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Abry, Marianne Averill, Mary Beth Barrett, Carolann C. Blake, Sue A. Brandstater, Chuck Bruno, Darla Cherwin, Arlene Cleaves, Yarrow Cohen, Leslie Cohen, Robert L. Cooper, Kelly J. DeLauri, Linda Desser, Arna Elder, John Fleming, Michael Fulop, Sonia Gaus, Andy Gray, Bradford Greenberger, Ann Hart, Kathleen Malone Holmes, Sarah Hopkins, Suzanne Iverson, Teresa Jesensky, Jean Kaplan, Judy Katz, Jane R. Kramer, Eileen

La Rue, Donna Lawson, Teresa Lee, Deborah Lyman, Kennie Maguire, John Marcus, Danny Marcus, Steve Maute, Paula Meléndez, José Meyer-Gay, Lynne Ozaroff, Pam Patterson, Myrna Post, Merry Rozan, Elizabeth Schmieg, Patricia Simon, Linda Snively, Helen Sobel, Richard Sorensen, Laurene Stewart, Ann Stitt, Judy Swasey, Melony Sweeney, Jana Tompkins, Hope Tyson, Betty Ann Williams, Jan

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Abry, Marianne
E-mail: marianneabry@msn.com
Address: 122 Oak Street, Hudson Falls, NY 12839
Phone: (518) 747-7066

M.A., English, University at Albany, Albany, NY; B.A., English major/Philosophy minor, University at Albany.

An experienced writing coach, editor, and ghostwriter, 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 twenty-five 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. I am currently ghostwriting a book on social mores in the last half of the twentieth century.
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Averill, Mary Beth
WriteOn MBA
E-mail: writeonmba@aol.com
Website: www.writeonmba.com
Address: 74 East 18th, Suite 10, Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: (541) 349-9999; fax: (542) 349-9995
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/marybethaverill

Ph.D., Biology, University of Oregon, 1974; M.S.W., Smith College, 1986.

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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Barrett, Carolann C.
E-mail: editrice _at_ verizon _dot_ net
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/ccbarrett

M.A., Counseling Psychology, Lesley University; B.S., Mathematics, Tufts University; Graphic Design Program, Art Institute of Boston.

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 GLBT studies. Specialize in scholarly and academic books and articles. Have worked at Harvard for over twenty years as a manuscript editor at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Business Review, and Astrophysical Journal Letters. Provide meticulous proofreading for consistency, clarity, grammar, house style, specs/layout. Am a thorough fact checker and Chicago Manual whiz. Have a personal interest in manuscripts about quilting, beading, knitting, and cooking.
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Blake, Sue A.
Gemstone Editing
E-mail: sueblake@alum.bu.edu
Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/sue-blake/a/587/972

M.Ed., Rehabilitation Counseling, Boston University; B.A., Religion, Earlham College; college and postgraduate courses in physical and biological sciences and political science.

I can help you edit your writing to produce a readable and understandable manuscript that will hold your readers’ interest. I’ll help you to clarify your meaning by reworking and refining text that is ambiguous, wordy, redundant, or inconsistent. I am proficient at smoothing out bumps that would otherwise slow your reader down.

My experience is vast: I have helped CEOs, scientists, engineers, software developers, technical writers, management consultants, public health program managers, art exhibitors, academic publishers, and Ph.D. students, among others. I have an affinity for nonnative English speakers, as I grew up abroad, speaking both English and Portuguese.
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Brandstater, Chuck
Accentuated Brandname Creativity, Inc.
E-mail: acreatyv1@earthlink.net
Address: PO Box 426067, Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (617) 492-5650

M.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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Bruno, Darla
Writer and Editor
E-mail: editor@darlabruno.com
Website: www.darlabruno.com
Phone: (646) 522-1828

M.F.A., Writing, Emerson College, 2000; B.A., English Literature, Montclair State University, 1996.

Freelance writer and editor specializing in fiction and memoir. Services include ghostwriting, research, coauthoring, developmental editing, and copyediting. I also provide a manuscript critique service and publishing and marketing consultation, as well as writing instruction and mentoring.
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Cherwin, Arlene
E-mail: a.cherwin@post.harvard.edu
Address: Seattle, WA
Phone: (206) 283-3434

Comprehensive 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
E-mail: ycleaves@aol.com
Address: 67 Pleasant Street, #5, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 686-2227

M.A., English and Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967; B.A. magna cum laude, English Literature, Mt. Holyoke College, 1965.

I have worked as a copy editor over the past thirty years. This work has come to focus on, without being limited to, doctoral dissertations and papers by academics for whom English is not the first language. I edit with a similarly international community of readers in mind. Subject areas are predominantly in the social sciences and humanities. My work as a translator from Swedish to English ranges widely in subject and type; most recent texts concern psychology and ethnology.
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Cohen, Leslie
Cohen Copyediting
E-mail: LZCOHEN@hotmail.com
Address: 237 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 708-6498

M.A., Elementary Education, Lesley University, 1994; J.D., Labor Law, Boston University School of Law, 1976; B.A., English Literature, Art History, Wellesley College, 1972.

I have worked for ten years as a copyeditor, proofreader, content developer/editor, and ghost writer. I enjoy working with individuals as well as publishers (publishers I've worked with include Houghton Mifflin, the University Press of New England, Lynne Rienner Publishers, and SUNY-Albany Press). Please contact me for references. Very reasonable rates, based on a sliding scale.
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Cohen, Robert L.
Sterling Media Productions LLC
E-mail: wordsmith@sterlingmp.com
Website: www.rlcwordsandmusic.com
Address 1: 18 Wiltshire Road, Brighton, MA 02135
Address 2: 182-12 Horace Harding Expy., Suite 2M
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Phone: (617) 254-0254; (718) 762-1195; toll-free (866) EDITING

B.A., Judaic Studies and Communications: Cornell University (Arts & Sciences);  Empire State College, NYC.

Edit books/monographs/reports/newsletters for academic/trade/reference publishers, nonprofit organizations & think tanks, research institutes, & individual authors (international relations/urban affairs/public policy/social sciences/psychology/music/Judaica/biographies)—esp. scholars writing for a general audience: copy & substantive editing, rewriting & reorganization, fact-checking, proofreading. Written & edited definitions for Random House & other dictionaries; edited articles for numerous encyclopedias (most recently, YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe); edited AV educational scripts. Written speeches & statements of purpose for nonprofit org’s; essays/feature stories/profiles/reviews/Op-Eds for magazines & 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 & writing to adults; 25 years’ other adult education experience. Produced & hosted over 100 radio programs.
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Cooper, Kelly J.
E-mail: kjc@kjcedits.com
Website: www.kjcedits.com
Address: 1770 Mass Ave #632, Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone: 617-771-1903 (cell)

B.A., English & 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), Power Point 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 (5th 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
E-mail: Linda_DeLauri@post.harvard.edu
Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/linda-delauri/5/518/7b8
Phone: (781) 395-3051

My area of expertise encompasses all aspects of grant proposal development—from project planning and prospect identification to proposal review and editing. I act as a substantive editor for proposal writers and offer individualized, project-based coaching designed to develop both a competitive proposal and the client’s grantwriting skills. I teach Project Development and Proposal Writing for the Harvard Extension School where I received the 2006 Joanne Fussa Distinguished Teaching Award. I also draw upon my own successful grant seeking from federal, foundation, and corporate funders for a wide range of community-based organizations, and ten years’ experience working closely with faculty grantseekers as the Harvard Graduate School of Education Director of Sponsored Research. Please note that I do not write proposals.
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Desser, Arna
E-mail: arna.desser@gmail.com
Address: Olav M. Troviks vei 36, H0205, NO-0864 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., Goucher College, Economics and International Relations, 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 US 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 non-native English speakers so that they meet the publication standards of major journals.
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Elder, John
E-mail: johnelder@verizon.net
Website: www.johnelder.biz
Address: 279 Wentworth Avenue, Lowell, MA 01852
Phone: (978) 453-3512

B.A., English, Harvard University, 1977.

Experience working with professors (Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, MIT, University of California-Davis, Defense Acquisition University (US), University of Manchester (UK), Australian Defence Force Academy), university departments (Harvard Business School, Cambridge University (UK), Dartmouth), and healthcare institutions (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Management Sciences for Health, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Helms Medical Institute). I can work with any subject; I have edited work on industrial operations, sociology, hospital management, psychology, economics, literature, finance, education, philosophy, security technology, history, business management, acupuncture, public relations, and disaster planning. I have written and edited for companies (Alcoa, AT&T, IBM) and consultants (industrial design, IT, biomedical, education, management).
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Fleming, Michael
E-mail: wyomike@earthlink.net
Website: www.dutchgirl.com/foxpaws
Address: 68 Brook Street, Brattleboro, VT 05301
Phone: (802) 451-9763

M.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 two editions of The Norton Introduction to Literature. Please see my CV.
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Fulop, Sonia
E-mail: sonia@soniafulop.com
Website: www.soniafulop.com
Phone: (847) 736-4071

A.M., Art History, Washington University in St. Louis; B.A., French Literature and Art History, magna cum laude, Tufts University.

I am a freelance copy editor and developmental editor of books and journals in the humanities and social sciences, as well as grant proposals and dissertations. I was trained in Chicago style at the University of Chicago Graham School’s editing certificate program and also work in MLA, APA, ASA, and legal styles. I am fluent in French and have some reading knowledge of German; have experience working with non-native English speakers; and work in a variety of subjects, including social work and psychology, literary criticism, and legal history and law. My goal is to help you develop your ideas and articulate them as clearly as possible, and I consider it a privilege to be allowed into the author’s writing process.
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Gaus, Andy
Writer, Editor, German & Greek Translator
E-mail: andygaus@sprynet.com
Address: 382B Riverway, Boston, MA 02115-6435
Phone: (617) 232-3896  Cell: (617) 331-3285

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
E-mail: bradfordg2@gmail.com
Address: Old Harvard Road, Boxborough, MA 01719
Phone: (978) 897-2852 

M.A., English, University of Iowa; B.A., Psychology, Washington & Lee University.

During a twenty-five 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
E-mail: Ann@Greenline-Edit.com
Website: www.Greenline-edit.com
Phone: (857) 869-3981

M.F.A., English, The University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

I have 20 years of experience as a writer, developmental editor, and copyeditor. I will edit your work clearly and professionally, and help you to express your vision. For faculty and academics, I bring years of experience supporting authors as they organize and write book manuscripts, articles, and papers in the following disciplines: education, psychology, sociology, literature, humanities, business, and communication. I can copyedit your work, or do a more substantive edit. Clients include faculty at the University of Arizona, the College of William and Mary, Tufts University, and Johns Hopkins.

Educational publishers (Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill, and John Wiley & Sons) hire me as a developmental editor to assess book proposals, edit manuscript, create pedagogy, analyze peer reviews and competition, develop content.
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Hart, Kathleen Malone
Future Perfect
E-mail: kmhrkc@otenet.gr
Address: Andreopoulou 3, Thessaloniki, Greece 54643
Phone: +30 2310 845670

M.A., Anglo-Irish Literature, University College, Dublin, Ireland, 1974; B.A., English major/Science minor, SUNY Albany, 1971.

After having taught English at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, the Jiangsu Institute of Education in Nanjing, China, and the University of Coimbra in Portugal, I decided to set up my own academic tutoring and editing business, Future Perfect, in 1999. My clientele have been Greek scholars for the most part, but I have also worked with authors and degree candidates whose mother tongue is something other than Greek. Apart from my B.A. and M.A., I hold a certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the Royal Society of Arts in London. My interests include bicycling, sailing, performing Irish folk music, and feeding friends.
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Holmes, Sarah
Strategk Associates
E-mail: holmes@strategk.com
Address: Boston, MA
Phone: (617) 848-0456   Cell: (617) 459-5377

M.S., Library and Information Science, Simmons College, 1998; B.A., Government, Hampshire College, 1978.

I consult on content, knowledge management and development projects, and offer editing, proofreading, indexing, writing, research, collection development, library management, sales/marketing, and design services. I specialize in corporate, legal, and business resources and have over thirty years of experience, primarily in the private sector.
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Hopkins, Suzanne
E-mail: sbhopkins@aol.com
Address: 9 Corporal Burns Road, Cambridge, MA 02138
Work: 617-939-4538 Home: 617-491-0815

M.I.A., International Affairs, International Media & Communications, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, 1993; B.A., History/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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Iverson, Teresa
E-mail: teresa.iverson@comcast.net
Phone: (617) 744-6034

Ph.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 & French), Boston University, 1977.

Editor, writer, coach, translator with twenty-five 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/editor, translator, proofreader. I work with professionals and graduate students (including nonnative English speakers) in many areas—art, history, literature, anthropology, philosophy, religion, memoir, psychology, social sciences, German, etc. Among recent projects: books, dissertations, articles (on a Sufi mystic, Algerian novels, Carl Jung, Henry James, Freedom, Chinese reception of Jesuit art, Early Modern prayerbooks); published by academic presses (Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Chicago), on-line, elsewhere. Also developed a book on the 21st-century university (ideas in fictionalized frameworks); copyedited books on aesthetics and education, integrative psychiatry, 19th-century American government.
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Jesensky, Jean
Endswell Indexing
E-mail: info@endswellindexing.com
Website: www.endswellindexing.com
Phone: (978) 855-0015

BA, Music, Clark University, Worcester, MA.

I am a freelance indexer specializing in back-of-the-book and web indexing.

The types of books I index include textbooks (college and K–12 incorporating state standards), general interest non-fiction, encyclopedias, catalogs, business procedures and documents, user guides and manuals, catalogs, how-to books and instruction manuals.

My areas of special interest and expertise include music, animal behavior, psychology/self-help, business administration and operations, human resources management, communication, medical, and health and wellness.
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Kaplan, Judy
E-mail: publichealtheditor@yahoo.com
Address: Medford, MA
Phone: (781) 488-3135

M.S., Psychology, Yale University; B.A., Psychology, Brandeis University.

Publications:
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.
E-mail: jane_katz@post.harvard.edu
Address: 216A Conant Road, Weston, MA 02493

Ed.D., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education (GSE); Ed.M., Theories of Human Development, GSE, 1994; B.A., English, Carleton College, 1976.

I offer proof-reading and editing for dissertations and articles. My academic background is in the social sciences and humanities; my work draws on developmental psychology and early childhood development, education practice and policy, and language acquisition, especially pragmatics. I have experience in designing and performing qualitative, and, in particular, quantitative educational research, and in interpreting, reporting and presenting the results.
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Kramer, Eileen
Website: www.ekramer.com
Address: 336 Great Road, Stow, MA 01775
Phone: (978) 897-4121

MATSOL, School for International Training; TEFL Certificate, Boston Academy of English; B.A., Social Work and B.S., Biology, University of Minnesota.

Copyeditor/proofreader specializing in computer science, Web, math, statistics, biology, and general science. Experience working on technical books, academic journals, and textbooks (various subjects). Certified ESL teacher with experience teaching adult learners.
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La Rue, Donna
E-mail: ihsdlrue@gmail.com
Address: 16 Brooks Avenue, Arlington, MA 02474
Phone: (781) 646-3013

A.B.D., Boston University; M.A., Lesley University; B.A., Ohio State University.

Donna La Rue (Publication Preparations: "Get It Right—AND Get It Written!") types and transcribes medical, legal, educational, and anthropological texts from cassettes and electronic files. She does proofreading and copy editing, with academic expertise in the arts. She has prepared mathematical and scientific papers, graphs, and charts using Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe for academic and website publications. She teaches in university settings, publishes her own works, and has written journalistic dance and art criticism. She coaches new authors, supports writing-related needs (office organization and time planning), has written her own and others' (successful) grants, and can do English-French translations.
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Lawson, Teresa
E-mail: teresa@TLawson.com
Website: www.TLawson.com
Address: 857 Tyler Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phone: (360)385-1788   Cell: (360)990-6955

J.D., Boalt (Berkeley) Law School, University of California at Berkeley, 1979; B.A., History, University of Washington, 1975.

I offer editorial services to authors and editors of books on scholarly, historical, and public-policy topics, including defense, arms control, international relations, and technology policy. My services include substantive and organizational editing, to clarify logic and presentation; project management and guidance for editors of edited volumes, to knit a collection of pieces into an integrated whole; and workshops and individual consultation for writers. My skills have been honed in over two decades of work with leading scholars at major universities, high-level government policy-makers, and researchers at public-policy and research organizations.
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Lee, Deborah
E-mail: Deborah.Lee713@gmail.com
Address: 29 Crescent Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 388-0375  
Profile: http://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
E-mail: kennie.lyman@gmail.com
Address: 13 Rockwell Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Graduate 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 science.
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Maguire, John
E-mail: maguirejohn@comcast.net
Address: 36 Howard Street, Lowell, MA 01851
Phone: (978) 452-8503   Cell: (202)674-0820

M.F.A., English, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Science background, plus speed. What sets me apart is my interest in all the sciences and medicine, and my experience on daily newspapers with very tight deadlines. Covered science and medicine for three daily newspapers; also worked as an editor at Miami University’s medical center and Tufts Medical School. I do copy editing, structural editing, coaching, and rewriting. I can write "academic" or I can do a brisk, popular style. Work easily with doctors, researchers, grad students, and undergrads. No fee for initial consultation.
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Marcus, Danny
Danny Marcus, Word Worker
E-mail: emildanelle@yahoo.com
Address: 62 Washington Street, Suite 2, Marblehead, MA 01945-3553
Phone: (781) 631-3886 Cell: (781) 290-9174

Certificate in Publishing, Emerson College; Certificate in Publishing, Northeastern University; M.P.A. in Public Administration, Suffolk University; B.A. cum laude in 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 Collegiate Encyclopedia on the subjects of the Middle East and government. I have over twenty years’ experience copyediting and proofreading fiction, nonfiction, textbooks (K–12 and college), Web sites, and other miscellaneous printed matter.
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Marcus, Steve
E-mail: smarcus@nasw.org
Address: 173 Oak Street, Newton, MA 02464
Phone: (617) 964-1580

Ph.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
E-mail: paulamaute@aol.com
Website: www.Wordwise-Editing.com
Address: 68 Bolton St., Cambridge, MA 02140
Phone: (617) 547-7647

MSW, LICSW, Social Work, SUNY-Albany; B.A., Psychology, Syracuse University.

With 18 years of experience in journalism, tutoring, and copy editing, plus a Master's in Social Work, I'm adept at editing a wide range of subjects. I've edited hundreds of academic papers, theses, dissertations and journal articles, mainly for international students from Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BU, BC and abroad. Subjects range from public policy, IT, biotechnology and materials science to business (MBAs), law (LLMs), African-American and women's studies, political science, engineering, theology and architecture. I've assisted numerous scholars by adeptly polishing their papers, streamlining sentences and improving structure and word choice. My goal: clear, concise writing. I've also published feature articles in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Boston Business Journal, The (MIT) Tech and other NE newspapers.
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Meléndez, José
E-mail: drjmelen@yahoo.com
Phone: (908) 810-1655

Ph.D., Educational Administration and Supervision, Emphasis on Quantitative Statistical Research Methodology, Andrews University; M.A., School Information Services, Rowan University; B.A., Humanities, Theology; Minor: Mathematics, Greek, Hebrew, Walla Walla College.

My specialty is quantitative research methodology for private and educational institutions. Identify and conduct statistical analyses and results reporting in dissertations and theses. Design, validate, and conduct institutional surveys by operationalizing affective factors. Perform data analysis using SPSS: ANOVA, MANOVA, t-test, chi-square, correlation, crosstab, regression, discriminant, factor and reliability analyses, etc.
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Meyer-Gay, Lynne
Academic Editor and Writing Coach
E-mail: coach@meyergay.com
Website: www.meyergay.com
Address: Cambridge, MA
Phone: (617) 491-4263

M.Arch., B.Arch., Architecture, University of California-Berkeley, 1969, 1967; B.A., Fine Arts, Art History, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1961.

Over thirty 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, business plans.
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Ozaroff, Pam
E-mail: pamozaroff@verizon.net
Phone: (617) 964-2846
Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/pamozaroff

B.A., Art, Yale University, summa cum laude, 1979.

I am a substantive and developmental editor with 25 years of experience, specializing in educational publishing. Both on staff and as a freelance editor and writer, I’ve worked for a variety of major publishers and development houses, including Holt, Rinehart and Winston; Pearson; Houghton Mifflin; and Bedford/St. Martins.

Although my specialty is high school, middle school, and college English, I’ve also edited history, sociology, political science, economics, art history, and science textbooks and ancillaries. In addition, I’ve copyedited articles for the Harvard Health Letter and Harvard Public Health Review, as well as scholarly papers and book chapters on population growth and social epidemiology. I also enjoy helping high school and middle school students improve their academic and creative writing.
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Patterson, Myrna
E-mail: writing2@earthlink.net
Website: www.howtowrite.org
Address: 142R Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 945-2686

Summer Program in Critical and Creative Thinking, University of Massachusetts, 1989; Graduate School of Education, Lesley College, 1980–1987; M.A., Teaching, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, 1966; B.A., Syracuse University, 1964.

With thirty 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 non-fiction.
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Post, Merry
E-mail: fisherpost@comcast.net
Address: 12 Black Horse Drive, Acton, MA 01720

A.L.M., Museum Studies, Harvard University, 2009; B.A. Psychology, Temple University, 1980.

Twenty-five years’ experience in copy editing, developmental editing, and project management on college textbooks, medical books, educational texts, theses, and trade nonfiction. My services range from stylistic editing to more substantive work to achieve a consistent tone. I am adept at troubleshooting problems in organization. Having recently completed my own thesis, I would enjoy helping you improve your academic project. Many of my clients have been non-native English speakers. Recently I have done research on American history projects and have coached a few authors with writer’s block. I am familiar with the Chicago Manual, MLA, and AMA styles and can follow any style guide.
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Rozan, Elizabeth
Editorial Consultant
E-mail: elizabethrozan@comcast.net
Address: Lexington, MA
Phone: 781) 862-5104

M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, counseling and adult development; M.A., Creative Writing; B.A., Psychology

Experienced writing public record, public policy, annual reports, non-fiction articles, non-profit 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 non-intimidating text for the sophisticated reader.
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Schmieg, Patricia
E-mail: 17@post.harvard.edu

Ed.M., C.A.S., Human Development and Psychology, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1989, 1991; B.A., English, Boston University, 1971.

Editor: Thirty-five years of copy and substantive editing experience with academic, arts, corporate, educational, environmental, health projects. Clients praised attention to detail, style. Editing is thoughtful, thorough, accurate, diplomatic.

Writer: Papers presented include: "Call of the North: Peregrine's Pilgrimage" and "Dreaming in Animal," International Association for the Study of Dreams. "A Song about Us: The Lullaby Project at Casa Myrna Vazquez" (coauthor), Northeastern Anthropological Association. Lyricist for Lullaby Project. Published articles; drafted disability legislation. Awards for poetry.

Researcher: Fields include: anthropology, archaeology, biography, complementary medicine, consciousness, dreams, healing, health, poetry, psychology. Researched Ludwig van Beethoven and Antonio Brentano at British Library.
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Simon, Linda
E-mail: lsimon2006@yahoo.com
Address: Boston, MA, and Cape Cod

M.A., Political Science, Goddard; B.A., Psychology and Theater, Univ. Massachusetts.

A writer and editor for more than thirty 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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Snively, Helen
The Thesis Therapist
E-mail: snively@post.harvard.edu
Address: 1 Fayette Park, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 547-1326
Profile: www.linkedin.com/pub/helen-snively/5/97b/329

Ed.D., Educational Counseling, Cultural Differences, Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE), 1999; Ed.M., Educational Counseling, GSE, 1991; B.A., English, Harvard University, 1971.

For thirty years, I have helped graduate students and academics to complete their writing, through individualized editing, coaching, advice, and moral support. I have a doctorate in education (and, yes, pushed myself through my own dissertation) so I understand the experience from the inside. I particularly enjoy working with anyone for whom English is a second language (or “American” is a second culture): my dissertation focused on the learning and writing experiences of my Chinese classmates at GSE. I also developed a writing center at GSE and ran it for ten years, and helped establish CAEN. I can come to your location to help you finish—I’ve done that in Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
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Sobel, Richard
E-mail: lebos123@aol.com
Phone: (617) 497-1736

Editor and author of six books and numerous articles, essays and op-eds. As a developmental editor in social sciences, history and politics, I help writers turn good ideas and drafts into books, articles, and op-eds. My approach assists authors to convert promising starts into skillful drafts and completed publications. Typically, I work with people beginning a project who need guidance on progress and finishing in timely manner.

But I can also assist more or less experienced writers in developing ideas, proposals, contents, and drafts. While the author does the writing and rewriting, I can provide editorial guidance to improve clarity and persuasiveness of arguments, presentations and talks. The goal is to increase the likelihood of finishing publishable projects.
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Sorensen, Laurene
E-mail: laurenesorensen@gmail.com
Website: www.modernwriter.com
Address: P.O. Box 9826, Moscow, ID 83843
Phone: (401) 965-6724

J.D., Georgetown University; M.A., Columbia University; A.B., Oberlin College.

Sophisticated, strategic content development. Curriculum, exam, and exam prep development for K-12, postsecondary, and professional education. Project management, evaluation, and scoping. Developmental and substantive editing and copyediting. Technical, legal, academic, and business writing and editing. Proposal writing. Business-focused legal services for writers, editors, and artists. I thrive on complex and unusual projects that scare off timid editors, am comfortable with controversial topics, and can handle difficult authors (including non-native speakers) with diplomacy and tact.
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Stewart, Ann
E-mail: bondcliffs@gmail.com
Skype: ann.stewart2
Profiles: www.xing.com/profile/Ann_Stewart2 and www.linkedin.com/pub/1/a07/251

Specialize in economics, energy, systems engineering, sociology, and environmental and regulatory policy; open to other editing opportunities. Assistance to authors whose second language is English. Current work includes: submissions to academic and policy journals; dissertations; expert witness testimony; regulatory submissions; media releases; op eds; Web site content; NSF grant applications; cover letters and CVs. Clients are in Germany, Kansas, London, Mexico, New York City, Oregon, South Korea, Taiwan, and Texas. Confidential; reasonable rates; available 24/7.
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Stitt, Judy
E-mail: jstitt@tekedit.com
Website: www.tekEDIT.com
Address: 16 Ware Street, Suite C, Cambridge, MA 02138
Work: (617) 547-7453 Home/fax: (617) 547-1593 Cell: (207) 491-1456

B.S., Chemistry, Allegheny College, 1977.

Specialize in substantive editing of technical documents (science, engineering, management, economics, policy): journal articles, proposals, reports, case studies, working papers, book manuscripts, manuals. Over twenty-five years’ experience (seventeen years at MIT).
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Swasey, Melony
OnPoint Editing: Nonfiction editing, fact-checking, and research
E-mail: melony@onpointediting.com
Website: www.onpointediting.com
Address: 8 Saint Peter Street, Boston, MA 02130
Work: (607) 227-1732

B.S., Urban and Regional Studies, School of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University.

A journalist and copy editor with a background in community-based advocacy work, I enjoy perpetuating language that stirs informed thought and action.

Using Chicago Manual of Style and Associated Press style, I offer skilled copy editing; substantive editing; developmental editing; and fact-checking and research for authors, publishers, nonprofits, and businesses. Please visit www.onpointediting.com for more details.
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Sweeney, Jana
Jana Sweeney & Associates
E-mail: janasweeney@yahoo.com
Address: 200 Central Street, #10, Stoneham, MA 02180
Phone: (781) 249-2876

B.A., Mathematics and Education, Wellesley College, 1989; Teaching Certification, Wellesley College, 1989.

I am a freelance project manager, writer, and editor, and I manage a fantastic team of educational publishing professionals. I take on projects (from very small to very large) and then oversee all aspects of the project, from assigning freelancers through proofreading the final copy.

My small team has expertise in K-12 math, science, English, and social studies. We have experience in the following areas: state standards correlations, assessment (specializing in practice tests), textbooks (including teacher editions), editing, and proofreading.
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Tompkins, Hope
E-mail: hopet77@comcast.net
Address: 194 Elm Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 354-9329

B.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 book-making process and the requirements of a first-rate narrative. I read and critique fiction as well, and am currently writing a novel. Clarity of thought and simplicity of expression are my paramount goals; thorough copyediting is central to the achievement of both. Recent editorial work includes an M.I.T. master's thesis on environmental retrofitting in commercial real estate and a Johns Hopkins doctoral dissertation on trade in the early Atlantic World. I am a singer of medieval and modern music and a sailor with a fascination for knots.
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Tyson, BettyAnn
E-mail: BA_Tyson@comcast.net
Address: 87 Pierce Rd., Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: (617) 924-7715

Degrees 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
E-mail: jan.williams@valley.net
Website: www.janwilliamsindexing.com
Phone: (603)-795-4924

B.A., Bucknell University, French and English; M.S., Boston University, Speech Pathology

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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