For All Your Book-ish Word Needs:
Editing/Proofreading, Coaching, Beta Reading,
and Sensitivity Reading

When Words Matter

Freelance Developmental and Copy Editor, Proofreader, Writing Coach, and Baker

2008 - Present

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Words are in my blood, and I'm thrilled every day that I get to work with them.

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• I work with authors to make their writing the best it can be through editing, brainstorming, idea sharing, and even old-fashioned conversation

• I do the editing thing (from surface edits to in-depth edits and from "let's talk about this" to "just a proofread, please") on pretty much anything that comes my way, including:

     - Full-length books are my specialty, especially fiction and memoir

          ~ LGBTQIA+ works

     - I've also worked on:

          ~ Print newsletters

          ~ Online newsletters
          ~ Annual reports
          ~ Brochures and mailers

• I also do fact checking

• I've written back-cover marketing copy for books ("blurbing" is fun!)

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Clients have included:

• Red Line Editorial, Mendota Heights, MN (fact checking) 

• Experience Life magazine, St. Paul, MN (fact checking)

• Jeannie Entenza “Testing Social Origins Theory: An Analysis of Third Sector Organizations in Iceland”

• Monstera Publishing, St. Paul, MN

• Beaver's Pond Press, Edina, MN

• Salem Communications/Mill City Press, Orlando

• New Eastside News, Chicago 

• Award-winning author Anna D. Allen

• Poet Sara Amelia Snelling

• YouthLink MN 

• Red Fox Farms Condominiums, Nottingham, MD

• No Nuts About Us gluten-free bakery, Baltimore, MD

• Augustana Care Corporation 

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Member - ACES (The American Copy Editors Society)

Member - LGBTQIA+ Editors Association