Becoming an editor was a gradual process. In high school I wrote for the school newspaper, though I composed less often than I corrected. In college, I rewrote as many essays as a professor would read. In the Peace Corps I created and revised an enormous government document library.
After finishing my Peace Corps service, I decided I wanted to be involved in publishing and moved to New York. I was offered a position as an associate editor in the English Language Teaching division of Oxford University Press. Currently I work for a medical research foundation as an editor.
I do all sorts of freelance editing, e.g., polishing manuscripts, editing for accuracy and clarity, prepping for typesetting (styling/coding). I love manipulating text. If you would like me to manipulate yours, please contact me.
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Editing for academic writing skills
Effective Academic Writing presents writing modes and rhetorical devices students need to succeed in an academic setting. Structured writing tasks in every unit are accompanied with models of student essays.For this series, I worked with a group of college ESL teachers to develop a structure for making sophisticated composition techniques accessible to students just entering academmic situations.
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Editing for college coursework
Lecture Ready is an academic preparation course for English learners. Students learn note-taking and discussion strategies and experience actual college lectures with a DVD component.I was responsible for writing, checking, and rechecking transcripts and answer keys for the series. And working with multimedia components was an excellent learning opportunity.
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Editing for listening skills
Open Forum is a listening and speaking series that prepares students for academic course work. It is structured in academic content areas with highlights on relevant listening and speaking skills with extensive exercises.I wrote listening activities on high-interest content areas for the series and its Web site component. My first hands-on project, Open Forum remains a favorite.
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Editing English grammar instruction
Grammar Sense is based on contextual learning and authentic use of language. Students first learn grammatical forms and then meaning and use, building actual English fluency.For the most advanced installment in this series, I was repsonsible for continually revising and tweaking grammar examples, making the meaining and use of the grammar transparent while contextual.
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Editing for technical documentation
As I actively produce templates for blogging software, providing concise yet clear documentation is absolutely necessary. The art of composing the README is as ancient as personal computers.Unlike other publications I have worked on, hundreds of people every day are downloading my blogging templates and depending on the included READMEs to use the software.
