Thomas Way
on "How an editor contributes"
Geoff Hart
answers the questions "Why do I need a technical writer?"
and "Why do I need a professional editor?"
American Writing and Editing
provides a number of neat resources, including
Katharine O'Moore Klopf of KOK Edit
generously offers "The Copyeditors' Knowledge Base". Major topics are:
- The Basics
- Education and Certification
- Business Tools
- Editing Tools
- Networking
- Finding Work
- Profession-Related Reading
There is a lot more than just the bulleted items; link to the Knowledge Base itself. As an aside, she also is the editor of More Food for Thought: An Editorial Cookbook. All profits from the sale of this book are donated to the Grace Meredyth Lovegrove Scholarship at Christopher Newport University, in memory of the daughter of CE-L member Richard Lovegrove.
Catherine Abano of WordsWorth Communications
offers an Editing Checklist, Top 10 Cool Quotes for Editors, and What Do Copy Editors Read for Pleasure?
Joanne Asala of Compass Rose Horizons
provides her views on the following topics:
- "A" vs. "An"
- Dangling Modifier
- Grammar — A Linguistic Perspective
- Greengrocer's Apostrophe
- Split Infinitive
Marcia Bethel of RMB Editorial
contributes an extensive list of resources for writers and editors
Miriam Bloom of SciWrite
discourses on a number of common problems she finds in science writing manuscripts (I can verify that the problems are not limited to science writing) and offers this list of helpful references, most of which deal with science writing and editing.
Dick Margulis of Dick Margulis Creative Services
provides a thoughtfully annotated list of self-publishing resources.
Sandra Carden of Carden Works
offers a list of online resources which includes dictionaries, interactive help and style guides, and references on grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling.