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For more than twelve years, LandaBooks’ founders Lane Goddard and David Hatcher have provided communications training for dozens of government and private-industry clients. Their clients and participants have praised their lively delivery and substantial content—participant evaluations average better than 4.8 on a one-to-five scale. |
Lane studied literature and writing back in school. But she was also the one everyone made fun of for storing her underwear in compartments, and keeping her socks matched up. Upon graduation, she found that her organizational and analytical skills were more in demand than her fiction.
Her day jobs have included designing work-flows, writing job procedures, analyzing training needs, and developing training programs.
As co-owner of LandaBooks, she has developed, written, and edited course materials, and designed and produced workbooks and visuals. And yes, she still writes fiction.
David is a writer and editor by training (bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English) and, most importantly, by experience.
Not only has he worked as a professional writer—his fiction and nonfiction have been published in leading newspapers and magazines—but he has supervised dozens of other professional wordsmiths, trained hundreds more to work with words, and developed training materials and concise guidebooks that have helped thousands of people improve their communication skills.
Contact Us at LandaBooks:
1873 Meadowbrook Drive
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104
Courses We’ve Taught
- Professionally Speaking: Dialect, Diction, and Delivery
- Effective Briefings
- Words at Work: Building a Better Vocabulary
- Words at Work II: Refining Your Vocabulary
- Writing That Works
- Proofreading, Editing, and Grammar
- Report Writing
- Managing Other People’s Writing
- English Refresher
- Advanced Style Practices
- Making Math Manageable
- Reading for Speed and Comprehension
- English Refresher
- Managing Multiple Priorities
- How to Produce a Training Catalog
Some of Our Publications
- Managing Other People’s Writing by David Hatcher (1993)
- Dialect and Success by David Hatcher with Dr. Walt Wolfram (1991)
- The Wordsmith’s Workbook by David Hatcher and Lane Goddard (1990)
- The Landa List of Grammar Guidelines, Proofreading Principles, and Punctuation Practices by David Hatcher and Lane Goddard (1990, rev. 2000)
- Building a Better Vocabulary by David Hatcher (1999)
- The Dirty Thirty: Words Even Smart People Misuse by David Hatcher and Lane Goddard (2002)
- The Writing Process: A Step-by-Step Approach for Everyday Writers by David Hatcher and Lane Goddard (2005)
- Word Clusters: Build A Vocabulary That Works for You by David Hatcher and Lane Goddard (2005)
Education
Lane: B.A., Duke University; M.A., University of Florida;
Post-graduate studies, counseling and business administration.
David: B.A. and M.A., East Tennessee State University;
M.A., Indiana University.