by Assistant | Dec 11, 2017 | Getting Published, News, Writing
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,...
by Assistant | Nov 27, 2017 | editing, Tips, Writing
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...
by Assistant | Nov 13, 2017 | editing, News, Tips, Writing
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...
by Assistant | Nov 6, 2017 | editing, Tips, Writing
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 Assistant | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog
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...
