Polish and clarity
I ensure a professional polish for your written work — whether that’s an academic paper, a business website, or a high-quality index for your book.
I believe good editing is invisible. I smooth out any pesky wording or formatting obstacles so that your readers’ focus stays on your own work. And I do that with friendly tact — I am a Minnesotan, after all!
Services
FOR ACADEMICS
My background is in scholarly publishing, so I’m right at home with preparing article or book manuscripts for publication, plus theses, dissertations, and lectures.
In addition to editing the text itself, I can format your manuscript to meet the requirements of a particular journal or publisher, or create supplementary materials like indexes or lists of illustrations.
FOR BUSINESSES and nonprofits
I’m a business owner myself, and I know the value of having a clear, consistent message across all your written materials.
I can proofread website content, newsletters, reports, or whatever tool you’ve chosen to get your message out to customers or stakeholders.
for publishers
If you’re looking to outsource an index (or provide a recommendation to an author), I’d love to help.
I can prepare subject indexes, author indexes, or specialized indexes such as biblical references or ancient texts.
ABOUT ME
I’ve been editing since 2010, primarily copyediting and indexing for academic publications. My background includes six years of working in academia, editing and proofreading professors’ manuscripts for a variety of academic presses and journals. I also have an MA in theology. Thanks to that experience, I have particular expertise in academic publishing and a broad familiarity with the humanities and social sciences.
Areas where I have particular experience include Eastern Orthodoxy, biblical studies, the Catholic Church and Catholic theology/spirituality, and Russian/Slavic history.