Comments on: 6 Writing Reference Books to Have on Your Shelf

By: Teejay

Teejay — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:00:47 +0000

I just got Element of Style from the bookstore. I have been reading it all night. It seems to be a good reference book.

By: Bill Bartmann

Bill Bartmann — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:42:14 +0000

This site rocks!

By: Davina

Davina — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:31:46 +0000

I’m familiar with the AP Style Book — I just finished editing a book for a client and their publisher uses that style. My only beef with it is that all periods and commas are supposed to go inside of quote marks. I was raised differently, but I honoured their request. I know of the Chicago Manual of Style too. Another good reference is Canadian Press Caps and Spelling.

By: Jennifer Escalona

Jennifer Escalona — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:14:48 +0000

Great list! My mother (of all people) recently introduced me to a website called Son of Citation Machine (http://citationmachine.net/). I haven’t had the need to use it yet, but if you need a quick APA, MLA or Chicago Style reference, all you do is enter some pertinent information about the source in and it will format it for you. I wish I’d had this in college!

By: David Kennedy

David Kennedy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:23:24 +0000

I am also a big fan of Stephen King’s On Writing. Not really a reference book, but there’s some valuable advice in there.

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By: Paul Sevensky

Paul Sevensky — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:18:39 +0000

Two other books:

On Writing Well, by William Zinsser

Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark