QUOTE OF THE DAY
DESCRIPTION of SERVICES
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Identify and contact content experts; solicit, consolidate, summarize, and analyze reviews of draft material; and provide directives to editors/authors based on results
- Work one-on-one with authors to ensure completion of project objectives (i.e., schedules, manuscript specifications, etc.)
- Prepare final manuscript for release to production
DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING
- Assess early-version manuscript to determine market appropriateness and potential
- Line edit early-version manuscript to achieve clarity and flow and to ensure tone, style, and level are consistent; critical information and terms are present; claims are supported; organization is logical; and concepts are fully developed
- Analyze market and competition and make recommendations for development strategy and resource allocation
WRITING
- Articles
- Blogs (See my Open Salon blog for writing samples.)
- Promotional copy
- Ghostwriting
PROOFREADING
- Check manuscript for spelling/typo and formatting errors, blind or against original document.
- Familiar with APA, MLA, and Chicago Manual of style, but can follow any house style guidelines
COPYEDITING
- Render manuscript clear, correct, concise, comprehensible, and consistent (i.e., edit to correct grammar, usage, and punctuation errors; eliminate repetitious passages and clichés; and ensure the consistency of formatting and diction).
- Familiar with APA, MLA, and Chicago Manual of style, but can follow any house style guidelines
CONSULTING
- Advice for textbook publishers and authors:
- Industry and psychology discipline insights and trends
- Project analysis, feedback, and guidance
- Referrals