"Professional editing is most noticeable when it’s absent."

Editing Services

You write it – I edit it.

Are you an academic with a monograph or paper that needs editing before submission to a publisher? A graduate student struggling with a thesis or dissertation? A business leader with a looming report deadline? I can help invigorate your writing for your specific audience. I will work with you to structure your writing, polish your style, and leave a mark on your world with words.

Cleaning up grammatical errors, misspellings, punctuation misuses, and incorrect or awkward word choices are critical elements of editing. More subtle aspects include identifying and suggesting alternatives for awkward wording, ambiguous phrasing, biases, inappropriate tone or style, lack of flow, internal contradictions, and wordiness. After sweating over multiple drafts, even the best of writers can lose perspective and objectivity. Professional, trained eyes connected to a mind attuned to the nuances of language are always worth the investment.

For client comments on my work, please go to Client Comments (What My Clients Say).

For information about my editing background, please see my resume.

Editing Content & Levels

While I will edit most genres on almost any topic, my specialty is academic documents, including theses and dissertations, papers for refereed journals, and book manuscripts. I will tailor my services to your needs, editing your manuscript on any of the following levels:

  • substantive editing
  • structural editing    
  • stylistic editing     
  • copy editing     
  • proofreading


For definitions of these terms, please go to Editorial Process (Defining Editorial Tasks).

I work with writers in a variety of genres:

  • academic monographs, anthologies, and papers
  • theses and dissertations
  • newsletters and brochures
  • memoirs and other non-fiction books, articles, essays
  • editorials, op-eds, magazine articles
  • press releases
  • environmental impact assessments
  • annual reports
  • funding proposals

Rates

The speed of editing can range widely, depending on such factors as the length, complexity, and quality of the manuscript. Before proceeding with a project, therefore, I provide the client with an accurate estimate based on an assessment of the document.

In a rush? If I can fit it in, I’ll work to a rush deadline at a higher rate.