Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers: The Ultimate Frugal Booklet for Avoiding Word Trippers and Crafting Gatekeeper-Perfect Copy

 Author's Summary

An inexpensive little pop-in-your-briefcase booklet for boning up on word-trippers determined to slip into anything you writer--from a business letter to a manuscript. 

MWSA Review

Carolyn Howard-Johnson's booklet Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers is a wonderful resource for all writers and editors. It is actually an addendum to her book The Frugal Editor: Put Your Best Book Forward to Avoid Humiliation and Ensure Success. As a writer and editor, I see this booklet as something that I will keep very handy. It seems that no matter how many times I research some words, they just won't stick in this head of mine. This book is set up as a small dictionary of often-confused words and makes them easy to find.  Warning: If readers come across this book first, they will most likely find themselves ordering The Frugal Editor. That is what I did, and I wasn't disappointed.  Both books are excellent writing reference tools.

Reviewed by: Joyce Gilmour (2010)