Copy Writing

I will draft content for your website, blog, newsletter, report, advertisement, or magazine. From technical to mainstream to literary, I will craft a voice that suits your format and your audience, and which will help you communicate your message in the most effective, thoughtful, and pleasing manner.

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Proofreading

I will comb through your draft manuscript for typographical, grammatical, and spelling errors, and clean up the final copy.

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​Copy Editing

I will review a next-to-final draft or proof of your newsletter, website, or other document for errors in both content and formatting.

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Content Editing

I will closely read a draft of your piece at any stage of development and work with you to help you reach your writing goals, providing suggestions on how to whittle away the unnecessary, dig deeper into the heart of the piece, and make your writing shine.

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Experience

I am a writer with a wide range—from magical realism to legislative reports—and an editor with an eye for both the forest and the trees. I have an MFA in creative writing and am a senior editor and Literary Reflections editor at Literary Mama. I am also a legal proofreader and editor, and I spent more than fifteen years writing and editing policy, technical, and professional documents, as well as press releases, newspaper columns, website content, and educational materials. I have worked with clients on crafting personal essays, copy-editing anthologies, focusing book proposals, creating newsletters, and designing brochures. I help writers find the most true work inside themselves, while ensuring they maintain their unique voice and style.

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Testimonials

"We're only one email into our discussion on the essay and 95% of me wants to give you a huge high five for such constructive and thought provoking feedback -- it's really rare to find an editor who gets right to the root of an essay so quickly, and I've spent this week working through some huge writing exercises and thought processes!"

"Your careful editing has made the piece much stronger. Thank you!" 

"Thank you! Again, thanks so much for your assistance with my essay…. This has been an excellent exercise on so many different levels as an aspiring writer and I'm so grateful for your efforts." 

"Thanks again for holding my hand throughout this whole process - I'm still new this whole writing gig and I'm very grateful to have had you in place to guide me through these edits. You were really wonderful to work with and now I know why it is that authors always thank the crap out of their editors when their book gets published!" 

"I cannot thank you enough for the care you have taken in reviewing my piece. I think it is so much stronger than when you first received it." 

"[S]o grateful you nudged [this essay] out of me into its more mature form." 
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"You are great to work with -- thank you for helping polish this piece!" 

"The essay is much more focused, thanks to your good eye."

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