Editor Resources

ONLINE RESOURCES	BOOKS
Dictionaries Style Guides Grammar Usage Conscious Language Editors Helping Writers (and Other Editors) Writers Being Cool 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 Other Favorites

ONLINE RESOURCES

Dictionaries

• Merriam-Webster
• Oxford English
• Collins

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Style Guides

• The Chicago Manual of Style
• 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

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Writers Being Cool

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

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Organizations for Editors

• ACES – The Society For Editing
• 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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BOOKS

Dictionaries

• Merriam-Webster’s

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Style Guides

• Chicago Manual of Style
• Associated Press
• MLA
• APA

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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

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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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Other Favorites

• Style: Lessons Toward Clarity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams

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