Editing

  An Ode in Praise of My Beloved Editor There was a time the words would not come My plot stalled, characters withered, setting faded I called on you, my beloved editor To analyze, amend, [...]

It can be difficult for writers to give their manuscript to a professional copyeditor. You’ve often spent months finishing your work and sending it to a stranger can seem foolhardy. I thought it [...]

Can you imagine sending your manuscript off to an editor only to have them mangle it? I don’t know about you, but I’d be fuming if that ever happened to me. What is an editor’s job? It’s [...]

The simple truth is that every writer needs a copyeditor. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of things you can do to improve your manuscript before you hire an editor. Here are three [...]

I was first introduced to style guides in community college where I wrote far too many English and history essays. By the time I reached graduate school, I was adept at using Chicago Manual of [...]