Overview
I’m an editor and former academic who loves helping authors in the humanities, business, and healthcare make an impact with their stories. My experience in linguistic research and academic publishing has given me an understanding of not only the conventions of academic writing, but the high level of intellectual rigor and authorial credibility that academic publishers and readers demand.
From my experience in corporate writing and editing (including work with three Fortune 500 companies), I understand the importance of writing with a confident, consistent voice that meets its targeted readers where they are.
What can you expect if you work with me? I’ll let some of my clients share their experience:
“I am deeply and forever grateful for your amazing support of my book project, The Case for Masks. I could not have written this book without your careful and comprehensive editing. You were always there to help me meet a tight deadline for publication, even during weekends and nights. I feel so blessed to have worked with an editor who cared about the public health issues that motivated the book’s publication. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”—Dean Hashimoto, Chief Medical Officer, Occupational Health Services, Workplace Health and Wellness, Mass General Brigham Hospitals.
“Felicia is an outstanding and invaluable collaborator. We at MIT Bootcamps have worked with Felicia to develop a book on the coaching method at MIT Bootcamps. The method is the centerpiece of our pedagogy; describing it with energy, rigor, and excitement was mission-critical to our organization. We couldn’t have asked for a better collaborator than Felicia. She has been a consummate professional: always prepared, always on time, always accomplishing on our milestones. But she has been so much more than that. Her academic background made it possible to describe our work with research-driven rigor. Her popular writing background made it possible to convey our ideas in a user-friendly, interesting way. She challenged us to think about our program in ways that we haven’t before. This not only made the book a productive endeavor for us, but only improved our work as leaders of MIT Bootcamps. And she has been an absolute pleasure to work with as a person. We cannot recommend Felicia more strongly and ourselves look forward to many more collaborations with her.”—Erdin Beshimov, director, MIT Bootcamps.
Services
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Work experience
Self-employed
Create impactful, personalized web and print copy that makes people think, talk, and act. Support institutional, small business, and individual clients with coaching, ghostwriting, copywriting, and developmental editing services. Empower individuals and organizations to share compelling stories that educate and improve the world.
Self-employed
Collaborate with individual authors or co-authors to develop book concepts, establish a consistent and appealing narrative voice, and create a compelling, engaging, and informative narrative. Educate authors on self-publishing and traditional publishing options and strategies; coordinate cover design and print and e-book text formatting for self-published works. Research and write personalized website copy, blog posts, and informational essays for commercial clients across a range of industries.
Various universities
Taught college linguistics and conducted research in indigenous languages of Mexico at multiple universities (California State University, Fresno, University of British Columbia, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Florida). Published my own book as well as multiple journal articl3es, actively interacting with editors and publishers during the vetting and publications process. Also evaluated and reviewed manuscripts for academic publishers.
Rockwell International, Space Systems Division
Edited new-business proposals and technical reports. Coordinated and supervised the typesetting and production of company documents. Wrote newsletters, promotional brochures, and video scripts.
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Gary L.
Aug, 2023
