Experienced children's book editor with more than one hundred titles in my portfolio. Master of Arts in Publishing. Voracious reader.
-Monitor, track, traffic, and troubleshoot manuscripts and associated materials, and coordinate with editors, peer reviewers, and customer contacts to ensure smooth flow through the peer review process
- Contact author/editorial office for missing elements or substandard materials
- Work with copyediting team to prioritize assignments and review copyediting by freelancers, resolve queries, and provide feedback as necessary
- In-house copyediting: edit manuscript per specific journal style; resolve editing and art queries with author and editor
- Review incoming advertising materials and resolve queries/problems
- Track materials at article and issue stages with Production Assistant support as needed; maintain pertinent internal and customer databases
- Prepare electronic files and associated materials for composition and/or imaging
- Perform pre-compile and compile duties; review author and editor corrections and revised art; clarify instructions for composition and scanning; maintain updates of issue standing matter
- Check offshore partners’ products for compliance with journal style and specifications; review article and issue revisions; review/QC image, cover, and ad proofs as required; resolve basic quality concerns
- Correspond with authors, customer, offshore partner, manufacturer, online provider(s), etc, regarding schedules, special instructions, and job status
- Verify final files and complete issue release processes for print and online products
- Maintain procedural documentation and contribute to ongoing workflow refinements
- Provide production support to account team lead
- Pursue full-service workflow knowledge and responsibilities with support from team lead/Group Leader
• Promoted from copy editor to production editor in 2018
• Promoted from production editor to lead children’s editor in 2020
• Wrote frontlist and backlist book blurbs to be used for promotional purposes
• Edited manuscripts for flow, consistency, content, and style
• Maintained publishing guidelines for Schiffer Kids book lines, and occasionally paranormal and the REDFeather body/mind/spirit imprint
• Formatted manuscripts into typeset galley format and prepared them for the design team
• Understood goals and purposes of each title and made sure the project met vision and goal
• Reviewed manuscripts to make sure all parts and pieces were present
• Liaising with authors to send galleys and address issues and questions
• Input author and copy editor corrections
• Coordinated production schedules for 50+ books a year across all departments
Albon, Lucie
Robbins, Karen S., James, J.
Laurie Cohen, Toni Demuro
Remmel, Victoria
Baptist Cornabas, Antoine Corbineau
Waites, Joan
Rose, Megan, Lemke, Carolynn
Vives, Mélanie, Prieur, Rémi, Gunto, El
Ghigna, Charles, East, Jacqueline
Wray, Brian, Penfield, Shiloh
Pryor, Katherine, Peterson, Ellie
Sarano, Veronique, Bosenberg, Anine, Loris F., Alessandria
Regwan, Sol, Muzzio, Denise
Giroux, Benjamin, MacLean, Roz
Daecher, Hillary, Hohenadel, Angie
Vives, Mélanie, Prieur, Rémi, Gunto, El
Novich, Susan S.
Vives, Mélanie, Prieur, Rémi, Gunto, El
Bimba Landmann
Noé Carlain, Ronan Badel
aprilkind, van den Speulhof, Barbara, Pricken, Stephan
Peres, Michael, Cost, Patricia
Young, Timothy
Deborah Guarino, Seth Hippen
Ouyessad, Myriam, Badel, Ronan
Albon, Lucie, Elan Vert
Laurie, Christina, Moisan, Elizabeth
Ehrhard, Dominique
Carosia, Ed
Marsden, Ian David, Hamlisch, Marvin, Gardner, Gerald
Klickstein, Mathew, Bracco, Michael S.
Miran Kocmur, May 2022
Jennifer Niles, May 2022
Ellison Edmond Everett, April 2022
Vikki Franklin, April 2022
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A freelance editor who specializes in YA--across a variety of genres. My passion is to help authors get closer to their dreams.
Menifee, CA, USA
Copy editor/proofreader expert at polishing manuscripts and pages for submission and publication. My clients include Scholastic and Penguin.
Naugatuck, CT, USA