Ink Wash Edits

Academic Support Across the Career

Editing Services

Copy Editing*

Grammar, style, and sensitivity checks for fiction, creative nonfiction, and non-academic authors.

Choose your level of intervention intensity, from light proofing to heavy line editing.

On the text "Chicago geek," the letters "ago" have been struck, rendering the result "Chic geek"

*Why “copy editing” and not “copyediting”? Different style manuals define this task in two words rather than one. If you need a manuscript prepared in AP Style (i.e., your copy needs editing), yes, I do copy editing. 🙂

Scrivening

Ghostwriting comes in different forms across the industry. I do not provide ghostwriting services for academic research and most especially, textbooks. Specialized products require specially qualified authors.

However, if you are looking for a co-writer or a heavy-duty assistant who can type up or flesh out the words on the screen to your ideas for a memoir or story, or if you need a human to interpret and produce a typed edition of handwritten or audio recorded content, yes! I can help you.

A cat is outlined by the light.

Sensitivity Reading

Never has a topic been more timely than diversity, equity, and inclusion. Do we still need to worry about civil rights? Affirmative action? Gender rights? Is our sensitivity misplaced, heightened, or misgauged? These topics remain extremely timely, even when the words themselves have been used liberally to screen for ways to cut on government spending.

I make use of a wide range of resources compiled by journalists, journalism schools, official style guides, authors, and editors to assess writing for best practices.