An editorial query addresses a communication gap between editor and author. An editor spots a section that is confusing, incomplete, inconsistent or perhaps misleading and…

A style sheet is simply a brief summary of the editing choices you make as you work through a document. It doesn’t need to be…

Pick one page of a manuscript and read it straight through without correcting anything. Read it a second time, keeping in mind one question: What…

A book can have multiple types of errors simultaneously. One chapter might be disorganized, a single sentence could be hard to follow, a character’s name…