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Ink Wash Edits

…was founded on the principle that editing, like ink wash painting, refines the intense artistry applied by the author, allowing new expressions and ideas to unfold.

Editing is collaborative but temporary—the ink splashed on an already wet canvas to spread, set, and quickly dry.

Ideas that lay dense in the author’s brush meet the fiber of the page mediated only briefly by a disappearing medium: the water will dry, and the editor will depart. Stories and insights for eager eyes and ears will remain.

I became an editor because everybody deserves to present their best self to colleagues who are assessing them for new degrees, new positions, new promotions, new titles, new grants, and every opportunity between.

What I edit:

  • Abstracts
  • academic portfolios
    • diversity statements
    • research statements
    • teaching statements
  • Application statements (mission statements)
  • book chapters (standalone)
  • Book Manuscripts (including edited volumes)
  • Book Reviews (single and integrated)
  • Course Summaries
  • CVs and Résumés
  • dissertation Drafts
  • grant applications1
  • Journal articles
  • Manuscripts
  • proposals
  • Symposia
  • Web-published News Articles

Aside from my position with the Chinese Historical Review, I work with an agency on college and graduate program applications, including word-count reductions.

I especially welcome texts from non-native English speakers.

Academic Disciplines:

  • Anthropology
  • Art History (History, Conservation, Curation)
  • Economics
    • Behavioral economics
    • Game theory
    • Agricultural economics
    • Environmental economics
    • Markets
    • ESG
    • Econometrics
  • Education
  • Film studies
    • Subject matter expertise in Chinese and Japanese film
  • Gender studies
  • History
  • Linguistics
  • Literature and Literary Theory
  • Music
    • ethnomusicology
    • history
    • theory
  • Political science
  • Public policy
  • Theatre and the Performing Arts
  • Translation studies

Special expertise: Chinese humanities and social sciences (Yuan dynasty to current day).

Recently, I’ve discovered that I intensely enjoy editing creative writing as well. I also love to write creative nonfiction and flash fiction, and I am currently offering editing services to creatives at a discount as I sound out this new area.

Please send me your work! Yes, I want to read it!

I need an editor!
  1. I also assist with writing these. Check out my Academic Services page for more info. ↩︎