An incisive but kind
copy editor.
I'm a copy editor and proofreader with more than twenty years of experience. I'm committed to helping readers find the information they seek — especially when that information can provide emotional support, guidance, or solace.
To that end, I have a knack for noticing what's missing from explanations as well as when overwriting obscures an author's intended meaning. I'm a supportive editor to authors, new and experienced. I'm calm under pressure, query thoughtfully about content, and develop style sheets that maintain consistency without squashing an author's writing style.
My work experience and social science and fine art degrees have given me a strong foundation for psychology, self-help, health and wellness, social science, and art titles. I love diverse content and am nonjudgmental while also attuned to sensitive language issues and potential controversy.
My goal is always to deliver clear, accurate, and high-quality content — whether I'm tasked with proofreading, editing, rewriting, or editorial project management. I've met this goal repeatedly for Ten Speed Press and other Penguin Random House imprints, New Harbinger Publications, Healthline, Pearson, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, a jewelry trade association, and others.
Work history
Editing, proofreading, rewriting, and fact-checking across nonfiction. I independently handle editorial and production tasks using a range of apps and resources.
Edited health articles for clarity, consistency, flow, readability, sensitive word choice, style, and grammar. Performed extensive fact-checking and reference verification.
Edited and proofread website content, books, and online and print articles. Wrote articles and newsletters and ghost-wrote book chapters.
Edited, proofread, and wrote online content, user manuals, and instructional materials. Organized several thousand pages of source material and developed production processes for transforming it into accessible handbooks.