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Peggy

Peggy

Philadelphia, United States

Food and Lifestyle Writer | Cookbook Editor and Consultant | Content Strategist | Recipe Developer and Tester


Work experience:

  • Self Employed
  • Clarkson Potter/Random House

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review Book Coaching

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Weddings, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Education & Reference

Jesse

Jesse

Philadelphia, PA, USA

With 20 years' experience, I hone your rhetoric and make your nonfiction project as persuasive, impactful, and enjoyable as it can be.


Work experience:

  • aha! Process, Inc.
  • Northern Illinois University

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Sociology, Humanities & Social Sciences

Barbara

Barbara

Philadelphia, PA, USA

I'm passionate about helping authors put their best words forward by enhancing their writing without changing their voice or message.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
  • Bucks County Community College

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading Indexing

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Inspirational, Humanities & Social Sciences, Career Guides, Sports & Outdoors, Self-Help & Self-Improvement

Ashley

Ashley

New Philadelphia, United States

Editor of all things smart, inspiring, crafty, and culinary that enrich the soul. Helping authors put their best books forward since 2008.


Work experience:

  • Barbour Publishing
  • Adams Media (Simon & Schuster) | BenBella Books | Page Street Publishing | Callisto Media

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Romance, Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Religion & Spirituality, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Self-Help & Self-Improvement

Meg

Meg

Philadelphia, PA, USA

20+ yrs as a collaborative journalist/editor/poet, using candor and kindness to help writers win awards + publish their poetry + nonfiction.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Garden Design Magazine
  • Women's Health magazine
  • Rathalla Review
  • Rosemont College

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review Book Coaching

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Music, Psychology, Biographies & Memoirs, Writing & Publishing, Nature, Poetry, Fiction

Julie

Julie

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Copy editor with 25+ years of experience in fiction and nonfiction, YA and adult, trade and academic, and all genres.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group
  • The Haworth Press/Harrington Park Press (imprint)

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Humanities & Social Sciences, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction

Chris

Chris

Philadelphia, PA, USA

17+ yrs book editing. Leadership, self-help, environment, marketing, social issues, business. A passion for the compelling narrative.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Soundview Executive Book Summaries
  • SMG France
  • Ideas for Leaders, Ltd.

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Book Coaching

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Finance & Accounting, Math & Science, Technology, Sociology

Mark

Mark

Philadelphia, PA, USA

I'm a professional editor, writer, and poet. Assisting others with their writing and creative endeavors is extremely meaningful to me.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Schuylkill Valley Journal
  • Cleaver Magazine

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Writing & Publishing, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Poetry, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Psychology, Philosophy

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