With a true love for the written word and an equal passion to make the world more literate, I’ve decided that retirement was fun, but working is better. If you’re in need of a good editor — content editing, line editing, and proofreading/copy editing — I’m the woman for you.
I got my start in this line of work back in college, staffing the copy desk for The Pitt News, the student-run newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, I spent five years working for a New Jersey-based textbook publisher and for individual writers. Along the way, I earned a BA in English Writing (journalism, PR, and fiction) from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Bowling Green State University.
My rates are low:
Content editing: $.009 (or, $2.25 per 250 words)
Line editing: $.006 (or, $1.50 per 250 words)
Proofreading/copy editing: $.003 (or, $.75 per 250 words)
I don’t merely seek to correct your work. I seek to teach you how to avoid making common mistakes once our partnership is done.
I expect payment up front, and always encourage a five-page sample before we agree to work together.
Other things you ought to know:
1. I work in Microsoft Word, using Track Changes
2. I use the Chicago Manual of Style and Webster’s dictionary (online) as my primary sources. If either of those fail me in style usage, I go to the AP Style Handbook. Feel free to submit your own style sheet.
3. I work in any genre for line editing and proofreading. If you’d like a content editor, my strengths are in commercial fiction and any romantic arc — romance, romantic suspense, SciFi romance.
4. I prefer to avoid anything that preaches religion, other than the religions of ice hockey and cats.
Contact me for further details, to ask questions, and to book a spot on my calendar.
Looking for other editors, for whatever reason? Check out my list. I hope it goes without saying that if you’re an editor, too, and would like to be included here, drop me a line.
