About

BA, Religion, Earlham College (with sciences courses—biology, chemistry, astronomy). > MEd, Rehabilitation Counseling, School of Education, Boston University (BU). > Postgrad courses: Harvard Extension School (writing/editing and introduction to geology); BU (Northern Appalachian Geology Field Camp).

Offer manuscript editing (aka copyediting or line editing) for native and nonnative/ESL English speakers. (I grew up bilingual English/Portuguese in Luanda, Angola, Africa.) Content has included: business; education K–12; public health; scholarly manuscripts (art exhibitions, earth sciences, digital architecture, economics, Judaism, linguistics, medicine, urban ecology); software/IT; and other technical.

I’ll help you clarify your meaning and develop an understandable manuscript that holds your readers’ interest. In addition to style, grammar, and punctuation edits, I’ll help you to both rephrase text (vague, ambiguous, repetitive, wordy) that obscures your message and revise, rewrite, and refine your text to say what you mean. I’m expert at discerning gaps and obstacles that can slow your readers’ comprehension and experienced at suggesting additions or deletions that will smooth the flow of your writing.