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Abry, Marianne
Email: marianneabry@msn.com
Address: 122 Oak Street, Hudson Falls, NY 12839
Phone: (518) 747-7066M.A., English, University at Albany, Albany, NY; B.A., English major, philosophy minor, University at Albany
An experienced writing coach, proofreader, and editor, I specialize in fiction, memoir, journal writing, articles, and academic papers. I offer timely, precise, and thoughtful proofreading, editing, tutoring, and mentoring in the fields of education, history, humanities, and literature.
I have taught writing and research for 30 years; have written educational handbooks, manuals, and newsletters; and have conducted numerous seminars and in-services on all phases of writing. Clients include novelists, short story writers, and scores of students writing theses. This rich experience allows me to provide patrons a caring approach to their projects while guiding them to a successful end product.
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Averill, Mary Beth
WriteOn MBA
Email: writeonmba@aol.com
Website: www.writeonmba.com
Address: 74 East 18th, Suite 10, Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: (541) 349-9999; fax: (541) 349-9995
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/marybethaverillM.S.W., Smith College, 1986; Ph.D., biology, University of Oregon, 1974
As a writing coach for people working on nonfiction (theses, dissertations, academic papers, books, memoirs), I provide editing services and help with organization, writer’s blocks, procrastination, time management, and breaking long or overwhelming tasks into doable pieces. I coach graduate and undergraduate students on writing projects. I also work with faculty who are trying to publish books or articles in a variety of fields. My coaching experience includes work in social sciences, education, sciences, and humanities. I am also experienced working with adults and teens with learning disabilities and ADD.
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Banning, Robert
Email: ebanning2587@charter.net
Phone: (774) 280-6801
M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1990; B.A., Calvin College, 1986; certificates from Framingham State University’s teacher certification program (2001) and Boston University’s legal assistant program (1995); copyediting and proofreading courses at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education
Having copyedited and proofread for book publishers for ten years, I offer you service that has been described as “careful, proficient, and thorough,” with a “knowledge of English grammar and style ... second to none.” I help writers express themselves logically, clearly, and consistently and conform their documentation to Chicago, MLA, or SBL style. With a strong knowledge of the Hebrew and Christian Bible in English and a useful knowledge of koinē Greek, I am especially well equipped to help you with a project in biblical or theological studies. I also welcome projects relating to environmental studies and agrarianism, language and literature, history, and education. I am committed to carefulness, transparency, and flexibility in the editor–client relationship.
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Barrett, Carolann C.
Editorial Excellence LLC
Email: editrice _dot_ ccb _at_ gmail _dot_ com
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/ccbarrett
M.A., counseling psychology, Lesley University; B.S., mathematics, Tufts University; graphic design program, Art Institute of Boston
Specializing in scholarly and academic books and articles, I provide thoughtful, exacting, respectful edits in many content areas, including art, astrophysics, business, health care, HIV/AIDS, law, mathematics, medicine, museum studies, poetry, psychology, reference, religion, and women’s and LGBT studies. I’m also personally interested in manuscripts about quilting, beading, knitting, and cooking. I’ve worked at Harvard for more than 20 years as an editor at the Fogg Art Museum, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard Business Review, and Astrophysical Journal Letters and as a long-term freelancer for Harvard Business School. As an editor who genuinely loves to proofread, I can provide meticulous proofreading for consistency, clarity, grammar, and house style. I’m a thorough fact-checker and Chicago Manual whiz. Clients have cited me for my diplomacy and appreciation of nuance. Please email me; I'd be delighted to learn about your project.
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Blake, Sue A.
Gemstone Editing
Email: sblake@gemstone-editing.com
Website: gemstone-editing.com
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/sueablake
M.Ed., rehabilitation counseling, Boston University; B.A., religion, Earlham College (+ biology, chemistry, political science); postgraduate: geology, writing and editing
Manuscript/line editing for native and nonnative English speakers. (Grew up bilingual English/Portuguese in Luanda, Angola, Africa.) Content has included: business (Bain & Company, 10 years); public health; software/IT/QA; civil engineering; K–12; scholarly (art exhibitions, geosciences, digital architecture, economics, linguistics).
I’ll help you clarify your meaning and develop an understandable manuscript that holds your reader’s interest. While correcting errors in style, grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation, I notice vague, ambiguous, and wordy text that obscures and will slow your reader’s comprehension of your subject matter. I’m experienced at suggesting additions/deletions and rewriting text to clarify and smooth the flow of your writing.
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Brandstater, Chuck
Accentuated Brandname Creativity Inc.
Email: acreatyv1@earthlink.net
Address: P.O. Box 426067, Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (617) 492-5650M.B.A., Information Systems, Syracuse University School of Management, 1982
Proofreading, copyediting, and translating of business- and computer-related and various other generally technical materials (in electronic or paper form), book length and shorter, since 1996.
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Cherwin, Arlene
Email: a.cherwin@post.harvard.edu
Address: Seattle, WA
Phone: (206) 283-3434Comprehensive Paralegal Certificate, Bentley College; Certificate of Mediation, Mediation Works Inc., Boston, MA; Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School; Graduate Certificate in Management, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University; B.A., music and English, Wheaton College
Since 1992, I have been an associate of Dana Knight Communications, Montreal, Canada. In that capacity I have managed projects and performed research and for English Cafe (Nelson, Canada) and Points West. I write for University World News, an international newspaper of higher education, and have experience writing manuals, brochures, and newsletters in addition to copyediting and proofreading. I taught high school English and piano and have over ten years of experience in management for hospitals and nine years of experience as a litigation paralegal.
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Cleaves, Yarrow Anne
Email: ycleaves@aol.com
Address: 66 Homer Avenue, #305, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 686-2227M.A., English and education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967; B.A., magna cum laude, English literature, Mount Holyoke College, 1965
I have worked as a copy editor over the past 35 years. Ten years ago, when I was living in Europe, I began editing the writing of academics who were not native speakers of English, and most of the work I do now as a copy editor of dissertations, journal articles, and edited volumes is still with nonnative speakers of English. My field of experience, interest, and enthusiasm centers on the humanistic social sciences, broadly defined—social anthropology, ethnography, sociology, gender studies, ethics, education, psychology.
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Cohen, Leslie
CohenCopyediting
Email: CohenCopyediting@gmail.com
Address: 237 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 708-6498J.D., Boston University School of Law; M.A., elementary education, Lesley University; B.A., English literature and art history, Wellesley College
I get great pleasure from working with writers, and I love editing—academic, fiction, or nonfiction. Experience: Over 20 years as a copy editor, content editor, writing/project coach, and ghostwriter. Clients: Individuals (professors, students, others), organizations, and publishers (including Houghton Mifflin, University Press of New England, Rienner, Pearson, Hackett). Rates: Extremely reasonable; based on a sliding scale.
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Cohen, Robert L.
Sterling Media Productions LLC
Email: wordsmith@sterlingmp.com
Website: www.rlcwordsandmusic.com
Address 1: 182-12 Horace Harding Expy., Suite 2M,
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Address 2: 18 Wiltshire Road, Brighton, MA 02135
Phone: (718) 762-1195; (617) 254-0254; toll-free (866) EDITING
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/robertcohen17
B.A., Judaic studies and communications: Cornell University (Arts & Sciences); Empire State College, NYC
Edit working papers/policy briefs/books for nonprofit organizations/think tanks/research institutes and academic/trade/reference publishers (international relations/urban affairs/social sciences/psychology/music/ Judaica/biographies) and books/articles/dissertations for individual authors—especially scholars writing for a general audience: copy and substantive editing, rewriting and reorganization, fact-checking, proofreading. Have written and edited definitions for Random House and other dictionaries; edited numerous encyclopedias (most recently, YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe); edited AV educational scripts. Original writing: speeches and statements of purpose for nonprofit org’s; essays/feature stories/profiles/reviews/op-eds for magazines and newspapers; radio documentary for NPR; CD liner notes (www.cdbaby.com/openthegates). Contributor to Inventing Community Renewal (New School University); feature/consulting editor for magazines. Taught English and writing to adults; 25 years’ other adult education experience. Produced and hosted over 100 radio programs.
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Cooper, Kelly J.
Email: kjc@kjcedits.com
Website: www.kjcedits.com
Address: 1770 Massachusetts Avenue, #632, Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone: (617) 771-1903 (cell)B.A., English and psychology, Rutgers College, 1994
I have substantial experience polishing technical reports, policies, procedures, essays, research papers, poetry, Internet drafts (see the IETF for more information), PowerPoint presentations, ad copy, features, interviews, columns, reviews, and documentation.
For the past several years, I’ve been working closely with a client who uses psychological measurements for program evaluation reports, so I am also very familiar with The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition).
I can edit for just spelling and grammar or I can go more in-depth, suggesting word choice changes and proposing adjustments to streamline the flow of your piece. I am a nerd with many interests, and I genuinely like making writing better.
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DeLauri, Linda
Email: Linda_DeLauri@post.harvard.edu
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/lindadelauriEd.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education; B.A., anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder
I act as a substantive editor and offer project-based coaching designed to develop both a competitive proposal and client grant writing skills. I am a seasoned grants professional who is equally comfortable with principal investigators seeking NIH or NSF grants as I am with novice grant writers seeking private support for community-based organizations. The level of research and editorial support I provide is customized to the specific funding opportunity and to the client’s writing skills and grant-seeking expertise. I do not write proposals for clients; I edit and coach only. My expertise is drawn from a 25-year career as program officer, sponsored research director, successful grant writer, and award-winning grant-writing instructor. Learn more about my background at www.linkedin.com/in/lindadelauri.
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Desser, Arna
Email: arna.desser@gmail.com
Address: Guldbergs vei 18 B, N-0375 Oslo, Norway
M.Ph., health economics, University of Oslo, 2008; Ph.D., economics, University of Maryland, 1990; M.A., economics, University of Maryland, 1978; B.A., economics and international relations, Goucher College, 1976; Certificat d’études politiques, Institut d’études politiques-Paris, 1975
I am an experienced copy editor specializing in academic writing within the social sciences, particularly economics and health economics. In my first life, as a professor of economics at Mount Holyoke College and the U.S. Naval Academy, I guided students through the research process. Now, as a research fellow at the Institute for Health Management and Health Economics at the University of Oslo, I have an excellent record of polishing articles written by nonnative English speakers so that they meet the publication standards of major journals.
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Drexler, Wendy
Email: wendydrexler@gmail.com
Website: www.wendydrexlerpoetry.com
Address: 60 Glendale Road, Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: (617) 489-2899B.A., art history, University of Pennsylvania
I am a freelance editor specializing in copyediting and proofreading for nonprofit organizations and in editing, copyediting, and proofreading poetry manuscripts for individuals and presses. My poems have appeared in numerous journals, and my first book-length poetry collection, Western Motel, was published in 2012 by Turning Point. I am a poetry editor for Sanctuary, the magazine of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and have been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize, most recently by the Mid-American Review in 2012. I have more than 15 years of experience editing, copyediting, and proofreading language arts materials for grades K–8, including teacher’s guides, student workbooks, and decodable readers. I am adept at untangling knotted sentences and creating lively and accessible language.
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Elder, John
Email: johnallanelder@gmail.com
Website: www.johnelder.biz
Address: 5058 Wilder Drive, Apt. A, Soquel, CA 95073
Phone: (831) 476-7703B.A., English, Harvard University
Experience working on books, chapters, articles, and case studies with professors at Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, MIT, University of Cambridge (U.K.), Defense Acquisition University (U.S.), Dartmouth, UCLA, Boston College, Texas A&M, Simon Fraser (Canada), and others. Experience working on articles, white papers, analyst reports, website text, and case studies for Alcoa, AT&T, IBM, the International Monetary Fund, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Management Sciences for Health, Virginia Mason Medical Center, and others. Experience working on books and articles with consultants in management, design, IT, biomedical, and other fields. I can work with almost any subject, from entrepreneurship to art history, from financial risk assessment to autism, from hospital safety to supply chain management.
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Fleming, Michael
Email: wyomike@earthlink.net
Website: www.dutchgirl.com/foxpaws
Address: 68 Brook Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301
Phone: (802) 451-9763M.A., English, Oxford University; A.B., English, Princeton University
All good writing is essentially storytelling. No matter what you’re writing—a thesis, a chapter, a report, a biography, a proposal, a novel, a poem—successful communication depends on understanding your reader’s needs and developing your ideas along a single, clear, sustained line of thought. I specialize in developmental editing of memoirs and literary projects, but the storytelling model applies to every kind of writing. My editorial experience ranges from editing the memoirs of a real-estate mogul to annotating the plays in The Norton Anthology of Drama to copyediting the last three editions of The Norton Introduction to Literature. Please see my CV.
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Gaus, Andy
Writer, Editor, German & Greek Translator
Email: andygaus@sprynet.com
Address: 382B Riverway, Boston, MA 02115-6435
Phone: (617) 232-3896; (617) 331-3285 (cell)M.S., computer science, Boston University Metropolitan College, 1993; B.A. with honors, German literature, Wesleyan University, 1968
Mathematical and computer-related writing and editing of classroom textbooks and online educational software for major publishers at both the grade-school and the high-school level; correlation of textbook content with state educational standards; published translations from German and classical Greek. Also available for general writing, editing, proofreading, and coaching.
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Gray, Bradford
Email: bradfordg2@gmail.com
Address: Old Harvard Road, Boxborough, MA 01719
Phone: (978) 897-2852M.A., English, University of Iowa; B.A., psychology, Washington & Lee University
During a 25-year career as an acquisitions editor at nationally prominent publishing houses such as Little, Brown and Butterworth-Heinemann, I have developed strong skills in proposal and manuscript assessment; manuscript development; and rewriting for clarity, consistency, and organization. This background is particularly suited to helping new authors prepare materials for submission to publishers. My experience includes technical, medical, and professional books; scholarly monographs; biographies; and basic textbooks in a wide range of subject areas: history, sociology, anthropology, architecture, engineering, biotechnology, veterinary medicine, ophthalmology, and medical imaging.
In addition to having helped hundreds of authors improve the quality of their work to acceptable publishing standards, I have also written Web content and taught composition at the college level.
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Greenberger, Ann
Greenline Editorial Services
Email: ann@greenline-edit.com
Website: www.greenline-edit.com
Phone: (541) 740-8095M.F.A., English, University of Iowa Writers Workshop/poetry; B.F.A., writing and literature, Emerson College
I edit professional articles, dissertations, and book manuscripts for graduate students and professors. My 24 years of experience includes editing in social sciences, education, public health, literature, communication, and business. A growing area of expertise is helping authors rework dissertations into book manuscripts. I was a developmental editor for an educational publisher and have edited dozens of texts for professors at major universities. I taught literature courses at several universities in Boston and worked at the MIT Writing Center. Contact me for a free consult to discuss your writing project and how I can assist you—with a copyedit or a more substantive developmental edit. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Hart, Kathleen Malone
Future Perfect
Email: kmhrkc@otenet.gr
Address: Andreopoulou 3, Thessaloniki, Greece 54643
Phone: +30 2310 845670M.A., Anglo-Irish literature, University College, Dublin, Ireland, 1974
My husband, Robert Chatel (A.M., philosophy, University of Chicago, 1972), and I have been editing academic texts since setting up our business, Future Perfect, in 1999, after working in higher education in Greece, China, and Portugal. We have helped authors in the E.U. and U.S. in a variety of disciplines: philosophy, literature, sociology, economics, archaeology, and medicine, to cite the most frequent. Our collaboration and combined experience in dealing with texts written by nonnative speakers of English mean that we can usually meet demanding deadlines with an extremely accurate text.
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Hengen, Nicolene
Professional Editor and Communicator
Email: nhengen@mit.edu
Address: MIT, E38-634, 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone: (617) 253-7633
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/nhengenM.S.P.H., international public health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1995; B.A., government, Smith College, 1983
I have 25+ years of professional experience in strategic leadership and communications development and management with a variety of international and U.S.-based educational, public health, and nonprofit organizations. I now work with MIT’s Sociotechnical Systems Research Center on strategic management and communications issues. I am also the managing editor of the international Journal of Enterprise Transformation (www.tandf.co.uk/journals/UJET).
I have worked in western Europe and East Africa as an English teacher and regional technical communicator. I am a skilled writer and editor and am experienced in substantive writing and editing projects with and for a variety of authors and media.
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Hopkins, Suzanne
Email: sbhopkins@aol.com
Address: 9 Corporal Burns Road, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 939-4538 (work); (617) 491-0815 (home)M.I.A., international affairs, international media and communications, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, 1993; B.A., history and political economy, Evergreen, 1981
Research, writing, editing on international issues. Conflict and human rights, arms control and nonproliferation, international relations. Areas of expertise: China and Southeast Asia, East and Southern Africa. Writing and editing for international scientific research institute studying the effects of pollution on marine mammals. Research and writing about press in Africa and Asia. Teaching assistant for undergraduate statistics.
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Irwin, Robert A.
Email: irw@mit.edu
Phone: (781) 866-1652Ph.D., sociology, Brandeis University; B.A., philosophy, Antioch College
For over a dozen years I have done academic editing, one-to-one, at MIT’s Writing Center and have freelanced even longer. Most of my clients are nonnative speakers of English. Their fields are mainly urban planning, economics, architecture, business, mathematics, engineering, and the natural sciences; I am also comfortable with the humanities and social sciences. I have copyedited journal articles, master’s theses, and doctoral dissertations, with clients from Peru, Mexico, Nepal, China, Korea, Japan, Israel, Iran, Turkey, and Germany. Topics have included dust storms in Beijing, algorithms for speeding up computation, transportation systems for Olympic cities, the net carbon impact of biofuels, and the system dynamics of profit sharing. I can encourage you and help you make your writing correct and clear.
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Iverson, Teresa
Email: teresa.iverson@comcast.net
Phone: (617) 744-6034Ph.D., German literature and literary translation, Boston University, 1997; M.A., English and creative writing, University of Houston, 1989; B.A., summa cum laude, ancient Greek and comparative literature (Italian and French), Boston University, 1977
Editor, writer, translator with 25 years of experience. At the college level, taught literature, composition, creative writing. Have worked in-house and freelance as a developmental and copy editor, project manager, proofreader. I work with professionals (including nonnative English speakers) in many areas—literature, art, history, philosophy, religion, memoir, German, architecture, psychology, anthropology, social sciences, etc. Among recent projects: books, articles, dissertations (on the Off-Modern, Henry James, Elizabethan drama, Carl Jung, a Sufi mystic, Science and Intuition, Freedom, devotional arts of late medieval nuns in Saxony); published by academic presses (Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Brepols, Chicago), elsewhere. Also developed books on Pindar, Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig, Medieval Japanese literature. My writing and translations have appeared in numerous journals.
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Jesensky, Jean
Endswell Indexing
Email: info@endswellindexing.com
Website: www.endswellindexing.com
Phone: (978) 855-0015B.A., music, Clark University, Worcester, MA
Professional indexer specializing in back-of-the-book indexing of a variety of types of books and documents including textbooks (college and K–12, incorporating state standards), encyclopedias, catalogs, business procedures and documents, student and faculty handbooks, employment-related handbooks, user guides and manuals, how-to books, instruction manuals, and general-interest nonfiction.
Subject areas of special interest and expertise include music; animal behavior; psychology; business administration and operations; human resources management; communications; business, marketing, and sales; networking; government and public administration; medical and health care; dementia; family caregiving; self-help; religion and spirituality; and health and wellness.
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Kaplan, Judy
Email: publichealtheditor@yahoo.com
Address: Medford, MA
Phone: (781) 488-3135M.S., psychology, Yale University; B.A., psychology, Brandeis University
Former public health journal editor with extensive experience editing research articles and commentaries in public health and medicine. Coauthor of two articles on race/ethnicity data issues:
Kaplan JB, Bennett T. Use of race and ethnicity in biomedical publication. JAMA. 2003 May 28;289(20):2709–16. Erratum in: JAMA. 2004 Sep 1;292(9):1022.
Moscou S, Anderson MR, Kaplan JB, Valencia L. Validity of racial/ethnic classifications in medical records data: an exploratory study. Am J Public Health. 2003 Jul;93(7):1084–6.
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Katz, Jane R.
Email: jane_katz@post.harvard.edu
Address: 216A Conant Road, Weston, MA 02493Ed.D., human development and psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE); Ed.M., theories of human development, GSE; B.A., English, Carleton College
I offer proofreading and editing for dissertations, articles, and other manuscripts. My academic training is in the social sciences and humanities. My work draws on developmental psychology and early childhood development, education practice and policy, and language development, especially pragmatics. I also have a background in literature and in music and dance, including performance, history, and criticism. I am a practiced teacher in settings ranging from preschool to university and have experience in designing and conducting quantitative and qualitative educational research and in interpreting, reporting, and presenting the results.
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Kramer, Eileen
Email: kramer@tiac.net
Website: www.ekramer.com
Address: 336 Great Road, Stow, MA 01775
Phone: (978) 897-4121Master’s in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, School for International Training; TEFL Certificate, Boston Academy of English; B.A., social work, and B.S., biology, University of Minnesota
Copy editor/proofreader specializing in health and medical sciences, chemistry, math, statistics, biology, and general science. Experience working on technical books, academic journals, and textbooks. Senior lecturer at Boston University’s Center for English Language and Orientation Programs.
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Lee, Deborah
Email: Deborah.Lee713@gmail.com
Address: 29 Crescent Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 388-0375
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/deborahleecrescent
M.Ed., creative arts in learning, Lesley University, 1985; M.S.Ed., elementary education, Bank Street College of Education, 1971; B.A., philosophy, Antioch College, 1966
For many years I have worked for educational publishers as an editor in social studies and language arts, K–6. I reliably craft clear, engaging texts backed by solid research and carefully correlated with state curriculum standards. I especially love to write and edit leveled books, readers’ theater, and teacher resources. Also I enjoy developing grade-appropriate graphs, charts, maps, and other visuals that maximize the value of educational materials. My enthusiasm about publishing processes has been an organizing force in my writing, editing, and teaching.
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Lyman, Kennie
Email: kennie.lyman@gmail.com
Address: 13 Rockwell Street, Cambridge, MA 02139Graduate course in social science, Stockholm University, 1964–65; B.A., Radcliffe College, 1962
More than 35 years’ editing experience both in publishing companies and freelance. Most recently, I have concentrated on academic books in the humanities and social sciences, with a specialty in the history of medicine.
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Maguire, John
Email: maguirejohn@comcast.net
Address: 36 Howard Street, Lowell, MA 01851
Phone: (978) 761-4515 (cell)
Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/john-maguire/3/607/31a
M.F.A., English, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Science background plus speed. I have experience on daily newspapers with very tight deadlines and have turned difficult projects around in a day. Specialist in RO1 and PO1 grant applications for NIH and proposals for the NSF. Recent clients include Harvard and the University of Michigan Medical School as well as pharmaceutical companies like Genzyme and Enanta. Topics have included public health, epidemiology, pharmaceutical research, LED research—you name it. Covered science and medicine for three daily newspapers, worked at university hospitals. I do copyediting (commas, etc.) but am best at clarifying a paper marred by murky patches where you know what you wanted to say but didn’t get it right. My goal always is a simpler, lucid style.
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Marcus, Danny
Danny Marcus, Word Worker
Email: emildanelle@yahoo.com
Address: 62 Washington Street, Suite 2, Marblehead, MA 01945-3553
Phone: (781) 631-3886; (781) 290-9174 (cell)
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/dannymarcus
Certificate in Publishing, Emerson College; Certificate in Publishing, Northeastern University; M.P.A., public administration, Suffolk University; B.A., cum laude, political science, University of Massachusetts; Massachusetts teaching licenses, social studies and history, grades 8–12
Career highlights include having proofread a Pulitzer Prize winner and contributing 541 entries to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Encyclopedia. I have more than 25 years of experience copyediting and proofreading (in paper-based and electronic formats) fiction, nonfiction, textbooks (K–12 and college), websites, and other miscellaneous printed and electronically based text.
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Marcus, Steve
Email: smarcus@nasw.org
Address: 173 Oak Street, Newton, MA 02464
Phone: (617) 964-1580Ph.D., engineering, Harvard University; B.S.E.E., City College of New York
I am a highly experienced editor, especially adept at transforming the writing of “expert authors” into engaging and useful communications for general audiences. I’m also a very capable editor of professional writers.
My clients include publications, research organizations, universities, foundations, public-interest groups, and consulting firms that produce substantive but reader-friendly articles, periodicals, and reports.
While many of my assignments involve science, technology, or medicine, I am versatile in that I can comfortably edit copy from a wide range of other fields, such as economics and cultural affairs.
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Maute, Paula
WordWise Academic Editing
Email: paulamaute@aol.com
Website: www.Wordwise-Editing.com
Address: 68 Bolton Street, Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone: (617) 547-7647M.S.W., SUNY-Albany; B.A., Psychology and Peace Studies, Syracuse University; LICSW
With 18 years’ experience in academic editing, plus a decade in journalism, I’m adept at helping scholars produce clear, concise, and engaging papers. I’ve edited hundreds of papers, dissertations, and journal articles for students and professors from Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BU, and abroad. Subject areas range from public policy, law, business, and biotechnology to history, African American and women’s studies, political science, war and peace studies, theology, counseling, and architecture. I adeptly streamline sentences, “fix” grammatical errors, point out ambiguity and structural flaws, suggest vibrant vocabulary, and provide global comments … in a gentle manner, as I understand writing can be challenging, especially for ESL scholars.
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Meyer-Gay, Lynne
Academic Editor and Writing Coach
Email: coach@meyergay.com
Website: www.meyergay.com
Address: Cambridge, MA
Phone: (617) 491-4263M.Arch., B.Arch., architecture, University of California-Berkeley, 1969, 1967; B.A., fine arts, art history, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1961
Over 30 years’ experience as editor and coach to professors, doctoral students, and other academic writers in all disciplines. See my editing résumé. Special expertise in art history, architecture, government, economics, child development, health, psychology/psychiatry, and philosophy. Widely experienced in all editing services, including copyediting, substantive and developmental editing, manuscript evaluation, writing/rewriting, and indexing. APA style expert. Coaching services in writing, project organization, and self-management to support persons pursuing large, open-ended, ill-defined projects, such as dissertations, books, stock analyst reports, architectural designs, and business plans.
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Ozaroff, Pam
Email: pamozaroff@verizon.net
Phone: (617) 964-2846
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/pamozaroff
B.A., summa cum laude, art, Yale University, 1979
I have 30 years of experience as an editor of educational, academic, art, and consumer health publications. As a copy editor and line editor, I work for museums, universities, nonprofit organizations, and individuals. Last year I served as a temporary in-house copy editor at both the Harvard Art Museums and Boston College’s Lynch School of Education. I recently copyedited a book on 19th-century American labor law for a history professor, an Ansel Adams exhibition catalogue for the Peabody Essex Museum, and blog posts for the Harvard Health Letter.
As a developmental editor, I edit high school and college literature, writing, grammar, history, and social science textbooks. I’ve also written two college grammar handbooks and coauthored two style manuals for Harvard publications.
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Patterson, Myrna
Email: writing2@earthlink.net
Website: www.howtowrite.org
Address: Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (508) 648-6032Summer Program in Critical and Creative Thinking, University of Massachusetts, 1989; Graduate School of Education, Lesley College, 1980–1987; M.A., teaching, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1966; B.A., Syracuse University, 1964
With 30 years of teaching experience, I approach editing with skill and precision; I am both quick and thorough. Clients have described me as “incredibly reliable,” “inspiring,” and “competent.” I began editing for a company publishing literature guides and eventually wrote three guides. As a writer, I understand how to organize and clarify. My fluency in French and Italian, and my ESL experience, help me to work with differences in language structure. I have edited hundreds of research papers and dissertations, along with novels, memoirs, and nonfiction.
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Post, Merry
Email: Merry.B.Post@gmail.com
Phone: (978) 263-5372A.L.M., museum studies, Harvard University; B.A., psychology, Temple University
I have more than 30 years’ experience as a developmental editor, copy editor, project editor, and indexer for college, school, trade, and medical publishers. My services include coaching, copyediting, and project management. I am happy to take assignments on short notice. Having recently completed my own thesis, I would enjoy helping you complete your academic project. I have helped authors with writer’s block or problems organizing their thoughts. Consumer health and psychology books are a specialty, and history and crafts are particular interests. I am familiar with the Chicago Manual, MLA, and AMA styles and can follow any style guide.
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Rabinowitz, Julie Dumont
Email: jdrabinowitz@yahoo.com
Website: julierabinowitz.com
Address: Falmouth, ME
Phone: (207) 232-4013M.A., communication studies (concentration: rhetoric), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A., history and communication arts (concentration: radio/TV/film), Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
With degrees in history and communication studies, I have coached debate, written social studies textbooks, and worked in presidential libraries. I specialize in editing humanities and social-science manuscripts (especially history, political science, and communication studies, including rhetorical theory/public policy argument, mass comm, and cultural studies). Whether editing for nonnative English speakers, graduate students, senior faculty, or research organizations, I focus on developing a writer’s argument and the writer–reader relationship and strengthening the author’s use of evidence. I strive to eliminate wordiness, improve clarity, and develop an active voice. Familiar with APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, ASA, etc., I edit to specific style requirements. I enjoy editing and developing relationships with returning authors. I am experienced in archival research as well.
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Rozan, Elizabeth
Editorial Consultant
Email: elizabethrozan@comcast.net
Address: Lexington, MA
Phone: (781) 862-5104M.A., interdisciplinary studies, counseling and adult development; M.A., creative writing; B.A., psychology
Experienced writing public record, public policy, annual reports, nonfiction articles, nonprofit newsletters, poetry, fiction, book reviews, as well as academic editing (developmental, copy, content, manuscript evaluation and reorganization). Areas of interest include philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, spirituality, education, and the arts. Focused on translating complex material into nonintimidating text for the sophisticated reader.
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Ryder, Jan
Email: editor@myfinaldraft.comm
Website: www.myfinaldraft.com
Address: North Attleborough, MA
Ph.D., medieval history, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., medieval history, University of Illinois
I am an experienced academic editor who works independently with professors, researchers, independent scholars, and graduate students to edit their books, journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, theses, and other projects. While my first love is history, I have also edited in the fields of literature, languages, philosophy, classical studies, art history, music history, film and theater, political science, psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, tourism and hospitality, pharmacology, neurology, brain sciences, computer engineering, and much more. I also have extensive experience working with ESL/EFL clients. I do everything from simple proofreading to more extensive copyediting and substantive and structural editing.
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Schmieg, Patricia
Email: 17@post.harvard.eduEd.M., C.A.S., human development and psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education; B.A., English, Boston University
Over 35 years’ experience as an editor, researcher, writer. Known for thoughtful, accurate, diplomatic editing.
Editor: Books (visual literacy, educational research). Manuscripts (disability accommodation, dreams, environment, health, poetry, social sciences). Website content (photography, animals, astrology). Short stories.
Researcher: Bibliographies for consciousness and healing project, disability grants, manuals. Areas: anthropology, archaeology, astrology, biography, consciousness, disabilities, dream research, healing, health, poetry, psychology.
Writer: “If Poetry Scares Us, Why Do We Read It?” Medford Transcript. “Call of the North: Peregrine’s Pilgrimage,” “Dreaming in Animal.” International Association for the Study of Dreams. “A Song about Us: The Lullaby Project at Casa Myrna Vazquez.” Lyricist for Lullaby Project.
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Simon, Linda
Email: lsimon2006@yahoo.com
Address: Boston, MA, and Cape CodM.A., political science, Goddard; B.A., psychology and theater, University of Massachusetts
A writer and editor for more than 30 years, I specialize in editing social science journal articles and essays on cross-cultural themes. The topics have ranged from sociology and women’s studies to foreign policy and immigration. I regret that I cannot take on new clients at this time.
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Sloat, Caroline
Email: cfsloat@charter.net
Address: P.O. Box 58, Thompson, CT 06277M.A., University of Connecticut; A.B., Mount Holyoke College
I have enjoyed a fulfilling career editing books and scholarly articles for a leading research library and a history museum and writing for an alumni magazine and a program newsletter. Having been in “publications” for more than 30 years, it has been my privilege and pleasure to work successfully with historians, literary scholars, and amateur and professional writers. Now I look forward to helping you turn around a peer-reviewed article or make requested revisions to your book. I have helped scholars write book proposals that result in contracts. I can suggest ways to express your ideas clearly for academic and popular audiences, whatever the length of the piece you are writing.
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Snively, Helen
The Thesis Therapist
Email: snively@post.harvard.edu
Address: 1 Fayette Park, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 547-1326
Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/helen-snively/5/97b/329Ed.D., educational counseling, cultural differences, Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE), 1999; Ed.M., educational counseling, GSE, 1991; B.A., English, Harvard University, 1971
Since 1981, I’ve coached hundreds of academics through various aspects of their writing projects and edited countless academic documents in every imaginable field. I also developed a writing center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, led it for ten years, and still enjoy working in that interactive, conversational model. Now I’m focusing my editing and coaching skills in two specific ways. First, I’d like to work on issues around the environment (including climate change, gardening, the grow-local movement, etc.) and around cultural differences (my thesis topic, still an interest). Second, having traveled to Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico to do this work in person, I would be delighted to come work with you wherever you are.
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Sobel, Richard
Email: lebos123@aol.com
Phone: (617) 497-1736As an author of books, articles, essays, and op-eds and a developmental editor in social sciences, history, and politics, I help writers turn ideas and drafts into completed publications. My approach is to assist on a project basis in transforming promising starts into skillful drafts, polished articles, and published books. Working with authors initiating projects, I offer guidance and coaching on finishing in a timely manner. I also assist writers in drafting and developing publishing and funding proposals, and review drafts and manuscripts. While the authors write and rewrite, I can provide editorial guidance to improve clarity and persuasiveness. The goals are to complete, publish, and promote promising projects. I also advise on preparing talks and publishing books and articles.
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Sorensen, Laurene
Laurene Sorensen PLLC
Email: laurenesorensen@gmail.com
Website: www.modernwriter.com
Address: 106 E. 3rd Street, Suite 4A,
P.O. Box 9826, Moscow, ID 83843
Phone: (208) 596-9473; fax: (208) 247-0160J.D., Georgetown University; M.A., Columbia University; A.B., Oberlin College
Technical, legal, academic, and business communications. Editing (all levels). Content development and SME consulting. Project management, strategy, and troubleshooting. Mediation and legal representation of businesses and individuals. Past lives: corporate law, nonprofit management, business analyst for multinational corporation. Subject-matter expertise in law, business, securities, public and private finance, IT, real estate, art, architecture, literature, and instructional design. Editing projects have ranged from arms control to medicine, nursing, IT, and auto mechanics. I love to write and edit exam prep materials, ancillaries, and courseware for secondary, college, and professional levels. I also do bar exam coaching and am a certified civil mediator and a proud YogaSlacker.
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Stewart, Ann
Email: bondcliffs@gmail.com
Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/ann-stewart/1/a07/251
I edit, review, or copyedit submissions to peer-reviewed journals and publications and all revisions and responses to reviewers; chapters and book-length manuscripts; grant proposals; presentations and posters; blog and Web content; expert witness testimony; client memos and reports; I also research and write about energy.
ESL writers a specialty; available most weekends, holidays, and semester breaks; moderate rates; confidentiality; quick turnaround; references upon request.
Recent editing: chromatin remodeling; nanomanufacturing; systems engineering and hospital cost control; medical devices for use in resource-constrained settings; smart grid; West Coast oil price spikes; generation/transmission planning; windfarm O&M; gender differences in education and the labor market; measuring the effectiveness of online education; developing rapid response systems for catastrophic events.
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Stitt, Judy
Email: jstitt@tekedit.com
Website: www.TekEDIT.com
Address: Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 547-1593B.S., chemistry, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, 1977
Specialize in copyediting and substantive editing of technical documents (science, engineering, management, economics, policy): journal articles, proposals, reports, case studies, working papers, book manuscripts, manuals. Over 30 years’ experience (17 years at MIT).
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Tompkins, Hope
Email: hopet77@comcast.net
Address: 194 Elm Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 354-9329B.A., English, Goucher College
I have spent 20 years in book and magazine publishing—as editor, (textbook) author, administrator, copywriter, graphic designer, and business writer—which has given me firsthand knowledge of virtually every phase of the bookmaking process and the requirements of a first-rate narrative. I also write and critique fiction. Clarity of thought and simplicity of expression are my paramount goals; thorough copyediting is central to achieving both. Recent editorial work includes a book on 19th-century labor law, a JHU doctoral dissertation on trade in the early Atlantic world, and MIT theses on environmental retrofitting in commercial real estate and on deregulation of the telecommunications industry. I am a singer of classical music and a sailor with a fascination for knots.
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Tyson, BettyAnn
Email: BA_Tyson@comcast.net
Address: 87 Pierce Road, Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: (617) 924-7715Degrees in English and education, The King’s College and Lehigh University
Available for copyediting, proofreading, and genealogical research at National Archives in Waltham. Have worked as technical editor for over 20 years but now focus on history, social sciences, biblical studies, literature, health care, and genealogy. I have had extensive in-house experience with a variety of publishers: computer manufacturer, college textbook publisher, management consulting firm, religious publisher of children’s curriculum materials, children’s fiction, and adult scholarly and religious books. I enjoy working with authors by giving their work a critical reading: questioning organization, correcting inconsistencies and errors, and suggesting rephrasing of awkward language.
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Williams, Jan
Indexing Services
Email: jan@janwilliamsindexing.com
Website: www.janwilliamsindexing.com
Phone: (603) 795-4924M.S., speech pathology, Boston University; B.A., French and English, Bucknell University
Since 1998, I have indexed textbooks, scholarly, trade, professional, medical, and cookery books. I have created annual and cumulative indexes for journals and participated in thesaurus development activities. Using indexing techniques such as cross-references and multiple entry points, my indexes enhance access to the text and weave a logical route among terms. They are comprehensive, clear, and user-friendly. I consistently receive repeat work from my clients and high praise from both authors and editors. I speak, read, and index in French as well as English. I have studied Spanish, Italian, and several Slavic languages.
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