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I offer copy editing services for corporate clients, non-profit organizations, filmmakers, self-publishing authors and more.

What do I do as your copy editor?

Here is an excellent definition by Editors Canada, the association of which I am a member.

Copy Editing is “editing to ensure correctness, accuracy, consistency, and completeness. It includes:

editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage
checking for consistency and continuity of mechanics and facts, including anachronisms, character names, and relationships
editing tables, figures, and lists
notifying designers of any unusual production requirements
developing a style sheet or following one that is provided
correcting or querying general information that should be checked for accuracy

“It may also include:

marking levels of headings and the approximate placement of art
Canadianizing or other localizing
converting measurements
providing or changing the system of citations
editing indexes
obtaining or listing permissions needed
checking front matter, back matter, and cover copy
checking web links”

Note that copy editing is often loosely used to include stylistic editing, structural editing, fact-checking, or proofreading. Editors Canada defines copy editing as above.

Subject specialties

• adoption – transracial
• the arts – specifically, film, theatre and dance
• Black history and culture (Canadian, American)
• intersectional feminism
• LGBTQ2S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirited)
• Ontario’s legal profession (lawyer, paralegal)
• race, class and gender
• Women’s Studies

Types of work

• Advertising and marketing materials
• Annual Reports
• Articles
• Blogs
• Booklets
• Brochures
• In-house publications
• Magazines
• Newsletters
• Reports
• Public Relations materials
• Transcripts
• Websites