Services
With experience in both scholarly and trade nonfiction in a variety of subjects, particularly in the humanities, I can tackle even the most complicated manuscript. My work history includes large projects, multiauthor works, and custom in-house styles. I particularly enjoy editing works that involve foreign languages or heavy research. Other fields of interests include textbooks, cookbooks, and travel guides. I am looking for more experience in science and medicine.
Type of material: nonfiction trade; academic and scholarly monographs, articles, and reference works; textbooks and educational materials; Web site content; cookbooks.
Subjects: all humanities, but particularly history, international affairs, politics, literature and poetry, mythology and folklore, anthropology, film/cultural studies, travel writing, religion and spirituality, philosophy. Also, popular/layperson science and medicine.
Styles: Chicago Manual of Style, Modern Library Association, American Medical Association, any in-house style.
$25.00–$60.00 per hour, depending on level of copyedit (extent of editing, difficulty, research involved). Composition work also available. Rates negotiable on a per-page (manuscript) or per-project basis.
Need keen, fresh eyes to find mistakes, typos, and flaws in your project right before it goes to the printer? Sometimes the errors just jump out of the page, but others require a great deal more attention and know-how. This is where I come in. Let me be the final quality-control hurdle for your manuscript before it goes to print. With a wide variety of experience and expertise, I can even proofread electronically, so you don't have to spend time and money sending page proofs.
$15.00–$20.00 per hour. Rates negotiable on a per-page or a per-project basis.
The best indexes should be easy-to-use, comprehensive, and reliable, but many professional indexers rely too much on computer programs to do the work for them. While computers are useful for the grunt work of an index, sometimes they just miss the mark. I offer traditional, back-of-the-book indexes the way they were traditionally made—with the human mind organizing the information and then presenting that information in an efficient yet intuitive way.
$2.50–$4.50 per indexable page. Rates negotiable on a per-project basis.
Are you a fiction writer starting a book that requires historical accuracy? An editor who has received a manuscript without citations? Perhaps you have a great idea, but just don't know where to start! I have extensive experience in archival research in both the United States and abroad, but my skills extend beyond dusty archives and moldy libraries. I am also adept at finding reliable, peer-reviewed sources online. Services offered include preparatory research, fact checking, checking references, compiling bibliographies, and conducting archival/primary source research.
Rates negotiable on an hourly or per-project basis. Expenses might be charged especially if research requires travel.
The next step is to put all that research on the page, but it can be incredibly difficult to present all that information in a clear, organized manner. I can help you here too! From promotional copy to complete manuscripts, I have the skills and the sensibility to write for all audiences.
Rates negotiable on a per-word or on a per-project basis.