Getting Through

About the Book

There are many forms of language. The purpose of every language is to communicate, to impart our needs, our wants, our desires and our dreams to each other. Written language is one of the art forms of communication. Using words in written form to talk with each other, results in a multi-billion dollar publication industry that is worldwide. The written drives the internet and drives the cell phone industry through messege texting.

The ability to write well, to use the rules of grammar, sentence construction and spelling, allows students to achieve in school, beginning in kindergarten through graduate programs. When the ability to express ideas in written form fails, the barbeque doesn't get put together correctly, the program does not get installed correctly and the newspaper must retract information. Worse, people with ideas, motivation and drive do not get the access to the world they might otherwise get because they cannot compete in the post high school world, including university. Ms. Mitchell's book on the use of words in written form will help explain how to get through that freshman composition class. And it goes further: It imparts the joy of writing well and motivates the desire and use words to tell a personal story so that the connection with others will continue.

Barbara Parry, PHD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
American Board of Disability Analysts

About the Author

Getting through life's journey intrigues Sue Ault Mitchell's personhood as well as her writing. With journaling she continues to understand the mystery. As a professional, Susan believes that her instruction and writing bring her much happiness and purpose as might be true for many writers and colleagues at UNLV.

Her interests include bicycling with The Las Vegas Valley Bike Club. With friends and members, she completed riding The Multiple Sclerosis 150-mile marathon; and, she hopes to ride more "centuries" and group trips such as to the North Rim of The Grand Canyon. Her other hobbies are hiking, reading travel literature, experiencing art and culture, private tutoring, and writing articles. She resides with her husband, Randy, in Las Vegas and she especially enjoys spending time/having fun with him. Her loving step-son, Robert is working toward a career in geological engineering.

Special achievements for her have been growing: an internship in public relations ('78 Indiana U of PA), Harrisburg State Museum, two learning disabilities practicums ('81/'84-CU, Colorado Springs), Certified in Bereavement Counseling '91and ( Dallas, Texas '94), a Member of Toastmasters International - past and present) a speaker for the Western Region School Conference '93 Las Vegas) an editor for poetry with The Red Rock Review '99Ñ2001 CCSN) a poetry presenter, freelance writer, and she has been nominated twice for Who's Who Among America's Teachers ('05/'06)