Overview
As a copy editor and proofreader, my approach is to offer you a new way of seeing your writing and bring it to its fullest potential. With a comprehensive copy edit, I can help you arrive at your most resonant work! My aim is to assist you in uncovering what has not yet reached the page, so that your manuscript aligns more clearly with your vision. My precise and accurate proofreading offers your manuscript that final, and necessary, polish and precision. If you work with me, you can expect kind, supportive, and clear communication along with highly detailed and comprehensive feedback.
In addition to nearly two decades of freelance editing, I also have extensive experience teaching writing. For over a decade, I’ve taught composition, literature, and creative writing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level at multiple universities. What this experience has provided for me as an editor are the skills to work with multiple genres and expertise in helping diverse writers find and maintain their unique voices. I also served as the Associate Editor for the Denver Quarterly, which provided me with the insights to help writers who are interested in submitting work to literary journals.
I am the author of two novels, The Ladies (winner of the 2016 Noemi Press Book Award for Fiction) and The Mayflies (Dzanc 2014), and the poetry chapbook Another Random Heart (Letter Machine 2009).
I earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Denver.
Services
Non-Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Noemi Press Book Award for Fiction
Certifications
- PhD, Creative Writing & Literature
- MFA, Creative Writing
Work experience
Self-employed
• Provide a thorough review of your text for accuracy and quality, following style guide (Chicago, MLA, or APA), house style, and Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
• Revise and/or supply suggestions to revise imprecise word choices, sentences, and paragraphs, and check the logical sequence of argument and/or descriptions, ensuring that main points emerge clearly
• Query information that seems to be missing in the text and fact-check all proper names, places, titles, etc. mentioned, ensure all formatting is consistent throughout, and create a project style sheet
Self-employed
• Following style guide (Chicago, MLA, or APA), house style, the project style sheet, and Merriam-Webster Dictionary, I ensure all typographical, grammatical, spelling, punctuation, syntax, formatting, and other such errors are eliminated.
• Provide a thorough proofread and mark all errors, including figures, and check that chapter titles are consistent between table of contents, chapter opening pages, running headers and footers, and chapter titles in Notes.
• Mark all word stacks, widows, orphans, and runts, check any special design elements for consistency throughout text, and scrutinize Notes and Bibliography sections making sure all citations are correctly formatted.
Various Universities
• Created graduate and undergraduate course materials and developed writing assignments, discussion topics, lectures, and presentations in composition, creative writing, and literature.
• Facilitated group discussions, encouraging students to explore, investigate, and challenge class concepts to increase understanding and aid in their class writing and essays.
• Provided highly detailed feedback on student writing on areas in need of improvement and offered additional learning resources.
Denver Quarterly
• Led and managed multiple journal issues from initial planning to launch.
• Reviewed and evaluated solicited and unsolicited submissions.
• Communicated directly with writers to collaboratively assess work and guide editorial improvements.
• Determined readiness of written pieces, made changes, proofread, and approved final versions for publication.
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