Editing & Proofreading

Member of the Northwest Editor’s Guild and ACES: Society for Editing.

Previous Work

Spanning the last twenty years, I’ve edited and proofread a wide variety of materials. Most notably, I did ESL/EFL editing during my years living in Prague, where I did editing and proofreading of academic and business writing for non-native English speakers.

Recent Work

Representing Word One New York

Ergo, Inc.: Proofreading and editing of American Express promotional & marketing emails (content documents, image slices in AWS, spreadsheets, final design PDFs, test rounds of emails)

Spotify Wrapped 2020, 2021, and 2022*: final proofreading (promotional and in-app content)
*Spotify Wrapped proofreading begins late October
Spotify “Only You” Campaign 2021: final proofreading
Spotify blog posts: “How Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020” and “Choosing Sequential Testing Framework—Comparisons and Discussions“: technical final proofreading (part of proofreading team)

• Drawing Product Ideas: Fast and Easy UX Drawing for Anyone by Kent E. Eisenhuth and Manuel Lima (November 2022): proofreading
• Python for Security: Using Python for Cyber Offense and Defense by Howard E. Poston III (March 2022)
• Microsoft Project Fundamentals by Teresa S. Stover (February 2022)
• Navigating the Cybersecurity Career Path by Helen E. Patton (October 2021): proofreading
• 8 Steps to Better Security: A Simple Cyber Resilience Guide for Business (October 2021): proofreading
• Remote Work Technology: Keeping Your Small Business Thriving From Anywhere by Henry Kurkowski (October 2021): proofreading
• SQL for Data Scientists: A Beginner’s Guide for Building Datasets for Analysis by Renee M Teate (September 2021): technical proofreading
• The Art of Attack: Attacker Mindset for Security Professionals, 1st Edition, by Maxie Reynolds (August 2021): proofreading
• Decisively Digital: From Creating a Culture to Designing Strategy by Alexander Loth (July 2021): technical proofreading
• Visual Studio Code for Python Programmers, 1st Edition, by April Speight (July 2021): technical proofreading
• Ubuntu Linux Bible by Christopher Negus and David Clinton (2021, v19.10): technical proofreading
• Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible, 1st Edition, by Gus Khawaja (June 2021): technical proofreading
• Beginning Rust Programming by Ric Messier (March 2021): technical proofreading
• Data Visualization with Excel Dashboards and Reports by Dick Kusleika (February 2021): technical proofreading
• Professional C++, 5th Ed. by Marc Gregoire (2021): technical proofreading
• Blum Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible, 4th Ed., by Richard Blum (January 2021): technical proofreading
• Powershell 7 for IT Pros by Thomas Lee (December 2020): technical proofreading
• Machine Learning for Time Series Forecasting with Python by Francesca Lazzeri (November 2020): technical proofreading
  

Representing Myself

• Pandemonia I: Bill & Norm by Ali Sondra (not yet released, 2023)
• Confessions From Your Token Black Colleague: True Stories & Candid Conversations About Equity & Inclusion In The Workplace by Talisa “Tali” Lavarry (Aug 2020): copyediting, page layout for print and eBook version (Kindle)
• Kathleen Humble’s Gifted Myths: An Easy-to-Read Guide to Myths on the Gifted and Twice-Exceptional by Kathleen Humble (Nov 2019): copyediting, page layout and eBook version (Kindle)
• Bilingual Package Design (French/English) for The Packaging Girl/Instinct Design
  

Specialized Courses Taken (Editing)

Languages

• Spanish, French (proficient reading skills, intermediate speaking, listening, writing)
• Italian (proficient reading, upper beginner speaking, listening, writing)
• German (intermediate reading, high beginner/lower intermediate speaking, listening)
• Russian (upper beginner all across the board, can read and write Cyrillic)
• Portuguese (upper beginner all across the board)
• Czech (solid daily communication skills in speaking and listening, upper intermediate reading)
• Swedish (upper beginner—currently learning)
  

Services

Tools/Skills

Technologies

*For two years, I was the volunteer managing editor for the nonprofit group, GHF Learners. As such, I created the in-house style guide and standard practices for all content, including books published through their press arm and all online content (newsletters, blogs, community posts, etc.). I edited email newsletters, promotional content, and nonfiction books, as well as fact-checked, confirmed, and formatted all references and citations. I formatted the page layouts for print in Adobe InDesign and polished the eBook/Kindle layouts. Additionally, I actively searched for potential new authors; I brought in two new authors before leaving my volunteer position due to work conflicts.

**Because of my technical background, I specialize in technical editing and proofreading. However, I enjoy and am highly knowledgeable in many subject areas. I’ve edited bilingual (French and English) packaging and also have strong foundational knowledge of Spanish, Italian, German, Czech, Russian, and Swedish.