Editor Resources

ONLINE RESOURCES	BOOKS
Dictionaries Style Guides Grammar Usage Conscious Language Editors Helping Writers (and Other Editors) Writers Being Cool Style Sheets Organizations for Editors Podcasts	Dictionaries Style Guides Grammar Usage Editing Conscious Language Fact-Checking General Writing Nonfiction Writing Fiction Writing	Reading Language Studies Data Visualization Business of Editing Publishing Marketing & Branding Productivity & Efficiency More Titles

ONLINE RESOURCES

Dictionaries

• Merriam-Webster
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Collins
• Oxford Dictionary of African American English (ODAAE) (scheduled release in 2025)

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Style Guides

• The Chicago Manual of Style
  • What’s New In The 18th Edition
• The Associated Press Stylebook
• The American Psychological Association Style

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Grammar Usage

• Purdue University On-Campus Writing Lab (OWL)
• Google Books Ngram Viewer
• Google Translate
• Online Etymology Dictionary

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Conscious Language

• Karen Yin – Conscious Style Guide
• GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) – Media Reference Guide
• GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) – Pronoun Guide
• Purdue University – Gendered Pronouns & Singular “They”
• Reuters Graphics – Gender & Language
• University of Wisconsin Milwaukee LGBTQ+ Resource Center – Glossary of Terms

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Editors Helping Writers (and Other Editors)

• Erin Brenner – The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors: How to Take Care of Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself from Start-Up to Sustainability
• Carol Saller – Subversive Editor Blog Archives
• Crystal Shelley – Rabbit With a Red Pen
• Jennifer Yankopolus
  • Word Collaborative website
  • Macro of the Month newsletter
• Karen Yin
  • The Conscious Style Guide website
  • The Conscious Style Guide book
• Louise Harnby, Crime Fiction & Thriller Editor – Resource Library for Authors and Editors

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Style Sheets

• The Blue Garret – What Is a Style Sheet?
• Capstone Editing – How to Use a Style Sheet Effectively
• Louise Harnby – Why You Should Create Style Sheets for Authors

Writers Being Cool

• The Marginalian – Neil Gaiman’s 8 Rules of Writing

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Organizations for Editors

• ACES – The Society For Editing
• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
• Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA)
• Northwest Editors Guild (NWEG)

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Podcasts

• The Allusionist – Podcast about language by Helen Zaltzman.
• The Editor’s Half Hour – Podcast hosted by Nadia Geagea Pupa, co-founder and CEO of Pique Publishing, exploring trends in the publishing and editing industries.
• Lingthusiasm – Podcast that’s enthusiastic about linguistics.
• The Modern Editor Podcast with Tara Whitaker – Podcast hosted by Freelance Editors Club founder Tara Whitaker, exploring everything about running a freelance editorial business!
• The Vocal Fries Pod – Podcast about linguistic discrimination.
• A Way With Words – Public radio show and podcast about language examined through culture, history, and family. With author/journalist Martha Barnette and lexicographer/linguist Grant Barrett.
• Words Unravelled – Podcast that unravels the stories behind everyday words. With Jess Zafarris and Rob Watts.

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Other Media

• National Press Club Journalism: “Exploring Craft: A Master Class in Copyediting from the Author of Dreyer’s English“; a YouTube video featuring an in-depth discussion with Benjamin Dreyer, Random House executive managing editor and copy chief and author of Dreyer’s English.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – The Learning Center: “Reading Comprehension Tips”

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BOOKS

Dictionaries and Thesauri

• Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Roget’s International Thesaurus
• Webster’s Collegiate Thesaurus

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Style Guides

• The Chicago Manual of Style
• The Associated Press Stylebook
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
• The Conscious Style Guide by Karen Yin
• The Yahoo! Style Guide: the Ultimate Sourcebook for Writing, Editing, and Creating Content for the Digital World by Chris Barr

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Grammar Usage Guides

• Garner’s Modern English Usage
• Bad Advice: The Most Unreliable Counsel Available on Grammar, Usage, and Writing by John E. McIntyre
• The Joy of Syntax: A Simple Guide to All the Grammar You Know You Should Know by June Casagrande
• McGraw-Hill Education Handbook of English Grammar & Usage by Mark Lester & Larry Beason
• Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects by Martha Kolln & Loretta Gray
• Rules for Writers by Diana Hacker
• Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale
• Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer
• The Subversive Copy Editor by Carol Fisher Saller
• Words Into Type by Marjorie Skillin, Robert Gay, et al.

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Fact-Checking

• The Chicago Guide to Fact Checking by Brooke Borel
• The Fact Checker’s Bible by Sarah Harrison Smith

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More Titles

• Style: Lessons Toward Clarity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams
• Words Matter: Meaning and Power by Sally McConnell-Ginet

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