With a background in journalism, publishing, art and non-profits and a decade of experience working as a copy editor with periodicals like Halifax’s The Coast, Visual Arts News magazine, Broken Pencil magazine and The Baltic Times newspaper, I’m experienced in editing for many specialized and general audiences. I’ve edited web and B2B content with several marketing agencies and edited comics, literary and non-fiction texts, travel literature, business and academic writing for small press and private clients. I’m also a graphic novelist.
I’ll work with you to ensure that your writing reaches the audience you need to reach and is clear, concise, and free of errors in spelling, grammar and consistency. I’ve worked in Canada and Europe, and for clients internationally. Whether you’re a novelist or a business manager, we’ll bring together the key elements of your story to craft text that stays with your audience.
I’m committed to socially conscious editing that considers inclusion, diverse readers, and awareness of language around gender, race, ability, and other factors.
I am experienced in working with Canadian, American, British and international English, and with CP, Chicago and MLA styles. With experience in both verbal and visual communications, I’ll help you make your work accessible and target your message to the people who matter to you.
Services:
• Copy Editing: Editing for grammar, spelling, style and consistency on texts nearly ready for publication
• Proofreading: For previously edited documents, checking for minor typographical, mechanical and formatting errors before your document goes to print
• Substantive Editing: In-depth editing for manuscripts, reports, articles, web copy, press releases and other documents, tackling larger issues with the text like organization, pacing, characterization, and voice
• Manuscript Evaluation: Assessment of book and comic manuscripts with a detailed editorial letter provided outlining a text’s strengths and areas for improvement.
• Comic and Graphic Novel Editing: Substantive editing for comic manuscripts or comic scripts, copy editing of completed manuscripts for publishers and self-publishers
Areas of Expertise: Arts, non-fiction (from news to full-length texts), comics and graphic novels, children’s fiction and non-fiction, history, business writing (B2B and B2C marketing, web copy, reports, proposals and other business texts), non-profit and NGO writing (press releases, reports, web copy)