Dear Friends and Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>I hope you received my earlier email in which I spelled out how you can help me find professional and student essays for the next edition of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">St. Martin's Guide to Writing</span> and how I can compensate you for your help. In this email, I would like to invite you to attend one or more workshops where we will discuss ideas I am considering for revising the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Guide. </span>I am eager to get your reaction to my ideas, but I am even more interested in learning what in your experience of teaching the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Guide</span> works well and what needs to be improved. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I know this is a busy time of the quarter. I imagine some of you would prefer to wait until after finals, whereas others may not be available after grades are turned in. So I thought we could schedule several different meeting times during the month of June. By May 27, please send Teri Carter the days and times you can meet and I'll get back to you with the schedule of meeting times and places. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Through Bedford/St. Martin's, I can pay you $25 for each meeting you attend. I hope that these meetings help me identify specific areas of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Guide</span> to revise and also identify people who will be able to help me make some of these revisions. Everyone who plays a role in revising the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Guide</span> will be compensated and acknowledged for their contributions. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I very much appreciate your willingness to share your insights. If you would like to discuss this request, email me at <a href="mailto:rise.axelrod@ucr.edu">rise.axelrod@ucr.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Sincerely,</div><div>Rise</div><div>-- <br>Rise B. Axelrod<br>McSweeney Professor of Rhetoric and Teaching Excellence<br>Director of Composition<br>Department of English<br>University of California<br>Riverside, CA 92521<br>
<a href="mailto:rise.axelrod@ucr.edu">rise.axelrod@ucr.edu</a>
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