During my six years as Acquisitions Editor for the now-defunct LTDBooks I must have read several thousand submissions. Many of the manuscripts I reluctantly had to reject had much to offer. If the authors had looked carefully at the following aspects of their writing, my response might have been positive. Here are the topics of some of my pet peeves. THE CHECK LIST: Spelling and grammar. There is no more obvious fault to an editor than poor grammar and spelling. … Continue reading Avoid Rejection… An Editor’s Checklist by Dee Lloyd