Everyday conduct
Introductions, conversation, names, invitations, hospitality, visits, and the small choices that shape ease and respect.
REFERENCE_001 / In preparation
A new reference work by James Allister Odd
The Odd Guide to Etiquette and Protocol
A comprehensive reference guide to modern etiquette and official protocol for everyday, formal, civic, diplomatic, religious, family, and digital situations.
- Author
- James Allister Odd
- Publisher
- Wexler Publishing Group
- Status
- In preparation
THE REFERENCE
Preparation makes confidence possible.
The Odd Guide to Etiquette and Protocol combines practical guidance, historical context, constructed examples, cultural preparation, and quick lookup for situations ranging from everyday introductions and shared meals to formal ceremonies and official events.
James Allister Odd developed the guide over more than twenty-five years for his own use and to preserve its lessons for his children before sharing it with a wider readership.
The current first-edition manuscript contains 239 entries across twenty-nine sections, 478 constructed examples, six event-preparation routes, six practical reference pages, forty-three glossary terms, and 1,175 alphabetical lookup terms.
239reference entries
29subject sections
478constructed examples
1,175lookup terms
WHAT IT COVERS
A working guide for ordinary and official life.
Dining and dress
Table settings, shared meals, restaurants, difficult foods, dress expectations, grooming, and event preparation.
Work and correspondence
Professional conduct, meetings, written communication, phones, video calls, social media, and shared digital spaces.
Family and life events
Partnerships, children, gifts, weddings, illness, funerals, grief, religious occasions, and unfamiliar customs.
Access and community
Hosting across differences, disability and access, care responsibilities, community expectations, and respectful preparation.
Official protocol
Forms of address, precedence, ceremonies, flags, civic settings, diplomacy, royalty, and institution-specific requirements.
03 / METHOD AND BOUNDARIES
Practical guidance with context attached.
The guide separates manners, etiquette, and protocol; distinguishes constructed examples from historical testimony; and explains the reason behind a practice wherever the record supports one.
Customs and official requirements can change. For a formal event, institution, faith community, or jurisdiction, the host or current official source remains the final authority.
PUBLICATION RECORD
Confirmed information only.
- Title
- The Odd Guide to Etiquette and Protocol
- Author
- James Allister Odd
- Publisher
- Wexler Publishing Group
- Edition
- First edition
- Formats
- Paperback and EPUB in preparation
- Status
- Publication details will be announced when confirmed.