Edie Jarolim – Editor

My editing career is...eclectic. I started out proofreading Russian science journals, moved on to editing poetry —I got my Ph.D. from NYU in American literature and my dissertation was published as the Collected Poems of Paul Blackburn —and spent several years in travel publishing, working in-house for Frommer’s and Fodor’s in New York and Rough Guides in London. I did everything from copy-editing and British-to-American translating to line editing and project developing. I was the first series editor for the Paris-based Gault-Millau restaurant guides at Frommer’s, and oversaw the creation of the Wall Street Journal Guides to Business Travel at Fodor’s.

Since moving to Tucson, I’ve written five travel guides (including Arizona for Dummies), one dog guide (Am I Boring My Dog: And 99 Other Things Your Dog Would Like You to Know), and one memoir (Getting Naked for Money: An Accidental Travel Writer Reveals All). My articles on subjects ranging from going undercover (and uncovered) at a nudist resort to a rare deli speciality called rolled beef have been published in a wide range of national newspapers and magazines. But writing is tough, especially when you're trying to make it look easy. I enjoy nurturing other people's efforts—or whipping them into shape, if you're into that. My numerous freelance editing projects have included guidebooks, cookbooks, short stories, novels, websites… you name it. My clients have ranged from well known literary authors to a local public relations firm, and my services include everything from line editing to manuscript evaluation and coaching.