Professional/Personal Overview
I'm a copy editor who makes even cranky writers happy. As a widely published writer, I've been edited enough to be sensitive to what to fix and when to step back, how to query without ruffling feathers, and the difference between fixing an author's words and changing his or her voice. I have edited fiction and nonfiction books, and the production editor with whom I work most often frequently hears from authors who are very happy with my work. I am certainly open to writing assignments as well, but look forward to more copy editing work to because I enjoy it and it gives my writing muscles a rest.
Work Info
Expertise
Book Author
12 Years
Copy Editor
23 Years
Writer
27 Years
Specialty
Fiction
4 Years
Health
23 Years
Travel
23 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
30 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Psychology Today (11+), Dallas Morning News (11+), St. Martin's Press (6-10), AOL Travel (new site) (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Praesidium Inc. (11+)
Other Work History
Former writer/editor with The Dallas Morning News
Computer Skills
Word, Windows 7
References
Provided on request
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(AOL Travel , 3/7/2013)
An article and slideshow about interesting architecture in Cleveland, Ohio
(Wells Fargo Conversations , 5/27/2012)
An article introducing well-heeled investors to photography as an art form to collect.
(GradPSYCH (APA) , 11/1/2011)
An article about self-promotion aimed at graduate students in psychology.
(World Hum , 7/16/2010)
A narrated slideshow recounting the Greyhound bus trips that made me a travel writer.
(Spirit , 5/1/2009)
In the Facebook era, our past is just a few clicks away. This article looks at the benefits (and some risks) of nostalgia.