I’ve been copy editing since 2001. My specialties are investing, business intelligence, and theology, but I can edit anything.
I’ve also worked as a production manager to coordinate editorial, design, marketing, and sales teams. I developed and implemented a custom content project management solution for a fast-paced daily blog. As a managing editor, I’ve developed author relationships, set print budgets, created style guides, written marketing copy, optimized SEO, and more.
I’m a copy editor, project manager, and fact checker for Encyclopædia Britannica’s personal finance resource.
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This academic essay applies Dr. Michael Ward's critical theory of donegality, described in Planet Narnia (2008), to the novel Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. I argue that Piranesi incorporates the atmosphere, influence, and qualities of the planet Neptune.
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My first published poem is about a favorite insect, recent research in quantum biomechanics, art and imagination, and a warm summer day making felted soap with friends.
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I helped edit and produce lawn signs, a print brochure, and website copy for this community effort. I hired a graphic designer and coordinated review and proofing rounds.
This interview celebrates Bookworm Gardens in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
An essay about the time I scooped a swarm of honeybees into a cardboard box with a big spoon. Plus themes of belonging, location, literature, and courage.
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My book is about the intersection of theology and imagination and how humans make meaning.
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I edited the manuscript for length and clarity while preserving the author’s voice; checked facts; wrote indices and other front/back matter, including promotional abstracts; applied house style; tagged and prepared the manuscript for layout; and coordinated production rounds with the publisher.
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thinkMoney magazine was published quarterly by T3 Custom, a content marketing firm that promotes financial literacy. From 2005 to 2021, I copy edited article drafts and proofed the final layout.
This content hub for trader education was also published by T3 Custom through 2021. I copy edited and proofed articles, checking facts and revising for style and voice. I created simple graphics, produced and published articles in the CMS, and worked on SEO.
The BIJ was published quarterly by TDWI.org, where I worked for 10 years as a copy editor, managing editor, production manager, and marketing writer.
"[The hills] taught me longing—Sehnsucht; made me for good or ill, and before I was six years old, a votary of the Blue Flower."
—C.S. Lewis