Which is correct: “I am fascinated by fireworks” or “I am fascinated with fireworks”?

I haven’t sent out very many submissions to magazines and agents because I'm working on my thesis for my Creative Writing MFA. Is it better to submit work and delay completion of the thesis?

What’s with fresh water (fresh-water, freshwater) and salt water (salt-water, saltwater)? Can’t the educators and publishers and dictionary writers get together on spelling and punctuation?

How much can I object to my editor’s changes before I get a reputation for being a jerk?

Are the words "repetitious" and "repetitive" interchangeable?

I’m writing and drawing a book, a true story, and I don’t know what to call it. Comic book? Graphic novel?

I have begun to approach agents with my book proposal. How much minor activity should I include on my CV?

The writing in Geist is known to be of a high calibre even though it contains an awful lot of run-on sentences. Is that because it’s okay to bend the rules in literary writing?

I am interested in submitting some poems that I’ve written over the last five years. I have never published any poetry. Is it best to submit to a contest?

What exactly is pre-writing and how much writing time should I devote to it?

Which is right, “I feel badly” or “I feel bad”?

Is it better English to write “compared to” or “compared with”?

What's the difference between "disinterested" and "uninterested"?

I have written a short story about a client (I help people deal with their hoarding issues). How do I tell the story of his living space and his attachment to his piles of stuff, and respect his privacy at the same time?

What is the difference, if any, between “a while” and “awhile”?

Many moons ago, as a boy, I became accustomed to a format for written work that I'll describe like this: Tabs were at 0 to .5; maybe .7 (or .8) and 1. Regular text began a paragraph at .5, then 0 in subsequent lines.