Miranda Dubner, Editor in Saugerties, NY, USA

Overview

I am a developmental editor with over ten years of experience working on all kinds of books, from award-winning Napoleonic history to paranormal romance and everything in between. Projects I've worked on have been published with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Avon, Berkley, Brill, Quirk Books, Inkyard Press, and Scholastic, as well as self-published by their authors. I'm always interested in working on genre fiction and YA fiction, especially romance with a paranormal or historical bent, as well as work about history.

Whatever your project, I want to help you make every sentence better. Developmental edits take many forms depending on the needs of the client and the project. I am responsive, curious, and thorough, and I want the experience of being edited to be good. My goal, no matter what, is to give you an edit that gets you excited to continue working on your book.

Please do get in touch if you'd like to work together!

Services

Developmental Editing

Fiction

Contemporary Fiction Historical Romance Paranormal Romance Young Adult Fantasy

Non-Fiction

History

Languages

English (US)

Certifications

Fundamentals of Copyediting and Proofreading Books, NYU School of Professional Studies, 2012

Work experience

Developmental Editor and Copy Editor

Self-employed

Jul, 2012 — Present

Developmental Editor for award-winning history (Who Owned Waterloo?) and award-winning historical LGBTQ romance (We Could Be So Good), as well as numerous other projects in a wide variety of genres. As a copy editor, I take on projects of all kinds.

Copy Editor and Proofreader

Renaissance Quarterly

Jan, 2024 — Present

Copy Editor and Proofreader for Renaissance Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Renaissance Society of America focusing on the global Renaissance (1300-1700). I work closely with authors to polish and refine their pieces.

Copy Editor and Proofreader

Modernism/modernity

Aug, 2022 — Jun, 2023 (11 months)

Copy-edited and proofread articles for Modernism/modernity, an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published by Johns Hopkins University Press with a focus "on the methodological, archival, and theoretical approaches particular to modernist studies."

Alumni Coordinator, National Student Poets Program

Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

Apr, 2019 — Nov, 2023 (over 4 years)

As the Program Assistant and Alumni Coordinator for the National Student Poets Program, I spent a lot of time with poetry and poets and a lot of time editing program communications.