Elizabeth Quinlan Email and Phone Number

I love editing, though it’s in close competition with reading and writing. The three have been inseparable ever since I was a child penning stories on printer paper because college ruled didn’t have enough lines. (This was, of course, before my family had a computer.) I would read and write for hours, picking apart comma splices, varying sentence length, and, yes, waffling on whether I liked the serial comma. Grammar rules came intuitively to me but raw talent can only carry an aspiring editor so far.Since then, I have attended summer classes, participated in internships, and worked as a full-time copy editor at the Arizona Daily Star. There, I learned being a copy editor wasn’t just about the grammar; it was fact-checking, proofreading, and sometimes cracking out the magnifying glass. Although I have since then been laid off due to complications with the pandemic, the experiences have solidified my calling: Editing. I spend my working hours entering data and editing reports while listening to podcasts about editing and writing. In my off time, I am networking, reading, and writing. I'm considering a return to education to pursue a graduate degree in publishing to learn more about the industry that's drawn my interest since high school.