{"id":1807,"date":"2019-11-10T19:13:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T01:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/?page_id=1807"},"modified":"2019-11-10T19:56:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T01:56:48","slug":"my-blogs-on-chicago-manual-of-style","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/writing\/my-blogs-on-chicago-manual-of-style\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chicago Manual of Style Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I bought the (#TheChicagoManualOfStyle #CMOS) The Chicago Manual of Style because I had three books to edit. The shiny blue 17th edition arrived in the mail, and I hastily opened it. The solution to my editing traumas lay here. But I yanked the book shut at once. It was too hard! Too big. So technical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the fighter I am, I promised to refer to it during editing because it contained everything under the sun\u2014syntax guidelines, grammar tips, publishing tips, legal jargon (to my untrained mind) around copyrights\u2014to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the thick wealth of knowledge remained sealed and tucked away on my bookshelf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3097.jpg?resize=580%2C435\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1808\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/writing\/my-blogs-on-chicago-manual-of-style\/img_3097\/\" class=\"wp-image-1808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3097.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3097.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3097.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3096.jpg?resize=580%2C435\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1809\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/writing\/my-blogs-on-chicago-manual-of-style\/img_3096\/\" class=\"wp-image-1809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3096.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3096.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_3096.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As a challenge to myself, I have made a November 2019 resolution. The challenge is to study and blog my learning from it every Sunday night. I\u2019m helping myself, of course, but I also hope to share and exchange notes with fellow writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#AwritersLife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I bought the (#TheChicagoManualOfStyle #CMOS) The Chicago Manual of Style because I had three books to edit. The shiny blue 17th edition arrived in the mail, and I hastily opened it. The solution to my editing traumas lay here. But I yanked the book shut at once. It was too hard! Too big. So technical. 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