Hunter McClure – Editor

My editorial work is concentrated in philosophy, history, religion, and political thought—fields where precision of language and fidelity to the author's argument matter more than stylistic smoothing. I am a graduate student in political theory and philosophy, with reading competency in Greek and Arabic, which means that manuscripts drawing on primary sources in those languages are in capable hands. As a graduate of a Great Books school, I have a wide ranging knowledge of the canon and of the humanistic disciplines, even beyond my own areas of expertise.

Clients can expect detailed, careful work and honest feedback delivered with respect for the project and the author's investment in it. My aim is not to impose a house style but to make the author's own intentions clearer and more consistently realized—to help the manuscript become more fully what it is already trying to be. A good editor should be nearly invisible in the final product; what remains should sound like you, only better.

I work primarily with academic and religious manuscripts, nonfiction narrative, and curricular materials, and I am comfortable across a wide range of genres within those categories, from scholarly monographs and theological studies to narrative history and devotional writing. My approach on most projects includes a substantive editing pass followed by a clean copyediting and proofreading pass and a final formatting phase, so that the document you receive is genuinely publication-ready rather than a marked-up draft requiring further work. Alongside the edited manuscript, I provide for most of my projects an editorial memo outlining my approach and my overall thoughts on your manuscript. This memo also flags any issues that may require the author's attention before publication. Where relevant, I also will produce a style sheet accounting for any major divergences from Chicago style, which is my normal stylistic baseline.

If you have questions about a project before committing, I am happy to correspond beforehand or provide a sample edit on a short excerpt.