Overview
Through the editing process, I help authors polish a manuscript so it's the best it can be. We plug holes in story lines or messages, we tweak language, we smooth out rough spots, and we search out every last punctuation and grammar error we can find. Editing can be tedious and painstaking, but is a profoundly rewarding process when an author beams over his finished product.
In 2014, I expanded my editing services to include a broader range of self-publishing services, and from that, Southern Road Publishing Partners was born. I serve as a publishing partner for independent authors who don't want to go it alone. As one client put it, "If I have to do all this **** by myself, it's just not worth it." Partnership services include anything the author can't, or doesn't want to, do themselves, which includes everything from working with freelancers to setting a book up for print-on-demand and managing social media.
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Work experience
WeGrowMedia
Assist author consultant Dan Blank with management of his processes and projects. Responsible for the oversight of the company project management system, and assisting Dan with development and promotion of online courses.
Chart House Press
Assisted with the start-up of a new small press. Helped develop systems and processes, worked directly with freelance editors and designers, launched company website, managed the publication of new books.
Sterling & Stone
Worked as a copy editor on short-term digital publishing project with fiction author Sean Platt and editor Matt Gartland.
Self-employed
I offer freelance copy editing but also work with many independent authors who want help with part--or all--of the self-publishing process. I help clients through the process from start to finishing, including project scheduling, securing cover design and book formatting, creating cover copy, purchasing ISBNs, writing book descriptions and author bios, and the book setup on publishing sites.
Freelance Editing Services: Copy editing, line editing, and proofreading for fiction and non-fiction.
Publishing Services for Independent Authors: Consultation or contract services for print setup on Kindle Direct Publishing and/or Ingram Spark. Ebook setup on Kindle Direct Publishing, Kobo, Draft2Digital, and other ebook publishers/retailers.