Polly Zetterberg

Polly Zetterberg – Editor

I am a trained copy and developmental editor; food, cookbooks, memoirs, mysteries, and websites. Helping writers-my ultimate goal.

Overview

I love playing with words to help the author's writing capture the reader. I am an enthusiastic and deliberate developmental and copy editor with:
• beta-reading experience with Goodreads
• copy editing and reference checking experience with an established publishing company
• a current project in website development and content copy editing
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Some comments from previous projects-
“I was blown away by Polly’s work on my cookbook. She understands recipe construction, which not every editor does. She's brilliant, fun to work with, and extremely knowledgeable. Thank you Polly. I’m looking forward to setting you to work on my next cookbook.”
14 Days 14 Pounds - Low-carb Daily Plan, Kathleane C. O’Leary, published

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"Direct, but not ruthless." Thanks Jack Kardiac for these pointed and positive words.
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"Thank you, Polly, once again for being such a gracious reader and sharing your honest thoughts with me. Your perspective on quite a few scenes will help me in giving my book a better shape."
Shirley Simon, Sinister Ties, manuscript
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"Polly recently beta read my autobiographical novel for me. She gave me excellent feedback on both what was good and where I could improve my manuscript. She commented on the characters, plot, and pacing. She was specific in her commentary and in her suggestions. She is kind, professional, responsive, and even just a cursory glance at her comments has proved extremely helpful. I highly recommend her."
Dienekes, Stars Gleaming Darkly, manuscript
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Polly,
"Wow!
You did so much more than I was expecting and I will be implementing your suggestions and corrections.
I am so very grateful.
I was not thinking about several stories for a book. Not sure why I wrote Awki.
I have a couple of Novel's in progress but am months away from having them ready to be read.
When they are ready, it it's OK with you, I will touch base with you.
Thanks again for taking the time to read/edit Awki."
Carlos Barreda, 2017, manuscript
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits Design DIY & Crafts Home & Garden Inspirational
Fiction
Literary Fiction Mystery & Crime
Languages
English (US)
Certifications
  • University of Washington Prof. and Continuing Education Certificate in Editing
  • Editcetra Certificate in Cookbook and Food-related writing
  • Author-Editor Clinic; Introduction to Developmental Editing

Work experience

Self-employed

Jun, 2015 — Present

I provide copy editing and developmental editing services to writers and authors. These skills are applied to beta-reading with developmental editing evaluations, copy editing, and content editing for the web.

Quorum Review

May, 2013 — Aug, 2014 (over 1 year)

Use of database to create, evaluate, and edit custom administrative, legally binding communications regarding human subject research studies

Projects

Stacking Marbles-A True Life

Beta read and edited this memoir of an amazing example of determination, innate intelligence, and final success.

Portfolio

Linda Schuyler Horning loved to travel, but always dreamed of keeping her family close. When her son left California to live in Nepal, she visited with Adam's father, Paul, overcoming a fear of suspension bridges to trek with them on the Annapurna Circuit. Sev... read more
How does a fourteen-year-old girl, married off just out of the eighth grade, salvage her life? With three children by age seventeen, a grade school education, and little support. Poverty and abuse were constants in her young life, she traveled that road and pr... read more
Louisiana Back Road Restaurant Recipes Cookbook, the sixth edition in the STATE BACK ROAD RESTAURANT RECIPES SERIES, is now open. From two-lane highways and interstates, to dirt roads and quaint downtowns, every road leads to delicious food when traveling the ... read more
In Squint: And 10 More Surprising Short Stories, you’ll experience: …a con-man who receives a life-changing message from God. …an angry teen shooter who makes a fatal mistake. …a carjacking victim who comes up with a permanent solution. …a guy discovers it's n... read more
Married women don’t talk much about divorce—perhaps because they’re afraid of jinxing their own marriages. Yet over half of all married couples divorce, so this reluctance to discuss the issue leaves many women unprepared for the painful eventuality. This Is D... read more
A DEBUT ESSAY COLLECTION FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN THERE - Having fought the good fight of alcohol dependency, depression, divorce, failed opportunities, and financial insecurity but often with a laugh and a song, Kaye Curren came out standing on her feet just i... read more
Human Scale Revisited
This book is what you've been waiting for, the missing piece of the low carb puzzle. This complete guide will take you through your first three weeks of low carb eating, from "What should I eat today?", to "Wow nothing in my closet fits anymore!" There are lot... read more
Who couldn't resist the lure of a treasure map and the prospect of untold riches?But, as George and Flanagan are about to discover, treasure hunting is a dangerous business. The stakes couldn't be higher as Tam McMaster, local bigwig and 'first man of Ballymag... read more

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