“Phyl…asks really good questions…I wouldn’t want anyone else editing my book!”

Ophelia Sexton, Paranormal Romance Author

The list of available Style Guides and other helpful books is long (and one’s guide often depends on which publisher or journal the document will be published for), but here are a few writing and editing resource books to start with. I’ll be adding more as I discover them.

EDITING RESOURCES

• American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• The Chicago Manual of Style
• The Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook
• The Oxford Style Manual
• The Associated Press Stylebook
• The Canadian Press (CP) Stylebook
• Canadian Press Caps and Spelling
• Editing Canadian English – Editors Canada
• The Copyeditors’ Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications
• Purdue Online Writing Lab Quick Guides
  • AMA Style
  • APA Style
  • The Chicago Manual of Style
  • The MLA Handbook

WRITING RESOURCES

• Oxford English Dictionary – Free online version
• Ask Oxford.com – Word of the Day, Better Writing Tips, Word Search, etc.
• Dictionary.com – Online dictionary, thesaurus, reference, translation, and search tool
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary – Free online version
• Medical Dictionary – Free online version, from The Free Dictionary
• The Free Dictionary
• Wordnik.com – Online dictionary, and thesaurus with a very cool “compare” feature
• The Art of the Book Proposal – Eric Maisel (very highly recommended)