Overview
I have been in production since the start of my career in publishing, and as part of my production-editing role I've worked with freelance copy editors and proofreaders to help hone their skills. I'm excellent at managing projects and sticking to deadlines.My specialty is editing and proofreading social science texts, but I have also enjoyed collaborating on developmental editing of memoirs. Having a connection with a manuscript is important to me, and I treat it the same as an author would—I want the finished product to be something we're both proud of.People tell me I can spot a typo or incorrect punctuation from across the room!Praise from coauthors Michael Tobias and Jane Morrison:"Thank YOU for adroitly and expeditiously leaping into the fray with such an acute attention to detail. We are very very grateful and hope there will be an occasion to collaborate in the future."Praise from author Matthew Lippman:"You are an unparalleled professional. I am always confident that my books will be produced with exacting care and concern when you are supervising the process. Thank you for all you do for me. I look forward to hopefully having the opportunity to work with you once again."Praise from author Cynthia Frisby:"I am so excited to see and hold the book in my hands. Thank you for all your work. I look forward to working with you again…. Not sure if I can request a specific copy editor, but if I am able to, you can be rest assured, you are the first on my list." Praise from author Amy Reynolds:"this is hands-down the best-looking, best-designed and cleanest edition yet. Thanks so much, Tracy, to you and your team for all of your wonderful work. I really appreciate your collaboration and your efforts on our behalf!!"
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Education & Reference
Political Science & Current Affairs
Psychology
Sociology
Languages
English (US)
Awards
- Best New Reference of the Year (2010)
- Breakthrough Book of 2018
Work experience
TLK Editing Services
Oct, 2016 —
Present
I have been copyediting and producing books for academic publishers in a freelance capacity in addition to my full-time production job.
SAGE Publishing / CQ Press
Feb, 2004 —
Present
I started out as a production editor and worked my way up to production manager for social science college and graduate-level textbooks. I enjoyed the production work too much to give it up for more management-focused responsibilities, so I stepped down in order to keep production as my focus. As a senior production editor, I manage manuscripts in the areas of sociology, psychology, political science, communications, criminology, and management — from copyediting to typesetting to proofreading to indexing, and then to press. I work closely with authors and freelancers, in addition to the in-house editorial, marketing, and design teams. I love what I do!
Petersen Publishing
May, 1997 —
May, 1998
(about 1 year)
Copyediting of car-related trade magazines
Forester Communications
Aug, 1994 —
Feb, 2004
(over 9 years)
Over the course of 10 years, I did production, mockup, and editing of various trade journals and books and worked closely with the in-house graphic designers and the prepress team. I hired and supervised production and copy editors.
Portfolio
It is sometimes difficult to remember that in war there are innocents on all sides who suffer. German citizens who had no connection to the atrocities committed by their countrymen nonetheless endured great hardships because of them. In The Inner War, author G... read more
In Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, David Newman shows students how to see the “unfamiliar in the familiar”—to step back and see organization and predictability in their personal experiences. With his approachable writing style and livel... read more
Simply stated, geography studies the locations of things and the explanations that underlie spatial distributions. Profound forces at work throughout the world have made geographical knowledge increasingly important for understanding numerous human dilemmas an... read more
Wake up your introductory sociology classes! Sociology in Action helps your students learn sociology by doing sociology. Sociology in Action will inspire your students to do sociology through real-world activities designed to ignite their sociological imaginat... read more
Nostra Aetate is the shortest of the sixteen documents promulgated by the Second Vatican Council. It is just five sections long. But the impact of those five paragraphs over the last five decades has been extraordinary. Fifty years after the promulgation of No... read more
Dr. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are world-renowned ecological philosophers and activists, interdisciplinary social and environmental scientists and broad-ranging, deeply committed humanists. This collection of fifty essays and interviews comp... read more
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