Author-Blogger Jacquelyn Lynn Reviews "Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers"

• Title: Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers (Second Edition)
• Subtitle: The Ultimate Frugal Booklet for Avoiding Word Trippers 
•       and Crafting Gatekeeper Perfect Copy
• Author: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
• Publisher: Modern History Press
• Pages: 42
• ISBN: 9781615995240
• Available on Amazon in Paperback, Ebook, Hardcover

Reviewed by Jacquelyn Lynn 

This skinny book is fat with great information for all writers—whether writing is your full-time job or a part of your professional responsibilities.

Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers is an addition to Carolyn Howard-Johnson’s earlier book, The Frugal Editor. The core of this little book is a list of what Howard-Johnson calls “Trip-You-Up Words”—those errors that creep into our writing either because we typed them wrong but spellchecker didn’t catch it, or we didn’t know we were making a mistake.

What makes the book a fun read is Howard-Johnson’s style. This isn’t a dry glossary of definitions; it’s a conversation with an editor who genuinely wants your work—whether it’s a novel destined for the bestseller lists or an email to your mom—to be accurate and clear. In addition to explaining what the words that tend to trip us up mean, Howard-Johnson offers practical tips for testing yourself if you’re not sure you’re using the right word.

While the target audience for Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers is writers who are pitching their manuscripts to editors (which explains the mention of gatekeeper in the subtitle), anyone (including self-publishers, staff writers, and anyone who appreciates correct word usage) can use the information in this book. Get a copy for yourself and as a gift for the other writers in your life.

MORE ABOUT Jacquelyn Lynn

Jacquelyn Lynn is an inspirational author, business writer, and ghostwriter whose credits include more than 40 books, 3,000+ magazine articles, ebooks, blogs, white papers, and more. She is also a self-publishing consultant.

Jacquelyn the author of the novel Choices (A Joyful Cup Story) as well as the nonfiction books Words to Work By: 31 devotions for the workplace based on the Book of Proverbs and Finding Joy in the Morning: You can make it through the night.She also wrote The Simple Facts for Self Publishing. With her husband, she is the co-creator of several coloring books for adults.

Midwest Book Review Chief Reviews Second Edition of Editing Tips Book

Title: Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers

Series: HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers
Author: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Publisher: Modern History Press

Genre: Nonfiction: Business/Writers/Editing/Self-Help
ISBN: 9781615995257, $24.95, HC, 56pp

Available on Amazon

Reviewed by Jim Cox, Editor-in-Chief of Midwest Review

Synopsis: In "Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers: The Ultimate Frugal Reference Guide for Avoiding Word Trippers and Crafting Gatekeeper-Perfect Copy", book publicist, journalist, marketer, editor, and retailer, Carolyn Howard-Johnson picks the trip-you-up words that her clients struggle with and puts them in a quick reference guide light enough and small e
nough to be used as an quickie gift that the recipient can tuck into a glove compartment or purse to keep their homonym skills fresh and explains why following grammar rules assiduously isn't always the best choice for writers.

Critique: An absolute 'must' for aspiring authors seeking publication for their work, and having substantial value for even the more experienced writer, "Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers: The Ultimate Frugal Reference Guide for Avoiding Word Trippers and Crafting Gatekeeper-Perfect Copy" is the ideal DIY instructional guide and 'how to' reference directly addressing the most common failing that authors (especially self-published authors) have -- an insufficient editing of their work.

Thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers: The Ultimate Frugal Reference Guide for Avoiding Word Trippers and Crafting Gatekeeper-Perfect Copy" is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and college/university library Writing/Publishing collections. It should be noted that it is also readily available in a paperback edition (9781450507653, $6.95) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $2.99).

MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER

Jim Cox is editor-in-chief of Midwest Book Review archives all of the previous issues of his "Jim Cox Report" the Midwest Book Review website at www.midwestbookreview.com/bookbiz/jimcox.htm. If you'd like to receive the "Jim Cox Report" directly (and for free), just send him an email asking to be signed up for it at http://www.midwestbookreview.com. And watch for more reprints of some his author-and-publishing related reviews here on this blog.