Overview
My services include developmental editing, copyediting and proofreading.
Testimonials:
“Your conceptual editing was the difference in my authoring a ‘good book’ and an ‘award winning’ book.”
—Linda Bello-Ruiz, author
"Jan...takes a holistic approach to editing by not only correcting typos, fixing grammar, and untangling syntax but also offering observations about plotting and character development.”
—Scott Sowers, writer, editor
"She's able to edit my work without losing my voice…she ‘gets’ me and is able to polish what I’ve written and take it to a new level.”
—Gary Winters, coach, facilitator, author
“Jan…skillfully guided me through the process of completing my book. (She) is thorough, professional and intuitively knows what will make your work successful.”
—Monica Bennett, author and coach
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Work experience
American Management Association
• Proofread or edit all marketing content: catalogs, emails, brochures, postcards, video scripts, white papers, articles, web pages, ads for outside publications, and more
• Maintain and regularly update house style sheet based on Chicago Manual of Style
Nice-Pak Products
• Proofread labels, packages, boxes, store displays, and other
marketing content associated with clients’ products
• Write, copyedit, or proofread internal company documents
Communication Partners, Inc.
• Edit or proofread deliverables according to client, AMA, or house style
• Annotate digital and nondigital advertising and educational deliverables, including core visual aids, sales guides, slide decks, and training brochures
• Interview patients and write their stories for client-sponsored presentations
• Fact check all medical data and claims in copy for clarity and accuracy; search references and create citations via online resources such as PubMed.gov and ClinicalTrials.gov
Grapevine, Inc.
• Select stories, report on medical research, copyedit, write headlines, design layout
• Correspond with authors; lead staff and freelancers
• Coordinate, write, edit, and publish web content
• Speak at conferences and other venues; lead writing workshops
Portfolio
