TheSlot.com
Since 1995, The Slot has provided advice and resources on the fine art of copy writing and editing. This site is packed full of information including a great especially-for-newcomers definition of what a copyeditor does (and does not do).
The site is aimed at copyeditors, but anyone involved in freelance editing or freelance writing should have a look. There is so much valuable information on the mechanics of writing and editing that I’m shocked The Slot’s Bill Walsh hasn’t written a book with this stuff.
Oh, wait–he did. Walsh is the author of Lapsing Into A Comma, and The Elephants of Style, which includes some evolutionary thoughts on writing and editing that FINALLY seem to be creeping into the mainstream. Have a look at Walsh’s site to learn more about striking a balance between “Once wrong, always wrong” (which I used to believe in exclusively until I took off the necktie and got a life) and “Everybody does it.”
Don’t miss TheSlot.com, especially if you are new to the editor/writer game. Especially great–the recent post titled “A Common Mistake”. Priceless.
