My copy editing service includes two read-throughs of your work, with a thorough, line-by-line check for misspelled words, incorrect words, grammatical errors, missing or incorrect punctuation, extra spaces (or not enough spacing), and consistency.
I’m comfortable with AP Style and Chicago Style, as well as working with in-house style guides. I’ll check with you on your style preferences—parentheses or em dashes? And how do you feel about the Oxford comma? And I’ll make sure these things are consistent throughout the work.
I edit in Microsoft Word, with comments and track changes showing in red on the right-hand side of the page. The document should be formatted in 12 pt. type, 1.5-spaced to help the editing process go faster. Most small editing projects can be turned around quickly. Manuscripts/novels typically require a three-to-four-week turnaround.
If proofreading is what you’re looking for, I’m available for those projects as well. Typically, a proofreader comes in last — after the first draft of your copy has been edited and re-written, and just before publication — to do one last check for typos. Proofreading projects usually have a quick turnaround time, depending on the amount of copy involved.
Current and past editing/proofreading clients include
Peachtree Corners Magazine (managing editor)
Southwest Gwinnett magazine (managing editor)
THE CREEK – a Johns Creek magazine (managing editor)
Shen Evans (Health Communications)
International Association of National Health Institutes (IANPHI)
Morgan James (author)
Cappy Hall Rearick (author)
Susan Horne (author)