by Assistant | Jul 15, 2018 | editing, News, Tips
As a professional editor for the past twenty years, I’m always looking up guidelines in the industry-standard resources—which, for published books, is The Chicago Manual of Style and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. So much of writing is subjective, up to...
by Assistant | Feb 19, 2018 | editing, News, Tips, Writing
In my Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors, I address the myth that writers should never start a sentence with a conjunction (and, or, nor, because, for, yet, so, since, unless, until). But I recently heard that there’s a new “rule” floating around in the...
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 | Aug 14, 2017 | Blog, editing
A warm welcome to my guest blogger, Steve Laube! Steve is the president and founder of The Steve Laube Agency and also serves as the Publisher for the Enclave Publishing imprint of Gilead Publishing. — Katie Dale asked, “I am wondering at what stage should I...
by Assistant | May 8, 2017 | Blog, editing, News, Writing
I just found out that The Chicago Manual of Style is coming out with a new edition in September. Here are just a few changes in the 17th edition: E-mail will become email (no hyphen). Internet will become internet (lowercased). The chapter on grammar and usage will...
