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Carey

Carey

Portland, Oregon, USA

Nonfiction copyeditor and proofreader || Loves connecting people with ideas, inspiration, and knowledge || How-to books and vegan cookbooks


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Storey Publishing
  • Self-Employed
  • Multnomah County Library
  • Livingston County News

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: DIY & Crafts, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Nature, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Sports & Outdoors, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences

Michael

Michael

Portland, OR, USA

History professor who loves to engage with good ideas.


Work experience:

  • Pacific Northwest College of Art
  • The European Physical Journal
  • Cambridge University
  • King's Review Magazine

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Political Science & Current Affairs, Education & Reference

Daniel Isaiah

Daniel Isaiah

Portland, OR, USA

I love helping writers achieve concision and clarity. I specialize in memoir and essay, but happily work with fiction as well.


Work experience:

  • Corporeal Writing
  • Entropy Magazine
  • Nailed Magazine
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Nature, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rochelle

Rochelle

Portland, Maine, USA

Nonfiction book editor with 15+ years experience in topics as colorful as Ayurveda and yoga to sourdough baking and beekeeping.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Fair Winds Press (The Quarto Group)
  • Roost Books / Shambhala Publications
  • Quarry Books, an imprint of Rockport Publishers

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Home & Garden, Parenting & Families

Nevin

Nevin

Portland, OR, United States

My goal is to guide writers to their best work, to coach them in eloquence and clarity, to lead them to their best stories and storytelling.


Work experience:

  • Scholastic
  • Penguin Random House
  • Government Technology magazine
  • Self-employed
  • Green Bean Books
  • Portland State University

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

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Middle Grade, Fantasy, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction

Becky

Becky

Portland, OR, USA

Copy editor and proofreader. Two decades of experience helping writers and industry leaders explain complex topics in clear, engaging prose.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Transportation, Writing & Publishing, Business & Management, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Portland, ME, USA

Developmental editor, PhD, 30 years' experience. Biographies and memoirs, nature, religion and spirituality, social and behavioral sciences.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Kansas State University
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • University of Hawaii at Hilo

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment

Genres: Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality

Jonathan

Jonathan

Portland, ME, USA

I've spent 17 years editing debuts and bestsellers across genres, traditional and self-published. Agent/publisher queries. Caring, diligent.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Palooka Magazine and Palooka Press

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Romance, Mystery & Crime

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