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Join me in celebrating International Writers' Day on March 3. Working with authors from South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa has been a life-changing aspect of my career! (Illustration courtesy of Microsoft)

Wiley, a major college textbook publisher, offers guidance to would-be authors at https://www.wiley.com/network/archive/how-to-get-your-book-published-advice-from-a-commissioning-editor. Wiley's list of commissioning editors is accessible through a link at the end of the brief piece.

Spent part of my lunch break yesterday refreshing my photo skills at Apple, which is offering a wide range of free iPhone video and photography classes for free— APPLE.COM/TODAY or . Thanks go to friendly and knowledgeable staff at Apple Highland Village.

Writer and Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker collected old and new recommendations for improving writing for any audience, and Jessica Stillman, a contributor at INC, drew them from Twitter. Consume this baker's dozen of tips with your morning bagel:

A Harvard Linguist's 13 Simple Tips for Becoming a Great Writer Writing well is hard, but Steven Pinker managed to boil the essentials down to just 13 tweet-length tips.

Today is Pi Day, when celebrating 3.14159265 gives you a mathematical high from all things circular. The National Academies Press is also celebrating, giving those who order certain books—consider ADDING IT UP: HELPING CHILDREN LEARN MATHEMATICS or MATHEMATICS LEARNING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: PATHS TOWARD EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY—a special 31.4% discount. In fact, NAP may actually round that discount up to 32%. But you don't have to take my word for it: use code PIDAY at checkout at www.nap.edu.

The National Academies Press