Freelance Editorial Services
I've always loved this wisdom from Ursula K. LeGuin: "A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it." The same is true of a good editor. It's a privilege and a joy to work with words, and to help writers find the perfect ones to tell their stories.
I have over a decade of in-house experience working as a production editor, copy editor, and developmental editor at major trade and educational publishing houses in New York City, including McGraw-Hill Education, Penguin Random House, and Disney Publishing Worldwide. As a freelancer, I've copyedited, proofread, fact-checked, researched, and Americanized projects for:
- Penguin Random House
- Scholastic
- Abrams
- Audible (Amazon)
- Peachtree Publishing
- DK
- Egmont USA
- Adaptive Books
- Weldon Owen Publishing
- Page Street Publishing
- Relay GSE
I also regularly contribute short fiction for Scholastic classroom magazines. My nonfiction writing has appeared in teen and business magazines.
With both an author's and editor's background, I have a deep knowledge of language, grammar, and style--and great respect for preserving an author's voice. (In fact, I wrote my master's thesis on authorial intention because I was so fascinated by the unique challenges present in the working relationship between writer and editor.)
My education and language background:
- MA in Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center/City University of New York, NYC
- BA in Psychology and Spanish, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- Reading fluency in Spanish; familiarity with Latin and German
My editing experience includes:
- Trade books, including: picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels and nonfiction, YA novels, audiobooks, professional titles, calendars, and general interest nonfiction
- Textbooks: basal K-6 reading textbooks and ancillary materials, high school literature anthologies, college and professional textbooks
- Institutional and corporate communications: Handbooks, program guides, legal documents, websites and intranets
- Copyediting to ensure clarity, continuity, sensitivity, and the quality of grammar/style/spelling
- Proofreading to check changes and corrections, and cold-reading for typos and Americanization issues
- Reviewing interior art, jackets, covers, and promotional materials
- Creating and maintaining house and series style guides
- Fact-checking fiction and nonfiction
- Writing instructional and student-facing content for educational materials
- Drafting, editing, and reviewing website copy and internal corporate communications
My negotiable rates depend on the scope of the project. I'm happy to provide references upon request.