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An earlier blog responded to a reader’s request for tips on writing an acknowledgment page. In follow-up to that, here is a good example of an acknowledgments page from a book BPS Books recently published, Finding Matthew: A Child with Brain Damage,...

A reader of this blog has asked for advice in writing a dedication to a book. As you will see below, dedications vary a great deal in content, length, and style. Nowadays, most dedications are short. About the only advice I would give is not to use ...

Self-publishing is often touted as a ticket to a good living, perhaps even stardom. Indeed, some self-published authors have become extremely successful, going on to earn lucrative book deals with large publishing houses.
A notable example in Canada is Mary-Ann Kirkby, who in 2007, having been rejected by numerous publishers, self-published her book I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman’s Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage. By 2008 she had sold 15,...

“He gawked. Literally.”
I like the concept of writers taking their work through a pre-editing process, a process that is well described in a recent Wall Street Journal piece.
I feel a little ambivalent about this, because I earn a living as an editor. However, I needn’t worry. The English language is rich but unkempt; very few writers, no matter how skillful, can produce consistent and clear work without the help of an editor...