A few articles on writing and editing from my blog:

• Editing - the final checks
  After the spell check, what next? Check your manuscript for overuse of certain words and sentence structure variability using Word's tools.

• Working on the copyedited manuscript
  After 12 years in the publishing industry, I finally found myself on the other side of the red pen. Here's how I worked through the copyedited manuscript for Song of Scarabaeus.

• Apostrophe and belonging to
  The three things you need to know in order to master the possessive.

• Text dashes
  Hyphens, en-dashes, em-dashes, spaced or unspaced... confused?

• How I got my agent
  There are many routes to becoming a published author. Assuming you've written a publishable manuscript, getting a good agent brings you nine-tenths of the way there.

• Perfecting the pitch
  A quick synopsis of agent Kristin Nelson's workshop.