The best book editors publish according to their own taste. While the projects they acquire need to fit in with the overall list of the press, seasoned editors learn to follow their gut. They know ...

Last week, a friend who's been reading these "memmos" sent me an email that he's held on to for 13 years. The message was written by Hal Ritter, a former managing editor of the Money and News sections ...

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As a former book editor in a previous life, I already know “what editors do.” But I learned a lot more from a new collection of essays by 27 of the smartest editors in the publishing business. It’s ...

Some teachers and scholars may merge editing and revising, and that is OK because there is one less step, but the same amount of work is undertaken. So what is revision? In simplest terms, it may mean ...

Serenity Software’s Editor finds grammar and word usage mistakes that your word processor may miss. As a writer and an editor, I have a love-hate relationship with Serenity Software’s Editor (various ...

Letters Editor Betty Talbert writes: So how do you grab your editor’s attention in a busy election year? I have written many blogs with tips on how to craft your letters for publication, but I have ...

As a former editor, Trish Hall has seen a lot of bad submissions to the New York Times Op-Ed page. She's now written the how-to book, "Writing to Persuade: How to Bring People Over to Your Side." Hall ...

In celebration of Slate Plus’ first anniversary, we’re republishing a selection of pieces from the past year, including this article, which was originally published on Oct. 29, 2014. A few months ago, ...

James Brazzill has always had a story to tell. Whether as editor of a small-town weekly newspaper or as a successful novelist, Brazzill has almost instinctively known how to string together words that ...