Overview
I will not only edit your manuscript and provide the reasons for my changes/suggestions (adhering to "Chicago Manual of Style" and "Merriam-Webster"—quotation marks used only because italics formatting isn't possible here), I may leave a note or two why something resonates with me. Previous authors I've worked with have said my comments made it feel like a human was editing and taking interest in their hard work, as opposed to a robot just making changes. I also understand the importance of maintaining an author's voice and style and have been honored to be trusted to work on many books by authors of color and in the LGBTQ+ community, despite not identifying with either group.
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- Fundamentals of Proofreading (NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies)
Work experience
Penguin Random House
• Worked on original manuscripts in a multitude of genres.
• Supervised the production of books from receipt of manuscript to the final PDF/blues stage.
• Edited and proofread material, including covers, teasers, indexes, flap copy, and catalog copy.
• Managed and checked the work of freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers.
• Created status reports, attended status meetings, and met deadlines to keep books on schedule.
• Worked directly as a liaison with the editorial, interior design, art, and production departments.
• Oversaw the work and schedules of two production editors.
Hachette, HarperCollins Publishers, Kensington, Macmillan, Pegasus, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster
• Copyedit and fact-check original fiction and nonfiction manuscripts (adult, YA, middle school, and children's) for grammar and spelling errors, plot inconsistencies, anachronisms, etc.
• Create detailed style sheets, listing rules, preferences, and character and timeline details.
• Proofread page proofs against setting copy, checking typos, style inconsistencies, and fact errors or plot problems missed one earlier passes.
• Cold read to double-check for missed errors, occasionally slug second-pass pages.
As of August 2020 I've worked on almost eight hundred original projects, a selection of which can be found in the portfolio.
HarperCollins Publishers
• Supervised the production of books (original manuscripts, hardcover offsets, and e-books).
• Managed a department member in the creation and approval of bound galleys.
• Edited monthly marketing material.
Portfolio
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