What should a writer do when a magazine editor makes editorial errors?
This, that, both
Doesn’t the word "oversight," which has two opposite meanings, cause misunderstandings?
Following replacement
Which is correct: “replaced by” or “replaced with”?
Simple and/or scholarly
How can academic writers apply your advice to keep prose simple and direct?
Fictionality
Are the words fictional and fictitious interchangeable? If so, why do we need both?
Word hoards
Can you recommend a good dictionary and thesaurus?
Winners’ circle
Are book publishers as smart as your Advice to the Lit-Lorn column implies all the time? Paul Beatty's Booker-winning satirical novel, The Sellout, was turned down by eighteen publishers before finding a home!
Facing flak
Is it flak or flack? I looked it up in two dictionaries and they disagree. Why?
Workshop, or not
Is the creative writing workshop a good way to learn to write?
Helping or hounding
Am I paranoid, or is my agent trying to hurry me up on my second book?
Adjective queue
When there’s more than one adjective before a noun, does it matter what order they’re in?
Nothing for granted
The steamy bits
Do you have any advice on writing sex scenes?
Do and don’t, plural
How do you punctuate “dos and donts”?
Meddling with poetry
Should a poet put up with a poem being edited?
Net work
Where does a Boomer start in marketing her self-published books via the internet?
