I'm a professional copy editor and proofreader specializing in helping independent authors make their words shine. My copyediting services always include correcting spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation. I can also check for consistency and clarity, apply specific format and style guide requirements, give style and content notes, and create a style sheet for the author's and publishing team's reference. In some instances, I perform a light line edit, primarily to make sentences and sometimes paragraphs a bit tighter and to help smooth the reading experience, suggesting shifting and polishing the provided words until they are in their best order, tense, and voice, just as the author had always intended.My past projects have included copyediting manuscripts of award-winning novels, short stories, and memoirs, and I edit a variety of fiction genres, including mystery, thriller, historical, adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, and romance, as well as children’s, middle grade, and young adult stories and novels. Working with independent authors and small publishers is my specialty, giving a light polish to the voices of new writers, seasoned professionals, and those in between. I am a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA); ACES, the Society for Editing; the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals (AIPP); and the San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN), where I served as secretary in 2017 and 2018 and co-president in 2019 and 2020.