Overview
Recent notable projects have included
-Stacey Abrams's Our Time Is Now (proofread)
-MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan's Win Every Argument (proofread)
-Give Me Liberty! (Seventh Brief Edition), the #1 US history textbook (copyedit)
I'd be enthusiastic to take on fiction projects as well. I have degrees in English and French literature and have extensive knowledge of contemporary and classic literary fiction.
Services
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Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- NYU Fundamentals of Copyediting and Proofreading Books
Work experience
Self-employed
• Develop manuscript and copy in close collaboration with authors
• Copyedit and proofread
• Developed storyboards for interactive figures--including mini experiments, a 3D interactive brain, dynamic graphs and maps, and surveys--in a groundbreaking digital-first introductory psychology online textbook; worked with authors and developers to standardize content level, user experience, and functionality
• Evaluated instructor reviews of interactive figures; submitted revisions of alpha, beta, and gold builds
• Wrote and revised adaptive quiz and review questions and feedback for the previously mentioned introductory psychology text
W. W. Norton & Company
• Established strategy for and managed creation of all digital products on the college psychology list, including adaptive quizzes, interactive figures, videos, online labs, ebooks, and numerous instructor resources ranging from test banks to PowerPoints
• Line edited copy in the aforementioned products
• Collaborated closely with print editors and marketing manager to ensure alignment of digital products with textbook content and market research
• Communicated project goals and requirements to production managers, project editors, permissions managers, IT, in-house developers and designers, and department directors
• Wrote marketing copy for all digital products
• Supervised associate media editor and assistant media editor
W. W. Norton & Company
• Oversaw development of and research for primary source features, maps, photos, line art, captions, timelines, glossaries, and chapter review materials for market-leading college textbooks
• Edited titles in role-playing game series: evaluated proposals for new titles, acquired games, developed manuscript with authors, oversaw production, and wrote marketing copy
• Managed authors and contributors
• Corrected galleys and proofs
W. W. Norton & Company
• Managed authors and contributors
• Composed questionnaires for and coordinated manuscript and textbook reviews
• Corrected galleys and proofs
• Hired, trained, and supervised editorial interns
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