Professional and experienced word crafter with over 33 years in book production, offering editing, proofreading, and indexing to publishers, authors, and web site creators

I'm in the editing business because I love to help authors to craft the most effective documents to communicate their ideas to their readers. I've worked with publishers, composition firms, and individual authors for over 33 years, beginning with paste-up of art and photography books in NYC in the 1980s (remember T-squares and triangles?) and continuing here in Vermont as a freelance editor, working next to the woodstove all winter and outdoors in the shade in the summer. I'm planning to build a tiny studio with a grape arbor as a summertime office!
As a Vermonter for over 20 years, I like to mix up editing with working in the garden, walking wilderness trails, and engaging with dharma communities to build a great North American stupa (ask me more about Bodhivastu nonprofit organization!).

Work Terms

My rates vary from $18 to $25 per hour, and I offer a free review of approx. 20 pages of a manuscript, in order to demonstrate how I work and the kinds of queries that might arise. I'm willing to expand my skills to work in whatever format is most effective for your project.