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Hyphenation: The Eternal Question

According to the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), one of the most common questions for both writers and editors concerns hyphenation....

Chicago Citations: Notes and Bibliography Basics

At TIPS we want to help demystify the punctuation minefield that is citation creation. Having proper citations creates a professional...

Colons and Semicolons: How Do We Use Them Correctly?

While many of us may believe grade school gave us a firm enough grasp of punctuation, colons and semicolons can be incredibly befuddling...

Improve Your Self-Published Book: Commonly Misused Words and Phrases

Their/ There/ They’re “Their” is a possessive adjective, “there” is a location, and “they’re” is a contraction of “they” and “are.”...

Better Days Are Coming: Surviving Breast Cancer by Marcy Browning

Marcy Browning is our most recent self-published author at TIPS. Her story resulted from an overbrimming of her life and her continuing...

Four Ways to Polish Your First Draft

So you’ve written an article, an essay, or your very own book! It took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to reach that last sentence. Now...

Home Front to Battlefront by Frank Lavin

Ohio University Press asked us to work on the wonderful Home Front to Battlefront: An Ohio Teenager in World War II by Frank Lavin. TIPS...

What’s Next by Kati Kleber (of ANA)

What’s Next is a practical and easy-to-read guide by Kati Kleber, with whom we also worked for Admit One, a patient’s or patient’s loved...

Enduring Strength by Greg Hansbrough!

Click to see more! HOT OFF THE PRESS! A man who defines himself by breaking through limits, Greg Hansbrough (the “other” Hansbrough...