New Hart's Rules
New Hart's Rules

Author: Anne Waddingham

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 0199570027

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'New Hart's Rules' is a brand-new text that brings the principles of the old text (first printed in 1893) into the 21st century, providing answers to questions of editorial style for a new generation of professionals.

McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook
McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook

Author: Laura Killen Anderson

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2005-10-31

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0071506063

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Expert advice to perfect your proofreading skills McGraw-Hill’s Proofreading Handbook helps ensure that your documents are letter-perfect, every time. Veteran editor and proofreader Laura Anderson arms you with all the tools of the proofreader’s trade and walks you step-by-step through the entire proofreading process.

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

Author: Mary Norris

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-04-06

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0393246604

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New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal "Hilarious…This book charmed my socks off." —Patricia O’Conner, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker’s renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experience with grammar and usage, her good cheer and irreverence, and her finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.

The Pocket Book of Proofreading
The Pocket Book of Proofreading

Author: William Critchley

Publisher: William Robert Critchley

Published: 2006-11

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0955143721

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This is a guide to freelance proofreading and copy-editing, with examples of proof correction marks and exercises with corrections supplied.

Sulwe
Sulwe

Author: Lupita Nyong'o

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 1534425365

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A New York Times bestseller! Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices! Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award Recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within. Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything. In this stunning debut picture book, actress Lupita Nyong’o creates a whimsical and heartwarming story to inspire children to see their own unique beauty.

Making Sense of 'Show, Don't Tell'
Making Sense of 'Show, Don't Tell'

Author: Louise Harnby

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-03-12

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13:

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This fiction-editing guide shows authors and editors how to recognize shown and told prose, and avoid unnecessary exposition. Louise Harnby, a fiction editor, writer and course developer, teaches you how to identify stylistic problems and craft solutions that weave showing and telling together, and understand why there's no place for 'don't tell' in strong writing. Topics include: Shown and told prose in different scenarios; the relevance of viewpoint; when exposition serves story and deepens character; and tools that help writers add texture.

How to Write what You Want and Sell what You Write
How to Write what You Want and Sell what You Write

Author: Skip Press

Publisher: Career PressInc

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 9781564141521

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Not loaded with theory, Skip's invaluable book contains concise, easily understood and applied advice for both writing and marketing any kind of book, article, story, play, screen-play, report, proposal or anything else you can think of.How to Write What You Want and Sell What You Write is for every writer or wannabe who needs to sort out his or her desires, capabilities and strengths and, even more importantly, learn the particular formats for the kind of writing in which he or she is interested.