After my post last week, a few of you asked for recommendations for professional editors. I have listed here four options. Hopefully one will work for you. Like writers, editors have different styles, and it can be hard to find one whose style matches your own.
Each of these professional editors are people that scholars have recommended to me:
KIRSTEEN
Kirsteen E. Anderson has edited both a book manuscript and a journal article for me, and has done an excellent job. She is very attentive to detail, efficient, and considerate of my own style. Her proficiency in Spanish was a big bonus for me. She charges $20 to $35 an hour and can give a flat-fee bid for a book-length project based on a sample chapter.
Kirsteen’s BIO:
I do almost exclusively scholarly nonfiction editing and writing. Spanish is pretty proficient (German is rusty). Specialty areas are Latin America and the U.S. Southwest, esp. history and anthropology. Many clients are speakers of English as a second language. With an MS in communication disorders, I’ve also extensive experience in education-related fields. Email:
kea@dakotacom.net Phone/Fax: (520) 325-7098
KRISTY
I've really enjoyed working with Kristy Johnson: she's fast, knows her stuff, has an eagle eye, and brings what I have found to be very useful insights to my writing (in other words, she's not afraid to tell me when I make no sense). So the next time you find yourself in the final stages of writing a manuscript you've read one too many times, let Kristy give it a fresh look, clean up your mess, and get you one step closer to publication! I no longer send out an article without passing it by Kristy first, and my nerves are the better for it. You can email her at poet300@msn.com.
Kristy S. Johnson –MFA in creative writing, Freelance Editor for 10 years.
Focuses: Dissertations/Thesis, Academic Articles/Book Chapters,
Newsletters, Annual Reports, CVS/Resumes, Fiction and Non-
Fiction Books, etc. Field focuses: Humanities, Social Sciences and Education. Services & Fees: Proofreading/Copy Editing, $2/page, Content Editing, $4/page (non-book length), Content/Copy Editing for books negotiable.
JEREMY
I would like to share the information for the science writing editor/consultant that I have had the good fortune to work with a few times now. His name is Dr. Jeremy Fields and his website is www.ScientificWritingServices.com I have sent him both grant proposals and manuscripts. He does fast thorough work. I was skeptical because I already considered myself to be a good (scientific) writer but working with him has really improved the final product. So far the documents I have sent him have been in what I considered a more or less final form but he has helped me strengthen, "clean" and tighten up the language. In the future I am never going to send anything out without having him read it first!
BARBARA
Barbara Ray is a fabulous editor based in Chicago: http://www.hiredpenchicago.com/services/editing.shtml
From their website:
At Hired Pen, inc., we bring more than 20 years of experience to the table, with a focused and in-depth understanding of social welfare research, both quantitative and qualitative. Hired Pen, inc., has helped numerous professors polish their manuscripts for publication in journals and books. We have helped PhD candidates whip their dissertations into shape. We have edited countless conference volumes. We also specialize in book development, from idea to submission to a publisher.
If you cannot bear to look at your manuscript one more time, if reviewers are telling you to write more clearly, but you just don't see what they mean, we can help. If you are too close to your topic to be able to see it objectively, or if you need to cut the manuscript by 10 pages and cannot imagine how to do it, contact us.
Copyediting
In this age of pared-down publishing budgets, publishers often do not attend to those little details--details that can make you look bad, in print. How many times have you sent an email with their/there mixed up? Who hasn't? Effect/affect have you confused? Join the club. Someone has to watch out for those errors that threaten to sneak past the author's eye. Count on Hired Pen, inc., to be your safeguard. APA style, Chicago Manual of Style, we know them inside and out, and better yet, our editors are fast, which means you can afford the services of a professional editor. In fact, you cannot afford not to contact us.
I hope one of the four options above works for you! If you know of another editor I should add to this list, let me know!
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