPRY banner – the school typically has one large one in the front and a smaller one in the back. If you want to see past posts of the parade, here is • • • •.

RPRY was right in front of Kushner (a school in Livingston, New Jersey), so I got a good shot of their banner. Some of the graduates of RPRY go to high school at Kushner, so we knew some of those students. Many schools and organizations march in the parade. Above are Bruriah high school marchers. This girls’ high school is called Mayanot.

It is in Teaneck, New Jersey, not far from TABC where my middle son goes to school (and my eldest is an alum). My daughter may go to high school at Mayanot, but she is only in fifth grade, so we have plenty of time to decide. Here is the TABC banner.

Somewhere in the group of marchers from TABC is my middle son. I do not know which school is pictured above, but I do like their colorful, varied banner. I suppose someone or another will write in the comments the name of the school. People who march in the Israel Day Parade, in my experience, love to see themselves online! This was yet another group that marched in this year’s Salute to Israel Parade. Paws And Claws Pet Vet Patch more. I was only able to photograph a small fraction of the marchers. Lots of politicians march, but they march early.

When I used to march as a scout leader with the Cub Scouts I would get to see politicians. Yeshiva University had a very large contingent of marchers and a float as well. My husband and my father (z”l) are alumni of Yeshiva University. Many colleges and universities marched toward the end of the parade. Pictured is a banner for Rutgers Hillel. My eldest son marched in this group with some of his University of Maryland friends. And for those of you who want to see more pictures from Israel, I do plan to post more!

I started gathering flora pictures from Mount Meron, but I got stuck on trying to identify the flowers (and I needed to take off for the parade). Hope to get those up soon. Kumkum Bhagya Serial Theme Song Download there.

Flowers in a pot in Beit Shemesh, Israel – taken from balcony of an apartmentI just came back from a one week trip in Israel. After discussing various options for connecting on social media and keeping up with my email, I decided to bring my iPad mini on my trip. This post will examine where it worked and where it did not. In the comments, feel free to offer your own travel advice. Connecting with the iPad in Israel Originally, we were supposed to stay with my cousins most of the time.

However, due to circumstances beyond their control, we stayed with a relative by marriage (who was an absolutely wonderful hostess). She had great wifi in her apartment, so when we came back after our busy days we were able to both re-connect and re-charge our iPads (I was traveling with my eldest son, and we both have iPads). The three prong adapter seemed to do the charging better than the two prong, so I would suggest buying a three prong adapter if you are traveling from the U.S. I bought the adapter easily on Amazon. If you stay in a hotel, I would assume most of them will have great wifi available to guests. Verify before booking your place.

Train station in Petach Tikva Israel-Railways: I loved traveling on trains in Israel. The wifi is free, although I discovered it is not very strong, and you may not have any if you sit in the “wrong” part of the train (is the corner not a good spot? I would need the locals to help with this). Even when I did get decent wifi on the train, it was not strong enough to upload a photo. So save your photo sharing for the strong wifi locations. Tel-Aviv Art Museum: Yay, Tel Aviv!

The art museum had its own wifi, so we were will able to look up the museum website for more information while viewing. The Israel Museum did not have this feature. I might write a post comparing the two museums in general. Both were wonderful. In general, the Tel Aviv municipality has approved a budget for free wifi in the city, in parks, main streets and commercial centers (coming soon in 2013?). The Galil seems to have less options for free wifi than the central part of the country. This is not surprising, as the Galil is more rural.

You can sit on the Ben Yehudah mall in Jerusalem and depending where you sit, it is not hard to find free wifi. The Jerusalem bus station had enough wifi for me to load one Google map of Jerusalem unto my iPad, then it went away or asked for a password. One friend I visited had computers but no wifi. I Googled connecting my iPad via her networked computer, but it didn’t seem so simple to do.

One techie friend said I would probably have needed to add iTunes to her computer. I certainly didn’t have the right administrative privileges to do so, but the truth is, with guest privileges I could check email and Facebook, so what more did I need? Ben-Gurion airport had free wifi while we waited to board (leaving Israel). When we got off the plane (arriving), we had none, but my cousin came right away so there really was no time, anyway. Setting up your iPad for your trip In some ways, my iPad was prepared properly.

In other ways, I would have done things differently. I downloaded a few games that required no wifi for the plane ride.

I got fairly good at Bejeweled Blitz on the plane – I don’t have the patience to read books on planes. I only got through a few pages of Jane Austen’s Emma (which I had downloaded for free in advance via Free Books app). A big mistake I made in preparing my iPad for the trip was that I set up my email to work, but I only checked incoming mail and not outgoing. I couldn’t get the setup for outgoing mail in Israel for my regular mail, so I depended on my Gmail account.

If you regularly use Gmail, just download the Gmail app in advance. I prefer to do work correspondence with my leoraw account; for future travel, I will make sure I have outgoing mail set up properly as well. Facebook and Twitter on the iPad are easy: just download the apps in advance and make sure they work properly. I found it nice to take a few photos with iPad as I traveled.

Then, when I had the chance, I shared one on Facebook and one on Google+. Most of my photos I took with my Canon Rebel. But I wasn’t planning to utilize those photos until after my trip was over – the ones on my Canon I will probably edit a bit before sharing.

On turning mail accounts on and off: I share the iPad with my daughter. I added my email accounts to the iPad a while back, checked them, and then turned them off.

For the trip, I turned off her email account. Now that I am back, I should turn her email account back on and turn off my email accounts.

I actually bought a pocketbook for the trip in which my iPad mini fit exactly. So it was simple to carry it around – it even came with me on the hike on Mount Meron in the Galil.

I have great photos of flora and of views from that hike. The famous red poppies were in bloom for me. Planning the next trip Although it may be a while before I go on my next international adventure, I am still thinking ahead to how I might plan differently next time. By the time I next travel, I suspect I will have a different smart phone. I will probably want to get some sort of SIM card for the smart phone so I can connect almost anywhere instead of searching for wifi. But the truth is, not being connected everywhere is not so terrible. It’s OK to just enjoy nature without needing to look on Facebook.

If I don’t use my smartphone in Israel, I would spend more time getting a better Israeli phone for rental. The ones we rented I would not recommend. What is your travel advice? I am sure some of you have traveled more than I have. What have you found useful for connecting online?

What questions would you advise to a traveler anticipating a trip? Highland Park Street Fair 2013 – umbrellas in the rain Despite the rain, people wandered down Raritan Avenue last Sunday exploring the booths, talking to vendors and meeting friends. Maybe I’ll use this as inspiration for a watercolor – I love the colorful umbrellas.

On My Blog Elsewhere in the Blogosphere • Learn about Paneer, an Indian dairy dish, on. • Lorri reviews – looks promising! A bit of fantasy crossed with historical fiction mixed with mixed cultures.

• Thank you to Batya for once again hosting the. • Heidi Estrin hosted the. As an experiment, I wrote this post before I left for Israel, left it as a draft in my WordPress backend, and published it via my iPad mini while visiting Israel. Hope to publish some posts with Israel pics soon. Filed in:, Tagged. I did a sketch/drawing last Sunday of the boy talking to the fisherman. You can see the first sketch and learn a little about the background of the subject matter: a.

I keep thinking I should perhaps go back to oils to get more control, especially since I am working on human beings. But oils take a lot of preparation time just to get started painting. Maybe I will try ink and some watercolor. Or some other combination. Meanwhile, thank you for reading/looking/commenting. If you like, you can take a stab at this question: What the fisherman is thinking? Boy and man fishing by the Raritan River, drawing in colored pencils 2013 by Leora Wenger It’s been a while since I posted a bit of art.

I took a photo of a boy talking to a man fishing by the edge of the Raritan River. I decided it would make a nice subject for a painting, so I did this sketch with colored pencils. It has a similar feel to the watercolor I did last summer of two men (presumably, they had been fishing at the Raritan River before relaxing). When you look at the boy and man, what do you imagine is the relationship between the two?

I’ll let you in on the setting: it was taken at the community Lag B’omer event (the 33rd day of the Omer, a day of celebration in the Jewish calendar) in Donaldson Park. I’m assuming the boy was there because of Lag B’omer, and the man just happened to be fishing nearby.

I also started working on an “urbanscape” – a painting of “downtown” Highland Park, basically a piece of Raritan Avenue. I’m not terribly happy with the composition, so I may put it aside or work on one piece.

I have three busy weeks ahead, so I will have little time to do art for a while. Happy Mother’s Day to those who celebrate. Happy Shavuot to those who celebrate.

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