Responsible for keeping the book editorial side of guided self-publishing business on track. Client-facing role, helping walk author–clients through the publishing process. Hires and reviews work of editors, copy editors, proofreaders, and indexers. Sometimes a writer of social media copy and website blurbs. Responsible for reviewing and routing materials including interior text and covers. Handles copyediting and proofreading duties as needed. Provides cost analysis of potential projects as needed. Projects include:• Mel's Kitchen Cafe Cookbook, by Mel Gunnell (2024)• Salt & Lavender: Everyday Essentials, by Natasha Bull with Miranda Sayer (2024)• Julie's Eats & Treats Cookbook, by Julie Evink (2024)• 10 Indicators of High-Performing Charter Schools, by Tom Miller, Ed.D. (2024)• Become Your Dog's Hero, by Heather Beck (2023)

Copyedit and proofread book manuscripts and designed pages for Nat Geo Kids. Projects include:• Proofread for Weird But True: World 2025 (TK later in 2024)• Proofread for Ultimate Bugopedia, by Darlene Murawski, Nancy Honovich (April 2024)• Copyedit for Here Not There, by Andrew Nelson (April 2024)• Proofread for Deadliest Animals on the Planet, by Jennifer Szymanski (December 2023)• Proofread for The Ultimate Book of Reptiles, by Ruchira Somaweera, Stephanie Warren Drimmer (August 2023)• Copyedit for Critter Chat: World Wild Web, by Jason Viola (August 2023)

Manuscript and first-pass projects for publishing houses and independent authors. Nonfiction specialty with emphasis on health, fitness, and leadership. Projects include:• Reedsy marketplace copyediting and proofreading freelancer; five-star rating (2019 to present)• Manuscript copyedit and proofread for 10 Indicators of High-Performing Charter Schools, by Tom Miller, Ed.D. (Tom Miller, 2024)• Manuscript copyedit of Be the Calm or Be the Storm, by Captain Sandy Yawn with Samantha Marshall (Hay House, January 2023)• Manuscript copyedit of Lead From the Heart, by Mark C. Crowley (Hay House, fall 2022)• Manuscript copyedit of The Food Matters Cookbook: A Simple Gluten-Free Guide to Transforming Your Health One Meal at a Time, by James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch (Hay House, April 2022)• First-pass copyedit of What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength, by Scott Carney (Rodale, January 2017)• First-pass copyedit of Hal Higdon’s Run Fast, third revised edition (Rodale, October 2016)• First-pass copyedit of Bicycling magazine’s Complete Guide to Road Cycling Skills (Rodale, August 2016)

Project lead for multimillion-dollar, bestselling Eat This, Not That! franchise. Guided a dozen trade titles each year from launch meeting to release date including books, ebooks, and DVDs for Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, and Bicycling magazines under Rodale’s branded books division. • Managed freelance copy editors and fact checkers. • Compiled edits from multiple parties and checked revised proofs. • Signed off on printer proofs of interiors, covers, and jackets.• Copyedited materials for marketing and advertising of assigned products. • Worked with designers and editors to troubleshoot manuscript issues. • Routed materials including interiors and book jackets for review across all levels of the organization.

Planned, assigned, and edited content of weekly sections covering home, family, health, religion, and food. Also handled several special sections each year.• Supervised two staff reporters, one intern, and a dozen freelance writers and columnists, including syndicated GateHouse columnists Wayne Westcott (fitness) and Suzette Standring (spirituality) based at the Ledger. • Worked with page designers, graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers to coordinate presentation. • Wrote promotional teasers and compiled column briefs. • Wove two sections into one new product to reduce costs while maintaining value for readers and advertisers.

• Designed section fronts, interior pages, and special sections.• Copyedited and wrote headlines for local, wire, business, and features stories.• Filled in as front-page designer as needed.• Selected stories from the wire for interior pages covering national and international news and compiled briefs; pitched stories from the wire to editor for front page as needed.

• Designed section fronts, interior pages, and special sections.• Copyedited and wrote headlines for local, wire, business, and features stories.• Filled in as front-page designer as needed.

• Designed section fronts and interior pages.• Copyedited and wrote headlines for local, wire, business, and features stories.• Filled in as front-page designer as needed.

While at Daily Southtown, recruited by sister publication Chicago Sun-Times to launch Red Streak tabloid. Speaker at Illinois College Press Association’s 2003 conference to discuss Red Streak and Chicago tabloid war.