OVEREDITING (MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE)
Don’t be the Grammar Crank—Chicago Tribune
50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice—The Chronicle of Higher Education
What We’ve Known All Along: Less Agreeable People Care More about Grammar—Electric Literature
The false precision of fetish editing—Baltimore Sun
The Editor’s Toughest Challenge—
CMOS Shop Talk
Why all English speakers worry about slipping up—BBC
Writing style: Use good words, not bad ones—The Economist
Who’s a “Lazy” Copyeditor?—CMOS Shop Talk
On Using and Avoiding Adverbs—Copyediting.com
SPACE(S) AFTER PERIOD
Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it—Slate Magazine
TRICKY SITUATIONS
Conditional constructions: To have and have not—The Grammarphobia Blog
Parallel structure—CMOS Shop Talk
THEY (SIGH)
Sorry, grammar nerds. The singular ‘they’ has been declared Word of the Year.—The Washington Post
Chicago Style for the Singular They—CMOS Shop Talk
DICTIONARIES AND STYLE GUIDES
Chicago Manual of Style (subscription required for most parts of site)
A Guide to Eighteenth-Century English Vocabulary by Jack Lynch
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (Gutenberg Press)
(Also see abridged version at Resources for Regency Readers and Writers above)
Passing English of the Victorian Era (Victorian slang)
Probably better for browsing than for searching)
The Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Sayings and Proverbs
HISTORICAL DETAILS
Mail and Travel (Use of Envelopes)
Licenses, Laws and the Legalities of Getting Married
DECIDING ON EDITING/AN EDITOR
Should You Hire a Professional Editor?—Jane Friedman
How To Find The Right Editor For Your Book And More Editing Questions Answered—The Creative Penn
Editorial Rates—Editorial Freelancers Association
How Much Does it Cost to Self-Publish a Book?—Reedsy
OTHER GOOD COLLECTIONS OF ADVICE
Resources for Regency Readers and Writers—Joanna Waugh
Historical Novel Society Guides