While different editors might wince over certain areas of editing, I believe I can come up with a few items that make a less than favorable impression upon the majority: Targeting the wrong publisher: Yes, we can tell when an author hasn’t done his marketing research...

Last week, I mentioned style sheets for authors and editors. This week, I thought it would be fun to give you an exercise to determine some of the smaller details that can be included in your style sheet by offering a grammar pop quiz: In the following paragraph, I’m...

Editing checklists a/k/a style sheets aren’t just for editors, you know. Writers can benefit from them as well. I keep an ever—growing style sheet for general information and another for a specific work I’m either editing or writing. I add to or refer to each often...