An almanack

THAT EXTRA 'K': I always assumed that Ben Franklin's famous book was Poor Richard's Almanac. It's not. He spelled it 'Poor Richard's Almanack.' For some reason, the 'k' has been lost over the years.

BOOK IT, DANO: Here's a resource for book publishing.

HYPHEN? A lot of newspapers say that so-and-so is going to the playoffs for the third-straight year. I don't think you need that hyphen.

APOSTROPHE, DANO: I just saw a story that talked about the Dolphin's Dan Marino. Actually, he was the Dolphins' Dan Marino.

ACES BLOG: I'm a member of ACES, the American Copy Editors Society, and you might check out Charles Apple's blog.

Contact: Reach me at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com.

More EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 10 years with Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!