Last week's newsletter broadly explained some differences between my trusty sixteenth edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and the seventeenth edition that arrives in September. I thought I'd mention a few…
I recently read a wonderful article about efforts made to maintain literacy during the Great Depression. For younger readers, it might be hard to imagine the need to preserve the…
I recently read a fun article about jobs that no longer exist, and it got me thinking about the continued value of the work of writing. The article reminds all of…
Join me at the 21st Annual Central Florida Family History Conference on Saturday, November 4th, 2017, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. for one of the largest family history conferences on…
Patricia at FAPA Conference
Authors and publishers from across the country came together recently to learn more about all things related to writing, publishing, selling, and promoting their books at the…
At times, we work. Other times, we play. And sometimes, we get to both work and play at the same time. This week in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island was…
Has a book you’ve read changed your life? I recently looked at one of my favorite sources for book-related news and reviews, BookPage.com, and came across Journeys: Young Readers’ Letters to…
Earlier this month, we shared an article about a man who waited more than twenty years to read a letter his grandmother wrote to him during the last solar eclipse.…
The publishing world uses The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)--all 1,146 onion-skin pages--as its industry standard for creative writing, so writers and editors must work to understand its rules and…
Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times Book Review and author of five books, introduces you to Bob in her most recent book out earlier this year, My Life…