MS Word Tip #1: The Show-Hide Feature
You’re ready to submit a piece to a contest or for consideration in the Guild’s anthology, and the submission guidelines […]
Bargain Book Platforms
As a reader, I’ve been experimenting with bargain book platforms for a couple of reasons. First, I want to see […]
Authors You Love to Hate?
All the recent publicity about W.W. Norton’s decision to stop distributing and publicizing Blake Bailey’s biography of Philip Roth because […]
Publishing Scams
Advice from BookBaby on spotting scams aimed at indie authors. Author beware.
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Corrections: #10 Phrasal Verbs
This is the tenth in a series of posts to address common issues I have found in manuscripts with my […]
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Correction: #9 British vs American Spelling
This is the ninth in a series of posts to address common issues in manuscripts with my suggestions for how […]
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Correction: #8 Sentence-ending Punctuation
This is the eighth in a series of posts to address common issues in manuscripts with my suggestions for how […]
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Corrections: #7 Scare Quotes
This is the seventh in a series of posts to address common issues with my suggestions for how writers can […]
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Corrections: #6 Foreign Words
This is the sixth in a series of posts to address issues I have seen in the work of others […]
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Corrections: #5 Commas
This is the fifth in a series of posts to address common issues with my suggestions for how writers can […]
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Corrections: #4 Hyphens and Numbers
This is the fourth in a series of posts to address common issues I have found in manuscripts with my […]
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Corrections: #3 Numbers
This is the third in a series of posts to address common issues I have found in manuscripts with my […]
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Corrections: #2 Quote Marks
Straight quotes vs smart quotes
Common Issues in Manuscripts Requiring Corrections: #1 Hyphens
I have noticed a number of common issues with texts I’ve edited over the years. Merriam-webster.com online and my copy […]
Is it Important for an Editor to be Bilingual if Your Manuscript Includes Foreign Words?
I am surprised by the number of best-selling books that have errors in translation in them, errors that could have […]
