Overview
As a seasoned nonfiction editor, I develop, edit, and adapt content according to the needs of project, audience, style, and brand. I offer developmental editing, line/substantive editing, and copy editing, but my superpower is crafting a piece of writing to make it the best version of itself, to draw out exactly what’s intended for just the audience who needs it. I’m passionate about telling good stories and helping readers find guidance and meaning in their lives.
I work in Christianity/spirituality, family/parenting, self-help/wellness, popular culture, social history, and young adult/juvenile audiences.
Contact me for your spiritual devotionals, your tips for successful stepparenting, your gratitude journals, your takes on cultural trends. Let’s tell the world what you’re passionate about.
Whether I’m doing a line edit on a book about parenting twins or adapting content for a high school reference source on 1960s counterculture, I untangle thorny problems in everything from sentence structure to big-picture approach.
And as we collaborate, I'll help you keep your text focused and targeted while preserving your unique vision and voice.
Let’s tell your story.
Services
Non-Fiction
Work experience
Callisto Media
• Completed developmental and substantive/line edits, collaborating with authors to deliver comprehensive coverage, logical organization, clarity, accuracy, and desired tone.
• Ensured complex concepts were conveyed succinctly and accessibly for a wide audience; improved diversity and representation within content.
Operando
• Managed editorial team for international Christian nonprofit. Developed and edited web articles to cultivate accessible, inspirational content for target audience.
BookComp
• Cultivate targeted reading levels for professional, university, and high school audiences.
• Scrutinize text for grammar, punctuation, spelling, usage, accuracy, clarity, authority, flow, and style while preserving author’s voice and intent.
Portfolio
Mariah has 6 reviews
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Daniel D.
Apr, 2024
Ayo S.
Mar, 2024
Carol L.
Jan, 2024
Dado K.
Oct, 2023
Laurin A.
Aug, 2023
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