Overview

You've researched your manuscript within an inch of its life. It's full of detail and maybe even footnotes. You want someone to make sure it makes sense, to help you smooth out the prose, to assist in translating your academic ideas and pet passions for mainstream readers. These are the best kinds of quests.

I've been a freelance writer and editor since 2006, with articles in the New York Times, Popular Science, How Stuff Works, Mental Floss, and many more. I specialize in automotive, technology, and science topics in my writing and editing, and the nonfiction aspects of fiction, like you'll find in historical novels.

As an editor, I enjoy digging into the details you've unearthed in your research and polishing the prose so it shines like a gem that anyone -- including lay readers -- can appreciate. Nonfiction authors who have an academic background but want to write for a more general audience make for fascinating collaborators. Fiction authors who have followed a historical thread as far as it leads them and knit a novel from it fascinate me. My job as editor is to make your project the coherent, convincing book you imagined writing on day one.

I have experience with all levels of editorial guidance, from giving high-level feedback on early drafts all the way through final proofreading. I also ghostwrite and fact check projects that need bolstering in those areas. My goal at every step is to give you enough confidence in your work to release it into the world without worry or regret. Though I do my best to honor your style and offer precise corrections, I always expect pushback from my authors -- I've certainly done it to my own editors. It's your project, and you always have control over the final product.

If you've got a project that needs polish, maybe we could work together. I'm often booked about a month in advance, so contact me as you're wrapping up your latest round of revisions to see if we might make a great team.

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The Misdiagnosed Child: Answers about child anxiety, ADD, ADHD, OCD, and more from a mother who's been there

Beverly Butler

Discover how to help your child get better from ADD/ADHD, anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder. "The Misdiagnosed Child" has the answers you seek!What do you do when you don't know what to do? Whether your child is suffering from ADD/ADHD,obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, or any other neurobehavioral problem, you just want answers and you want them now. That's how author Beverly Butl... read more

Discover how to help your child get better from ADD/ADHD, anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder. "The Misdiagnosed Child" has the answers you seek!What do you do when you don't know what to do? Whether your child is suffering from ADD/ADHD,obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, or any other neurobehavioral problem, you just want answers and you want them now. That's how author Beverly Butl... read more

Parentheses: A memoir of my life before, during and after my death

Fredrick Swan

Two days before he would die from a cardiac arrest and be resuscitated following a routine medical procedure, Fred Swan wrote a skeptical prayer in a journal. Discouraged and depressed he asked the Universe that he might wake from his upcoming procedure a “changed man, a man with a differing view” of his life. In the days ahead, a physician cautioned his family, “Before we start worrying about... read more

Two days before he would die from a cardiac arrest and be resuscitated following a routine medical procedure, Fred Swan wrote a skeptical prayer in a journal. Discouraged and depressed he asked the Universe that he might wake from his upcoming procedure a “changed man, a man with a differing view” of his life. In the days ahead, a physician cautioned his family, “Before we start worrying about... read more