FREELANCER DIRECTORY
Freelancers listed are members of the American Copy Editors Society, which provides
this list as a service for its members and for those seeking copy-editing services. ACES
makes no guarantees about the information in this listing and plays no part in any
contract for services. Editors should be contacted through the provided contact
information.
Editors are listed alphabetically with details regarding specialties and experience
provided.
Copy editors who would like to be listed in a future directory should contact Mark
Allen at markallen@copydesk.org for information.
Lindsey Alexander
ldalexander.com • 502-836-1719
Lindsey Alexander specializes in copy on technical subjects for business and lay
audiences—from copy editing to proofreading to content creation. She's written and
edited materials on resource management, sustainability, healthcare and medical
devices. She's fluent in Chicago and AP Styles. Occasionally, she takes on pet projects,
usually with a historical bent, such as fact-checking and editing the stories of World War
II veterans. For more info, check out her website at ldalexander.com.
Mark Allen
Mark Allen Editorial
markalleneditorial.com • markallen@copydesk.org • 614-961-9666 • Columbus, OH
For 25 years, my focus has been on clarity and accuracy with the reader in mind. Recent
projects include in-house contract editing and writing for a Fortune 100 financial
company, copy editing an early-childhood education website, and copy editing scholarly
papers on New Orleans schools post Katrina. I teach and mentor copy editors, and I have
presented on various topics in editing and freelancing. I post daily editing tips on Twitter
as EditorMark and blog for Copyediting.com. I have served on the national board of the
American Copy Editors Society since 2012.
Deirdre Blanchfield
Oxford Place Editorial
oxfordplaceeditorial.com • dblanchfield@oxfordplaceeditorial.com
I graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English. From there I started
my editorial career with an academic publisher. Working mostly on academic titles, I was
able to explore every facet of the publishing industry; from project management to page
design. After almost 15 years, I decided to go into business for myself and focus on
freelancing full-time. I have found that I enjoy this immensely! I love the diversity of
each new venture and I do not balk at "messy" projects or tight deadlines. I am a
member of both the American Copy Editors Society and the Editorial Freelancer's
Association. A few of my clients are Gale, Cengage Learning, Sage, and APass Education,
amongst others.
Lisa Bovee
Green Pen Editing
greenpenediting.com • lisa@greenpenediting.com • 855-MY-EDITS
Lisa prides herself on her superb written and verbal communication skills, a superior
grasp of the English language, and her extraordinary ability to connect with and
understand her clients. She has worked with clients from various walks of life as well as
an in-house editor. Lisa respectfully and efficiently leads clients through the entire
writing process, while consistently holding fast to pre-established goals, and honoring
valuable time – personally ensuring that all completed texts are cohesive, well
organized, effective, and print-ready. Complimentary consultation and editing sample
offered.
Currently working with business leaders, e.g., solo-entrepreneurs, small and large
business owners, and corporate executives as well as independent fiction authors on
comprehensive book editing and publishing projects. Assistance with content writing,
ghostwriting, indexing, and marketing also available.
Erin Brenner
Right Touch Editing
righttouchediting.com • erin@righttouchediting.com • 978-996-0389
Erin Brenner has been an editing professional for two decades. She founded Right Touch
Editing in 2005 to offer businesses and self-publishing authors just what they need for
editorial services: highly skilled editing, decades of expertise in publishing, and topnotch professionalism.
Businesses like to hire Erin to edit their content marketing and other publications,
including email newsletters, blog posts, white papers, marketing research and analysis,
e-books, and websites. Your materials need to please many stakeholders, and Erin will
follow your directions to the letter. She’ll even create a style sheet to record all those
demands and keep your copy consistent with the rest of your brand. Self-publishing
authors hire her for different reasons. Erin holds a master’s degree in literature and
works with other editors who are equally knowledgeable about literature and book
publishing. There’s only one content owner in this relationship—you.
Contact Erin today to get the right touch on your editing project!
Laura M. Browning
lmbrowning@gmail.com
I have 14 years of experience with substantive/developmental editing, copyediting, and
proofreading. I've edited alumni magazines, nonfiction books, legal manuscripts, various
Encyclopaedia Britannica products, pop culture and alternative-media websites, and
marketing collateral.
Stephanie Carmel
Carmel Editing Services
stephaniecarmel.com • shalecarmel@gmail.com
An experienced copy editor, I specialize in marketing and high-tech communications.
Core competencies include editing content to ensure it complies with client style
guidelines, is appropriate for the target audience, is optimized for search and
localization, and meets client objectives. I know the difference between a "stop the
presses!" change that must be made and one that's merely nice to have. I understand
and foster the relationship between writer and copy editor.
Daire Coco
DMC Translations
dmctranslations.com • daire@dmctranslations.com
With more than 15 years in the editorial field, I have a wide range of experience. I
started out in TV news working as a writer and copy editor at CNN and then as a
financial news writer at CNBC. As a freelancer, I have worked for companies ranging
from career advice site Vault.com to Mexico's English-language weekly The Guadalajara
Reporter. Currently, I work as a Spanish-to-English translator and editor of Englishlanguage translations, most of which are legal and financial documents. I am certified by
the Organización Mexicana de Traductores as a Spanish-to-English translator and hold a
master's degree in Spanish translation from NYU.
Alex Cruden
Second Thought LLC
crudenalex@gmail.com • 313-467-6824
If it might be interesting, I could edit it. My experience includes nonfiction and fiction
books, business case studies, public relations material, and decades of journalism. I
teach a college course in reporting and I've led more than 170 seminars on aspects of
editing.
Tammy Ditmore
eDitmore Editorial Services
editmore.com • tammy@editmore.com • 805-630-6809• 501-I South Reino Road #194
Newbury Park, CA 91320
I provide editing and proofreading to authors, publishers, editors, grad students, and
business owners. Specialties include working with nonfiction authors and publishers,
academic material in the humanities and social science fields, Christian publishers and
writers, and ESL authors. I am familiar with Chicago, APA, MLA, SBL, and AP styles.
Ellen Heath
ellen@celeryellen.com • 505-992-4987 • P.O. Box 33016 Santa Fe, NM 87594
I am only now turning to editing after a career writing on Capitol Hill, in government
relations for an international conglomerate, in public affairs for a teaching hospital, and
with a freelance writing business serving a wide variety of clients. I have written five
books, including a novel self-published in 2012 and have subsequently focused on a
substantial blog at www.celeryellen.com. I have lived with The Chicago Manual of Style
at my elbow.
Katy Heider
katyheider.com • katyheiderdotcom@gmail.com
Experienced editor specializing in technology, legal, lifestyle, marketing and general
business topics for the web. B2B and B2C. Offer a range of services, from proofreading
and light copy editing to substantive editing and rewriting. Recent clients include
Microsoft, The Wall Street Journal, Lexis Nexis, Sears and Macy's. Read for tone and
adherence to client style guidelines in addition to grammar and typos. More than 20
years of experience in print publishing, web and software design, and business/real
estate paralegal work. In addition to a BA in English, hold a paralegal certificate from
Loyola University. Independent editor and writer since 2010. AP Style subscriber and
expert. Please visit my website for more.
Michael Helfield
mhelfield@gmail.com
I specialize in the copy editing and proofreading of academic texts (e.g., monographs,
articles, websites) in the social sciences and the humanities. I also work with financial
documents (e.g., financial statements, audit reports, business proposals).
Kate Karp
Freelancer
lbpost.com/pets • katekarp@netzero.net • 562-212-0313
I’ve been sole copy editor for three Arizona lifestyle magazines for 10 years. I copyedit at
the heavy level, caption photographs, and check PDFs and final book for errors and
consistency, using Adobe Acrobat Professional. For 11 years, I’ve proofread a genre
newspaper, School News Roll Call. Duties include light fact checking and writing two
columns, one for children’s music and the other about local personalities.
I’ve been a part-time proofreader for Teacher Created Materials, an educationalmaterials publishing company, for more than six years. Although my job title is
proofreading, I also fact-check, check reference lists for style, make content suggestions,
and transfer corrections, insertions, etc. to InCopy. I have 30 years of experience as a
teacher and am fluent in Spanish.
David Lindeman
Global Grant Solutions LLC
globalgrantsolutions.com • dlindeman@globalgrantsolutions.com • 202-299-9848
David Lindeman provides a variety of editing services for nonprofit organizations,
professional associations, authors, and publishers. Specialties include:
- Grant proposals for funding from government agencies, private foundations, and
multilateral organizations.
- Newsletters, journal articles, book chapters, annual reports, fundraising materials,
brochures, and promotional materials.
- Manuscripts in international development, education, science & technology, health,
and business development.
David has twenty years of experience in writing and editing. He is a graduate of the
Specialized Certificate in Copyediting program at the University of California, San Diego,
and he also holds the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) and Certified Grant Writer
(CGW) designations. He is the co-editor of the Journal of the Grant Professionals
Association.
Marla Markman
Markman Editorial Services
MarlaMarkman.com • marla@marlamarkman.com • 951-660-0607
I am an award-winning editor with 20 years of experience creating and managing books
from conception to completion. Markman Editorial Services provides editing,
proofreading, book design, indexing, and ghostwriting services for authors, experts, and
traditional and self-publishers. My clients have gone on to win numerous awards,
including a National Indie Excellence Award, a Global eBook Award, and an International
Book Award. I specialize in nonfiction, including self-help, business, finance, legal, travel,
health and wellness, historical, memoir, and cookbooks. Although there is a plethora of
information available to self-publishers, it can be overwhelming and confusing, but I
enjoy guiding authors through the self-publishing process. In between book projects, I
edit everything from web content and CD packages to recipes, magazine articles and
educational materials for clients such as Albertsons, Amacom Books, Build (an off-shoot
of Inc. magazine), Rhino Entertainment, SCORE, and the Jewish Federation of Greater
Los Angeles. I provide a range of editing levels, from copy editing to substantive and
developmental editing.
Molly McCowan
Inkbot Editing LLC
inkbotediting.com • molly@inkbotediting.com
Utilizing her background in English, Molly has served on editorial staffs for more than
eight years. She has held jobs as a music journalist, editor in chief of a Colorado-based
music and arts magazine, marketing director, and professional blogger. In addition to
owning and operating Inkbot Editing, LLC, she is also the managing editor of a small
nonprofit publishing house. Molly specializes in academic copyediting, and has edited
nonfiction books, dissertations, research papers, business reports, magazines, websites,
quarterly newspapers, marketing materials, online courses, and more. She loves
partnering with writers to ensure that the reader comes first, and that clarity and
consistency are top priority. Molly is your partner in good writing—contact her today to
see how she can help you!
Christopher E. Nelson
PC Nelson Communications
pcnelsoncomm.com • info@pcnelsoncomm.com • 919-550-3793 •Clayton, NC
Chris Nelson has more than 30 years of experience as a copy editor and a background
that encompasses journalism, marketing and advertising for print and online platforms.
Previous clients include the School of Law and Center for Civil Rights, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill; North Carolina Central University; The (Raleigh, N.C.) News &
Observer; Carolina Parent Magazine; and multiple law firms.
Lori Paximadis
Pax Studio LLC
loripax.com • lori@loripax.com • 20515 Bunker Hill Dr. Fairview Park, OH 44126
Copyediting, proofreading, and project management since 1991. Specialties include
fiction, memoir, trade and academic nonfiction, history, art, crafts, and social sciences.
Laura Poole
Archer Editorial Services Inc.
archereditorial.com • laura@archereditorial.com • 919-308-1338
I specialize in copyediting scholarly nonfiction, books and journals. I enjoy Native and
Southern studies, cultural anthropology, gender and queer studies, and some medicine
and science. I have a niche specialty in editing economics.
Amy Prindle
Flawless Documents
flawlessdocuments.com • amy@flawlessdocuments.com
After 6 years as a managing editor for a regional news magazine, my affinity for copy
editing slowly sucked me into a full time, specialized endeavor. Flawless Documents was
born in 2010 to bring grammatical excellence to authors everywhere.
Heather Saunders
Just the Write Type
justthewritetype.com • just.the.write.type.editing@gmail.com
I specialize in literary manuscript revision and STM (science, technical, medical) editing.
With two graduate degrees and years of experience, I am an expert. With an obsession
for perfect print bordering on OCD, I am thorough. With passion for editing, I am happy
and enjoy making your documents pristine.
Frank Steele
steele-editing.com • frank@steele-editing.com • 972-984-8514 • 1928 Meandering
Way McKinney, TX 75071
I have more than 30 years of experience in editing, proofreading, fact-checking, back-ofbook indexing. Specialties: Nonfiction, self-help/motivational, coaching books,
religious/spiritual material. US English, Chicago style, SBL style. Proficient in MS Word,
Adobe PDF markup. Some InDesign experience.
Herbert E. Swett
swett8893@comcast.net • 503-584-1508 • 1330 Wallace Road NW, Apt. 60 Salem, OR
97304-3094
My varied journalism career has involved copy editing for more than 30 years. I am now
a freelance writer for several publications in the mid-Willamette Valley, especially two
weekly newspapers. I also am a medical transcriptionist and recently obtained the status
of Certified Healthcare Documentation Specialist. I have a first-rate command of the
English language, am familiar with several style guides and have many years of
experience at writing headlines. My reporting lately has focused on sports but over the
years has involved mostly general news. I have a BA degree from Lewis & Clark College
and a BS degree from the School of Journalism and Communication, University of
Oregon. Memberships include the Society of Professional Journalists and the American
Copy Editors Society.
Julia TerMaat
maated.com • julia@maated.com
Services range from copy editing to developmental editing. I have in-house experience
as a developmental editor at Oxford University Press (USA) and in corporate
communications at the National University of Singapore. My editing philosophy is to
ensure clarity and consistency, while staying attuned to the author’s voice and house
style. I am comfortable working with a range of styles and in print and online
environments. My specialties include marketing publications and academic texts in the
humanities and social sciences; I also have experience with fiction, self-help, and travel
writing.
Tracy Wilson-Burns
Cascade Indexing & Editorial
cascadeIndexing.com • Tracy@CascadeIndexing.com
Fiction copy editing and line-editing. Non-fiction copy editing, line-editing, and back-ofthe-book indexing since 2009. Published author. MA in Writing Popular Fiction, Seton
Hill University. MA in Communications, Fairfield University. Certificate course in Copy
Editing, U.C. San Diego. BS Computer Science, Albright College.
Karen Yin
APvsChicago.com • apvschicago@gmail.com • Altadena, CA
I have been burnishing the English language since 1992 as a writer, copy editor, and
proofreader, largely in advertising. I created a niche for myself by proofreading design in
addition to editing copy, juggling multiple styles to provide flawlessness and peace of
mind to major studios such as Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, DreamWorks, and Fox. As
a freelancer, I make materials cohesive, clear, and captivating for my website and
publishing clients.
As a freelance writer and editor, I provide the following services:
- Copywriting: magazine articles, editorial content for websites, marketing copy,
slogans/taglines
- Copyediting: manuscripts, magazines, screenplays and teleplays, résumés
- Print and digital book design
- E-book formatting and conversion
I blog about style on AP vs. Chicago (APvsChicago.com), a guide for anyone who “gives a
dollar sign, ampersand, exclamation point, and pound sign about style.”
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