Deborah Heimann – Editor

I see editing as a conversation. When I work with you, I tell you what I see, what I hear, and when something isn’t working. I fix errors, question phrases, offer suggestions, and note for you what stops me in my reading process. You consider my suggestions and questions, think about what might be getting in the way, and respond with something even better. At the end of the edit, your voice rules. I support and clarify ideas, stories, reports, articles, and essays. I polish manuscripts and proofs.I have spent the past twenty-five-plus years collaborating with authors, publishers, nonprofits, playwrights, and other editors. A graduate of Brown University, I have been a director and dramaturg of new plays in New York City and editorial director of an international web communication network based in British Columbia, Canada, with offices in Colombia, South Africa, and Vermont. Along the way, I have worked with people and words from across the globe -- on fiction, nonfiction, academic prose, theatrical plays, websites, advertising copy, and funding proposals.Recent publishers and organizations I have worked with include: Storey Publishing, Thames & Hudson, Guilford Press, Macmillan Learning, Sideshow Media, The Poetry Foundation, and Chelsea Green Publishing,