Editing &
Story Support
CLIENTS & COLLABORATORS Heyday, Beacon Press, Center for Humans and Nature, Chronicle Books, Yosemite Conservancy, Ten Speed Press, Creston Books, Random House Children’s Books, American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying, Weldon Owen, Center for Ecoliteracy, Beyond the Race to Nowhere
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WORK & SERVICES
I help people tell stories! This includes:
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project-managing publications from conception to final product
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working with writers and filmmakers to hone their ideas and structure their projects
- collaborating with illustrators, designers, and art directors on visual storytelling
- copyediting and proofreading
- research and fact checking
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writing newsletters, op-eds, fundraising appeals, and other communications
- helping organizations strategize about messaging
For more detail on wheres and whens, read more about me and see LinkedIn and my resume.
SPECIAL STRENGTHS
- synthesizing research from a range of sources
- translating complex information and ideas into clear, relatable prose
- unearthing connections between seemingly disparate ideas
- surfacing beauty and emotion
HOW I SEE MY ROLE
I’m a supportive behind-the-scenes listener, question asker, note taker, detail checker, synthesizer—attuning not just to what is being said, but also how it’s being said. My ultimate goal is to help creators realize their intentions.
Often, editing is associated with critiquing or correcting, but the word comes from the Latin edere, which means “to bring forth.” This is how I think of the editorial craft: as bringing forth the meaning and spirit of a project, facilitating a stronger relationship between writers and readers, or filmmakers and viewers.
Sometimes editing is about bringing forth deeper themes, connections between ideas, or emotional undercurrents within a project. Sometimes it’s about structure—finding a more effective or engaging way to organize chapters, scenes, or paragraphs. Sometimes it’s about bringing forth consistency or harmony. And sometimes it’s about checking for typos.
There’s a fine line to walk between enhancing someone else’s sentence (or story) and imposing on it. I walk that line with care, appreciating that everyone I work with has a unique voice, vision, and even syntax.
I think about language, whether verbal or visual, within a larger context of communicating with care across our differences and aspiring to bring forth a world that is more inclusive, just, safe, nourishing, and joyful for us all.
Editing is a craft based in relationship. I’ve found that having a good time is conducive to good work, and I love getting to know the people I work with!