We have a big meeting for our Sales Representatives coming up in a few weeks. Some of us are very busy preparing for it. I am one of those — I have become the default image scanner/PowerPoint creator/video editor, among other things. A few moments ago I realized that I have run out of time to write my editor’s tip today. I apologize profusely.

My tips may have to be deferred until after the meeting — we’ll see. I’ll take each Friday as it comes. Thanks for understanding!

When sending a submission to a publisher of any kind, you need to keep one thing in mind: You’re sending your work to someone who is trained to know how to use the English language — punctuation, grammar, etc. Showing that you care about these things shows respect to the person who will be reading your work, with the added benefit of making yourself look professional. The Editor’s Tip is meant to help authors understand how to leave an editor with a positive impression, which can be an enormous advantage for them.

Today I’m going to tackle a third grammar rule that you shouldn’t feel obligated to follow: ending sentences with prepositions.

When sending a submission to a publisher of any kind, you need to keep one thing in mind: You’re sending your work to someone who is trained to know how to use the English language — punctuation, grammar, etc. Showing that you care about these things shows respect to the person who will be reading your work, with the added benefit of making yourself look professional. The Editor’s Tip is meant to help authors understand how to leave an editor with a positive impression, which can be an enormous advantage for them.

Today I’m going to continue talking about grammar “rules” that you shouldn’t follow.

When sending a submission to a publisher of any kind, you need to keep one thing in mind: You’re sending your work to someone who is trained to know how to use the English language — punctuation, grammar, etc. Showing that you care about these things shows respect to the person who will be reading your work, with the added benefit of making yourself look professional. The Editor’s Tip is meant to help authors understand how to leave an editor with a positive impression, which can be an enormous advantage for them.

The editor’s tip is coming to you today because I will be out of the office tomorrow.

There are certain “rules” about grammar floating out in the world that everybody knows and everybody hates. The odd thing about this is that in many cases, there is no logical base for the “rule” and no real reason to follow it. In the next few weeks I will be discussing some of these rules.

When sending a submission to a publisher of any kind, you need to keep one thing in mind: You’re sending your work to someone who is trained to know how to use the English language — punctuation, grammar, etc. Showing that you care about these things shows respect to the person who will be reading your work, with the added benefit of making yourself look professional. The Editor’s Tip is meant to help authors understand how to leave an editor with a positive impression, which can be an enormous advantage for them.

Writers can be very passionate people, and they can be especially passionate about their writing. They can get carried away writing, and the unfortunate result is that sometimes the writing loses coherency.

When sending a submission to a publisher of any kind, you need to keep one thing in mind: You’re sending your work to someone who is trained to know how to use the English language — punctuation, grammar, etc. Showing that you care about these things shows respect to the person who will be reading your work, with the added benefit of making yourself look professional. The Editor’s Tip is meant to help authors understand how to leave an editor with a positive impression, which can be an enormous advantage for them.

It has been a very busy day for me — lots of meetings and running about — so today we’re going to have a mini-tip about the serial comma.

When sending a submission to a publisher of any kind, you need to keep one thing in mind: You’re sending your work to someone who is trained to know how to use the English language — punctuation, grammar, etc. Showing that you care about these things shows respect to the person who will be reading your work, with the added benefit of making yourself look professional. The Editor’s Tip is meant to help authors understand how to leave an editor with a positive impression, which can be an enormous advantage for them.

At the suggestion of my fiancé, I recently read a trilogy that he lent me. I gnashed my teeth a bit while reading the books, because the writing wasn’t very good. It bothered me less, though, after he pointed out that they had really been written to appeal to fourteen-year-old boys. Knowing that, I dealt with it a little better. But as I read the books, I felt a strong need to identify why the writing was so bad (I am an editor, after all). I had to be able to put it into words. That is what today’s tip is about.

When sending a submission to a publisher of any kind, you need to keep one thing in mind: You’re sending your work to someone who is trained to know how to use the English language — punctuation, grammar, etc. Showing that you care about these things shows respect to the person who will be reading your work, with the added benefit of making yourself look professional. The Editor’s Tip is meant to help authors understand how to leave an editor with a positive impression, which can be an enormous advantage for them.

A few years ago, my father self-published a book. He had maybe twenty copies printed, and sent them to family members. That was always his intent — he never meant to try to sell it. However, in the year or so following the completion of his project, he wrote another book… and that one he thought he might want to have published. He asked me for my opinion on whether or not a publisher might be interested in it. I had a hard time answering him, because while it’s hard to tell an author that his or her book probably wouldn’t appeal to the general public, it’s much harder to say it to your father.

When sending a submission to a publisher of any kind, you need to keep one thing in mind: You’re sending your work to someone who is trained to know how to use the English language — punctuation, grammar, etc. Showing that you care about these things shows respect to the person who will be reading your work, with the added benefit of making yourself look professional. The Editor’s Tip is meant to help authors understand how to leave an editor with a positive impression, which can be an enormous advantage for them.

I’ve already discussed many of my pet peeves on this blog, and sometimes I have a little trouble deciding what to write about when Friday rolls around. This week, however, a subject dropped right into my lap… so today, I’d like to talk a little bit about artistic integrity.