Pay attention to what John in Kansas says!!! (Cooperate with your editor and proofreaders -- they'll keep you from embarrassing yourself in public and ease the book through the production process.)

I'm surprised no one has mention Ray Bradbury's "Zen In the Art of Writing: Essays On Creativity"...wonderfully inspiring.

I also highly recommend Moonlight Blogger and The Subversive Copyeditor, both blogs and books.

Linn, "retired" (yeah, right) prepress production tech, proofreader and copyeditor