I saw this post on my friend Shadia Hrichi’s blog and loved it so much I wanted to share it with you: — Serving God is a great joy and privilege but sometimes, we just make it too complicated. Imagine my surprise today when God used a simple ice cream to teach me a valuable […]
Steve Laube, president of The Steve Laube Agency, has announced the acquisition of the Leslie H. Stobbe Literary Agency. Les Stobbe has been a part of the Christian publishing industry for 62 years, starting as an editor and book buyer, then publisher, book coach, ghostwriter, and the last 25 as a literary agent. Les has […]
Having been a professional freelance editor since 1998, I believe in the power of a well-written and well-edited book. With all the self-publishing and small-press publishing going on these days, it seems there’s a plethora of books out there that aren’t as well edited as what the big traditional publishers have put out in years past. […]
One new thing in the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (which just came out in September) that I found helpful is a section on tips for proofreading PDFs. Most of my editing is on Word files sent to me by authors and publishers. But I also do some proofreading for organizations […]
This blog is re-posted from the previous one several weeks ago, as a reminder that the deadline for the Promising Beginnings Christian Writers’ Contest is fast approaching! Don’t miss this opportunity. Submit now… — Because I believe in the power, impact, and influence of Christian writers’ conferences, I am holding a contest again this year in which […]
The online version of The Chicago Manual of Style (available by subscription) has a Q&A section that can be accessed, along with the full text of the book, through the search feature. I have found answers in that Q&A section to many questions that weren’t topics covered in the book. The new 17th edition of […]
The 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has some new formatting guidelines. Check these out: 2.11: Tabs versus indents Tabs are entered with the Tab key. Indents are applied using a word processor’s indentation feature. Tabs can usually be identified on-screen by the right-pointing arrows that will appear in most word-processing programs when […]
There are a few spellings in the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style that differ from the 16th edition. Below are the ones I’ve found. If you have a copy of my Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors, you may want to mark these pages. 7.80: Terms like “web” and “internet” Terms related to […]
