Download or read book The Old Editor Says: Maxims for Writing and Editing (Pocket Guide) written by John E. McIntyre and published by Apprentice House. This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many beginning writers and editors benefited from a crusty old editor's brisk maxims about the craft. If you want to be reminded of those days, look inside. If you want to learn those brisk maxims, many of them are collected here. And if you aspire to become a crusty old editor, this is the handbook. About the Author: John McIntyre is the night content production manager at The Baltimore Sun and author of the blog You Don't Say at Baltimoresun.com. A former president of the American Copy Editors Society, he teaches editing at Loyola University Maryland.