Books with author Patricia Goodson

With its friendly, step-by-step format, Becoming an Academic Writer by Patricia Goodson helps writers improve their writing by engaging in deep and deliberate practice—a type of practice adopted by expert performers in areas such as sports or music. Featuring 50 exercises, this practical, self-paced guide is flexibly organized so readers can either work their way through all of the exercises in order or focus on the specific areas where they need additional practice building their skills. The Second Edition is enhanced by a new appendix on literature review, new feature boxes, and new chapter summaries.

A precocious horse named Shasta tells his own life's story in this humorous children's book. Every page is colorfully illustrated by Deborah DeShon. Shasta's adventures include trying to befriend a porcupine, snowman, kid goat, neighborhood ponies and dogs. By the time other horses finally join him in his pasture, his antics of getting loose and wandering his neighborhood free have become a habit and legendary. Shasta lived to be 30 years old. Based on a true story.

When the heart of a lonely maiden named Corona gets accidentally pierced by Cupid's arrow at the wrong time, it causes her to split into ghostly forms of good and evil. It doesn't take long for Corona's dark side to wreak havoc on others because if she can't be happy, no one can. In a race against time, Cupid and his friends must try to save an enchanted land from the bitterness of one broken heart.