Resources

Editing Resources

• The Chicago Manual of Style
  
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
  
• The Christian Writer's Manual of Style
  
• The Associated Press Stylebook
  
• Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary Form
  
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White
• Polishing the PUGS: Punctuation Usage, Grammar, and Spelling by Kathy Ide
• Proofreading Secrets of Best Selling Authors by Kathy Ide 
• Children's  Writers Handbook 2nd edition by Alijandra Mogilner and Tayopa Mogilner
•  How to Write a Book Proposal, 5th edition by Jody Rein with Michael Larsen

Writing Resources

• Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell
• Handbook of Magazine Article Writing, Writer's Digest
• Writing the Christian Romance by Gail Gaymer Martin
• Writer to Writer by Cecil Murphey
• Self-editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
• The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall
• The Train of Thought Writing Method by Kathi Macias
• The Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson 
• The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes by Angela Akerman and Becca Puglisi
  
• The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Expression by Angela Akerman and Becca Puglisi
• The Basics of Article Publishing for Print and Online Magazines by Carolyn Tomlin
• Four Articles Editors Love and How to Write Them by Denise George
• Four More Articles Editors Love and How to Write Them by Carolyn Tomlin