Best editing reference books according to redditors

Go crack open an Oxford dictionary from the 1700s and tell us what "well regulated" meant 230 years ago, then buy one of these and pay special attention to the section about sentence structure:

http://www.amazon.com/MLA-Handbook-Writers-Research-Papers/dp/0873529863

Or just read this, as it directly refutes what you're saying:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller#Decision

found you a gift mate: https://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Nazis-Always-Right-Write-ebook/dp/B071Y255BK

I'd say start by going through what you've already written and recruit a few beta readers to see if anything is publishable. Edit as necessary and then learn how to format.

I've found Let's Get Digital and Write. Publish. Repeat. to be very helpful. Also Million Dollar Outlines.

You'll want to start going through the posts here to learn about covers and do's and don't's for the various publishing platforms. Learning how to self-publish and the conventions of the erotica genre might seem a bit overwhelming but hopefully there's a few ideas here you can start with.

This book helped me out -
http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Novel-Scrivener-ebook/dp/B004ZG7BMU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304666578&sr=8-1

I found it pretty okay to start with, but getting it to really work for me, it was great to have those tips.

Because I know you too well. ;)'

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I'm not entering. Just wanted to show you those things. :p

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He has a few very cheap writing manuals for sale on Amazon. I would suggest just reading those instead. It's all perfectly fine writing advice, but those courses are, in my opinion, not worth it even for his personal feedback etc.

This book, How to Swat the Killer BEs out of your Writing, is a great help to prevent passive writing.

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