An error-free publication is every author's desire. An editor can help you achieve that goal. The editor's job is to ensure that the manuscript meets style standards (like the Chicago Manual of Style) and to correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation, to check facts and suggest different word usage. Further more, an editor checks for consistency and logic, and reads with the needs of the audience
in mind. Simply said, an editor acts as the author's second pair of eyes and helps you clarify, re-organize, re-phrase, fine-tune, and polish your manuscript to make it shine. As a book author myself I understand and value the author's voice and know the importance of a clean manuscript. Thus, my goal as an editor is to help authors produce engaging, entertaining, and fluid fiction manuscripts by offering quality work and a timely turnaround without undermining and/or changing the author's style. I use my love for the world of words, my eye for grammar, spelling, structure, and consistency, as well as my extensive reading habits to help authors polish their work and make it shine like the gem it deserves to be. Education/Experience
MA in Literature and Linguistics with a focus on Semantics and Syntax, 2007
Courses in Copyediting, Proofreading, and Structural Editing (Professional Editing Extension Certificate), 2014
I have worked with authors of contemporary fiction, adult fiction, and YA fiction, as well as BA and MA students in English Literature and Creative Writing (thesis work, papers, essays.) Skills/Specialization
Copyediting
Structural Editing
Extensive Editing
Proofreading
Creative Writing
Fiction (focus on general/contemporary fiction, romance, adult fiction, supernatural fiction, YA fiction)
