Editor’s Blog
Thoughts typed by a professional editor, book lover, and word nerd.
Dangling Modifiers: An Explanation and Guide for Editing
Danglers are words/phrases that are mistakenly associated with the wrong word in a sentence. They are usually considered grammatically incorrect and make your writing sound unclear. I'll demonstrate how you can edit dangling modifiers with some clear examples!
Keeping Zombies Out of Your Sentences
What are nominalizations and how are they making your writing unclear? This guide to spotting and correcting nominalizations, or zombie nouns, will help you craft sentences that are clearer, more impactful, and more interesting to read.
A Framework for Editing PowerPoint Presentations
A copyeditor’s perspective on designing and editing PowerPoint slides to make your presentations clear, concise, structured, and error-free!
Subject-Verb Agreement: Or/nor
Learn more about the subject-verb agreement when it comes to sentences with compound subjects containing “or” or “nor.”
Happy Holidays from . . . Who Now?
A quick grammar run-down on the most common errors that appear in holiday cards and letters. Learn about pluralizing last names, tricky possessives, and capitalization rules.
So You Need to Hire an Editor
All projects are different and may not follow the same path to publication; this guide is written to help authors and writers learn more about the resources and services available to them.
Create an Easy Outline with Word’s Styles Feature
Learn how to use the Styles tool to format chapter and section headings, review a customizable outline for your entire manuscript, and generate an automatic table of contents that links to different parts of the document.