FREE LANCE COPYEDITING AND PROOFREADING

Hire me as your copyeditor and proofreader.  I have experience writing and editing in content areas such as naval history, psychology, humanities and liberal arts, communication skills, self-help, human interest, speech-writing, association activities, biography, memoir, philosophy, and spirituality. I have worked with non-fiction writers and publishers in both the UK and US. While I am familiar with the AP Style Guide, the Chicago Manual of Style, The New Oxford Style Manual and the style guides for the American Psychological Association and the Modern Humanities Research Association, I can adapt my work to any style guide you (or your publisher) choose.

EDITING EXPERIENCE

Co-editor: Trafalgar Chronicle, published by Seaforth Publications, England for The 1805 Club (since 2019 under contract).

Proofreader: Tailships by John Rodgaard, Helion Press, Warwick, UK

Copyeditor: International Journal of Naval History, published online by the Naval Historical Foundation (2020 to 2023)

Copyeditor and Contributor: Newsletter of the Naval Order of the US (2016 to present).

Proofreader, Horatia’s Secret by Lily Style (2020).

Proofreader, Copyeditor, and Co-indexer: A Hard Fought Ship, 3rd ed. by Robert Moore and John Rodgaard, Holywell Publishing, St. Albans, England (2016).

Proofreader: From Across the Sea, by Sean Heuvel and John Rodgaard (eds) Helion Press, Warwick, UK

Peer Reviewer and Contributor: Acuity Journal (2016 – 2018).

Project Manager/Writer/Editor: US Air Force Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (a full-time salaried position; 2000 – 2004).

WRITING EXPERIENCE

I have published three books with Crown House, Ltd, Bancyfelin, Wales:

  • Improve Your Writing with NLP
  • Why Do I Keep Doing This?
  • The Weight, Hypnotherapy, and You Weight Program practitioner’s manual.

I have self-published one ebook: Stop Arguing: Conflict Resolution for Couples.

I have published articles in these magazines, blogs, newsletters, and journals:

  • The Toastmaster (Toastmasters International)
  • Anchor Point (Journal of Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
  • Rapport (Association of Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
  • Kedge Anchor (The 1805 Club magazine)
  • Acuity Journal
  • The newsletter of the Naval Order of the US. 
  • Business Coaching Journal (online)
  • Interlink (Nat’l Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists newsletter)
  • Mind, Body and Spirit (magazine)
  • Today’s Woman (magazine)
  • Best Business Articles (online)
  • Journal of the American Counseling Association
  • Personnel and Guidance Journal

I have posted online articles in these blogs:

  • HabitMaven.com
  • BusinessKnowHow.com
  • Best Business Articles
  • Expert Beacon
  • Your Tango
  • Len Saunders
  • All Things Georgian

I’d love to put my skills to work for you! Contact me for more information. Your message matters!