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More than 15 years of professional experience editing books, periodicals, websites, marketing collateral, and software documentation |
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Experience writing website content, brochures, feature articles, reviews, proposals, and more |
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Outstanding project organization, research, and management skills |
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Familiarity
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Founder of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild, a 200-member nonprofit professional network of freelance editors in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska |
Copyediting
and proofreading |
Marketing collateral: Copyedit and proofread websites, quarterly and annual reports, press releases, technical data sheets, brochures, catalogs, signage, employee handbooks, marketing playbooks, slide shows, and more; clients include The Adlhoch Group, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chase Marketing Services, Chris Barnes Design, Envision Telephony, the Poetry Foundation, Skorman Productions, and Vinton Street Partners |
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Periodicals: Copyedit PhotoMedia, Seattle University Magazine, and Virtuoso Life |
| Trade nonfiction: Copyedit and proofread books for publishers across the country, including Against All Odds Productions, Island Press, The Mountaineers Books, Roaring Forties Press, and Sasquatch Books; specialties include art, the environment, literary nonfiction, politics, and travel |
Writing (a selection) | Actress Listens for Our Differences, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle [front-page feature] |
| Twenty-page commemorative program, commissioned for the 20th anniversary of the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, Washington, D.C. |
| Ramp Your Amps, the website of an athletic-performance coach, San Antonio, Texas |
Publications
editing | Served as assistant editor of SANE World/FREEZE Focus, a quarterly membership magazine for a nonprofit (circulation 180,000), for two years. Solicited, wrote, edited, and proofread articles; conducted interviews; reviewed books and other resources; researched graphics. |
| Served as assistant editor of SANE/FREEZE's Grassroots Organizer, a bimonthly newsletter for activists. |
Consulting |
Advise authors on various aspects of the publishing process, from writing a book proposal to finding an agent |
Speaking |
Opening speaker, Beyond the Red Pencil, the 10th-anniversary conference of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild, 2007 |
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Featured guest expert for "Solving Your Problems," a nationally presented workshop sponsored by Copy Editor: Language News for the Publishing Profession, 2004 |
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Guest lecturer on
copyediting, University
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| Panelist
on editing: Pacific Northwest Booksellers
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Professional affiliations | Member, Bay Area Editors Forum |
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Founder (1997) and steering committee member (2000-present), Northwest Independent Editors Guild |
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Advisory board member, University of Washington Editing Certificate program |
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Secretary, board of trustees, University Mound Ladies Home |
Honors and awards |
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Oregon |
| Presented senior honors thesis, “The Politics of SALT: The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,” at the National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution, Denver |
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Recipient of a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, underwriting six months of work with a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. (was subsequently hired as a staffer) |
Community involvement |
Volunteer Golden Gate Greeter (Joie de Vivre hotels) |
| Member, City Guides, Commonwealth Club, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Mechanics Institute, San Francisco Film Society, Victorian Alliance |
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Microlender, Kiva.org |
Education and training |
B.A., magna cum laude, political science, University of Oregon Honors College, 1986 |
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Copyediting Fiction workshop with Amy Einsohn, 2003 |
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National Writers' Workshop (Poynter Institute), 2004 |
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WordCamp (conference for WordPress users), 2007 |
References and work samples available upon request.