Apprenticeship is a valuable career option for many young people. It is an opportunity to get training, paid work experience, classroom instruction, and credentials. Apprenticeships can be found in many industries and can lead to high paying jobs. Here are some titles at Rockwall County Library that may be useful for some of the apprenticeships: Au, … Continue reading National Apprenticeship Week
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November is National Novel Writing Month.
Overdrive has many digital writing books to choose from. In our print collection, here are few noteworthy titles: Freedman, Marni. Permission to Roar. Master Writing Coach and playwright, Marni Freedman gives readers, and women in particular, inspiration to write their book. Marie, Jorjeanna. Improv for Writers: 10 Secrets to Help Novelists and Screenwriters Bypass Writer's Block. Award-winning … Continue reading November is National Novel Writing Month.
Overdrive’s Libby
If you like eBooks and eAudiobooks, you may want to consider downloading the Libby app. What Libby offers: Convenience. Find all of your books in one place (the Shelf) even if you check out digital books from more than one library.Immediacy. Start reading immediately. No need to choose a file format. Preferences. Use filters to … Continue reading Overdrive’s Libby
Book Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
A Jewish mother, Hanni, makes a sacrifice so her daughter may live. She, with the help of a rabbi's daughter, brings to life a golem, Ava. This is no ordinary golem in many respects; she is female, she speaks, and she has some feelings. Golems, which are born without a heart or soul, are not … Continue reading Book Review: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
COVID-19 resources for the business community
Where to find information: Rockwall Economic Development COVID Resource guide:https://rockwalledc.com/covid-19-resource-guide/ Rockwall Chamber of Commerce:https://rockwallchamber.org/ CARES act, Coronavirus emergency loans: https://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/023595_comm_corona_virus_smallbiz_loan_final.pdf FAQs for employers:https://www.twc.texas.gov/news/covid-19-resources-employers Shared Work as alternative to layoffs:https://www.twc.texas.gov/businesses/shared-work U.S. Chamber of Commerce information:https://www.uschamber.com/coronavirus U.S. Chamber Disaster Help:https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/disaster-help-desk-business Corona virus small business guide:https://www.uschamber.com/co/small-business-coronavirus Unemployment benefits: https://www.twc.texas.gov/jobseekers/unemployment-benefits-services CDC Interim Guide for businesses: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html
Uplifting, feel-good reads
Uplifting, feel-good reads Cannon, Joanna. The Trouble With Goats and Sheep. Two girls try to solve the disappearance of a woman in their community during a heat wave in England. This title is also available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Overdrive. Center, Katherine. How to Walk Away. Margaret finds love in the least likely … Continue reading Uplifting, feel-good reads
Creating Engaging Plots with Parris Afton Bonds
Bonnie Hearn Hill's essay "What I wished I'd Known," in Writer Magazine addresses the loneliness, the doubts, but also the triumph of writing fiction. Hill says (of writers): "We do it because we can’t not do it, riding that bicycle up the mountain, calves screaming in pain, the road nipping at our heels...we will get to … Continue reading Creating Engaging Plots with Parris Afton Bonds
Book Review: The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal
In this novel, a pair of twins unhappily work in a doll shop and a collector of rare specimens, Silas, takes interest in one of them. Iris also fall under the gaze of a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of painters hoping to take Victorian London by storm. The drudgery of Iris' work is … Continue reading Book Review: The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal
Book Review: Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen
Gone Without a Trace Hannah's life is upended when her boyfriend Matt disappears. Hannah lives in the Wirral peninsula and is on the fast track for promotion at the company where she works. Matt doesn't just disappear. He obliterates his presence by taking every single item he owns from her apartment and deleting every photo … Continue reading Book Review: Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen