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• The Final Act: The Week 4 Winner in the “Don’t Be a Dummy” Contest!

  
  Fuel Your Writing — Authority: 520
  Okay, folks. FYW’s “Don’t Be a Dummy” month has come to a close. A big thank you to all who participated and posted their wonderful and unique writing tips! Over the next few days we will be compiling them all into one post so you can have a one-stop-shop sort of “cheat sheet”! Without further ado, here ...
  1 week ago

• Copyediting fiction the minimalist way

  
  Contented: content that makes people happy — Authority: 114
  Once again I’m copyediting a book, a crazy little one of my own this time. (Don’t ask.) No, do ask, because this type of book allows me to ignore many issues of correctness and grammar. First, let’s get this straight: the big edit is done and dusted. For example, the manuscript has been dismantled and ...
  1 week ago

• How To Test A Copy Editor

  
  How Publishing Really Works — Authority: 110
  A good copy editor can significantly improve a book in all sorts of subtle and beautiful ways; a bad one can slash-and-burn their way through a manuscript and render it almost unreadable. If youve ever considered hiring a copy editor to look at your work before you send it off to publishers or agents, heres a handy ...
  1 week ago

• Taos is possessed-by bad punctuation!

  
  Precise Edit's Blog — Authority: 108
  Just in time for Halloween, that oddest of celebrations, I will share with you a story of diabolical possession. This is the story of how an entire town became possessed due to frighteningly terrible punctuation. Nestled in the northern mountains of New Mexico is the town of Taos. Taos is a beautiful town known for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Week 3 Has Passed…This Week is Your Last Chance to Win!

  
  Fuel Your Writing — Authority: 520
  This week Tim Smith from Fuel Your Blogging helped us out and picked what he felt was the best writing tip and the most deserving of the Copyediting & Proofreading for Dummies book. This week the lucky winner is Luc : “Take a journal with you when you travel to take note of people, places, food, etc. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Copy Editing: A Good Technique For A Professional Look

  
  Blogging Tips — Authority: 557
  As I’ve mentioned before in another article, you can have all the best promotional materials working for you and have spent tons of cash on the best Internet Marketing services and none of it will mean a thing unless you’ve got great content that includes good copy editing. Use all the best tools to drive all the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Copy-Editing the Culture: "Law Abiding Citizen"

  
  Brow Beat — Authority: 127
  Just as were surrounded by a world of microorganisms—some good, some bad, many imperceptible—our culture is continually under siege by small perversions of the written language. There are errors that help us digest meaning ( Boyz n the Hood , Inglourious Basterds ); errors that we educate ourselves against ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Don’t Be a Dummy’ Month- Week 2 Winner!

  
  Fuel Your Writing — Authority: 520
  The winner of the Week 2 “Self-Publishing for Dummies” book is Mary Caliend o . Here’s her writing tip: ‘Get a tough skin- for all those rejections that we all have! ‘ Congratulations and great advice, Mary! We’re halfway there! Two books are gone and the two that remain are below. Were you ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Are Your Copyediting Skills?

  
  The Official Blog of Detour Services — Authority: 91
  The picture shows an actual notification that was stuck under my windshield wiper. This brand new business canvassed blocks and blocks of cars with this flyer. They really wanted to get the word out, but I highly doubt that this is the first impression they wanted to create. People start their own businesses to do ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Few Too Many Oopsies in the New APA Style Manual

  
  EditorMom — Authority: 106
  The first printing of the new sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association , which I have yet to purchase, apparently has a good many errors, and those who peruse the APA web site wont easily find links to list of corrections. This article in the online magazine Inside Higher ...
  3 weeks ago

• ‘Don’t Be a Dummy’ Month…Week 1 Results Are In!

  
  Fuel Your Writing — Authority: 520
  Okay, so one week down and three to go! You’re off to a great start…are you ready to continue sharing your best writing tips? If you need a refresher on the rules of this contest, click here . Here are the  titles that are left: Week Two (October 12th-16th) - Self-Publishing for Dummies Week ...
  4 weeks ago

• Where to Find Professional Editors

  
  EditorMom — Authority: 106
  Id love it if all authors who need an editor wanted to contract with me. But because I cant possibly edit every manuscript out there, Im providing this nonexhaustive list of directories where you, dear authors, can search for professional editors. Your choice of which directories to search depends on the type of ...
  4 weeks ago

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