The Little Style Guide to Great Christian Writing and Publishing

by Carolyn Stanford Goss, Carolyn Stanford Goss

The Little Style Guide to Great Christian Writing and Publishing provides a fresh understanding and distinctively Christian examination of style and language. It covers all the basic rules of grammar, style, and editing and will be of immediate interest to Christian writers and editors. The Little Style Guide will be cross-referenced with the Chicago Manual of Style, Fifteenth Edition and will be a welcome companion to the CMS in handling concerns that are unique to Christian writing and editing.The burgeoning field of electronic publishing has greatly increased the number of Christian writers. In the U.S. alone, there are over 500 Christian writers conferences and guilds each year. The Little Style Guide will serve the needs of the largest publishing houses and their authors and editors along with the smallest churches who weekly publish a newsletter and communicate through a Web site.

Genres: Writing

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Janelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the information in this book is useful, however it is dated, and I didn't agree with it on a number of points, especially on word definitions. I suspect that language conventions have changed in the 13 years since it was published, especially given that it is based on the 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style, which has since been superseded. The chapter on technology is also very outdated, and would only be helpful to those uninitiated to the world of computers.
Although this book has some specific guidelines useful in the writing of Christian material, I recommend that readers find more up to date resources.

[Keith Crosby · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone who has already written a dissertation at an academic-seminary environ, I think this book was very helpful and instructive. Perhaps the explanations could have been a tad more thorough for newer, less experienced individuals. However, that said, it is worth the purchase. It answered so many of those nagging little questions. Definitely worth the purchase.

[Skylar Burris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great, compact reference for Christian editors and writers, especially when it comes to knowing which religious terms to capitalize and which to leave lowercased.

[Verna Ratzlaff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful

Good refresher course on English and great for prospective writers to prepare their manuscript for publication. It’s the details that make a difference.