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
Katherine 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