An indispensable book for the layperson that applies to more than just business editing–the cover does not do the content justice.
Category Archives: Language & Writing
No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog by Margaret Mason (Review)
Surprisingly useful ideas, but the high list price of the book is a turn off.
Thanks, But This Isn’t For Us by Jessica Page Morrell (Review)
Developmental editor explains to authors why they’re not getting published and how to fix their novels.
Writing for the Web by Crawford Kilian (Review)
Full of information and written in a conversational style, this book is a great resource for anyone writing website content.
Do the Web Write by Dan Furman (Review)
A good primer on what to do and not do when writing your business site.
Private Eyes by Blythe, Sweet & Landreth (Review)
A review of Private Eyes: A Writer’s Guide to Private Investigating. Writer’s Digest Books misses the mark on this one.
The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron (Review)
Julia Cameron’s The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size has a different approach to getting yourself to adopt a healthy lifestyle that might appeal to those who can manage journalling for more than a few days.
Sticklers, Sideburns & Bikinis by Graeme Donald (Review)
Review of Sticklers, Sideburns & Bikinis: The military origins of everyday words and phrases by Graeme Donald. Short version: Well-executed, trivia/etymology book.
Phraseology by Barbara Ann Kipfer (Review)
Phraseology by Barbara Kipfer is a book of English phrases and their origins and facts. Some interesting entries, but overall unfocused and lacking in consistent entry format.
Garner’s Modern American Usage by Bryan A. Garner (Review … of a sort)
A usage guide is the kind of reference book that you pick up when you want to remind yourself of the difference between effect and affect (which trips a lot of people up), the difference between historic and historical (*cough*), or the difference between continuous and continual.
