Copy-Editing
Copy-Writing
Upon request, I can provide a watermarked sample of an edited piece.
Shipherd’s Record, Olivet College
I have been working with Olivet College for the past three years on their alumni magazine/annual report, Shipherd’s Record. The kind of editing I focus on depends on when I am contacted to edit the magazine (before formatting into a magazine versus post and in final form). Most of the editing is copy-editing, including grammatical errors and typos, while ensuring the piece adheres to the AP Style Guide and Olivet College’s style guide. If I receive the individual articles/features before they are formatted, it is more important to pay attention to story development as well in addition to the regular copy-editing. When the magazine is already formatted, I edit them in Adobe Reader with their highlight and comment tools (as requested). To read these issues of Shipherd’s Record, click here. Upon request, I can provide a sample excerpt of their magazine edited in adobe reader.
Olivet College Marketing Materials
While working with Olivet College, I have also edited other marketing materials. Similar to when editing Shipherd’s Record, most of the editing is copy-editing, including grammatical errors and typos, while ensuring the piece adheres to the AP Style Guide and Olivet College’s style guide. These are normally already assembled as a pdf, so I use Adobe to edit them.
Specialty Editing
Dissertations & Handbooks
Dissertations: I have edited numerous dissertations and theses. Most of these have been related to the nursing field and the engineering field, but I also have experience with dissertations and theses in other fields. This necessitates having a good communicative relationship, having an understanding of the over dissertation project, noting field-specific words/acronyms, and editing for consistency in voice, word/acronym usage, and grammar/typos throughout. Upon request, I can provide a watermarked sample of an edited dissertation.
Handbooks: While I was the Academic Editor at the Michigan State University College of Nursing, I worked with a faculty member (current Assistant Professor) and the Dean of the College to collect all of the policies in the college (different committees, undergrad & grad programs, etc.) for the creation of a Faculty Handbook. Once they were collected, I had two responsibilities: make a combined version and make an easily accessible electronic version on the College’s network. For the combined version, I created a format, approved by the Dean, and added each policy into this format; it was collectively edited for formatting and any grammatical issues. I made a uniform format for the individual policies and edited them all. For the individual policies, I organized them into a folder system on the College-only network system so they could be found and accessed in the same order as the Table of Contents lists for the combined version. I was also responsible for editing and updating the Ph.D. handbooks.
Novels by Roxanne Rue
I edited the first two novels in author Roxanne Rue’s romance series, Like a Demon. Most of the editing I did was copy-editing, including grammatical errors and typos; however, I also edited for word use and language consistency and ensured there were no unresolved plot points. Microsoft Word was used with track changes and comments enabled on the document. This book is available for purchase through the author’s website, accessible by clicking here.
Novels by Ophelia Crane
I have been repeatedly commissioned to edit novel manuscripts by author Ophelia Crane before going to print. Most of the editing I did was copy-editing, including grammatical errors and typos; however, I also edited for word use and language consistency while ensuring the manuscript has no cliffhangers or unresolved plot points. Microsoft Word was used with track changes and comments enabled on the document. Books written by this author that I have edited include The Pride Sacrifice, Moral Compass, and Three A.M. This book is available for purchase through the author’s website, accessible by clicking here. Upon request, I can provide a watermarked sample of an excerpt of one of the novels by Ophelia Crane.
Grant Proposals
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