Susan Lantz Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Az, Us

Meticulously copy edit content of 100+ online university courses per year in all disciplines, adhering to house style guide and APA style

Provided the following services for clients ranging from fiction authors to universities to local and international businesses and nonprofits: • Copy editing and line editing book manuscripts for content, tone, cohesion, and style• Consulting on websites, communications, and social media strategies for small businesses • Developing textbooks to match the learning objectives and outcomes of college courses• Creating standards-aligned assessment items for K-16 educational publishers• Adding learning features and editing an international wellness organization’s training manual• Writing and storyboarding video and animation scripts for e-learning courses• Proofreading K-6 curricula for a national educational publisher• Coaching authors who are writing memoir and self-help books for publication• Editing online course content for a public college • Working for a publisher to shape textbook authors’ drafts and incorporate accessible case stories and reflection pieces

Tempe, Arizona

• Reviewed course materials for logical sequence, instructional organization, clarity, tone, citations and references and revise according to established style• Ensured all courses were properly formatted and contain correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, and usage

San Diego, California

• Developed media-rich electronic college textbooks designed specifically for a university's six-week accelerated courses.• Coordinated with program faculty, administration, and course designers to make sure textbook content met course and program objectives• Managed projects from proposal through to electronic publication, scheduling all stages and serving as point of contact for author, freelance contributors, editors, and proofreaders, and media vendors• Chosen for a selective six-month leadership development program within the company, participating in philanthropic activities and leadership strengths training

Baltimore, Maryland

(Promoted from Editorial Assistant to Assistant Editor to Manuscript Editor)• Copyedited 10-12 full-length book manuscripts per year, including scholarly monographs and regional and trade titles, in accordance with Chicago Manual of Style• Served as production editor for 15-18 manuscripts per year, managing schedules, checking copyeditors' and authors' corrections, editing indexes, hiring freelancers, and checking all stages from page proof to bound book• Proofread catalog and jacket copy for all books copyedited or production edited by me• Corrected or edited approximately 100 reprints, paperback editions acquired from other presses, and subsequent editions of previously published books per year

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Assisted acquisitions editor in preparing publishing contracts, dockets, and cost estimations • Managed author correspondence and manuscript review process for acquisitions editor• Collaborated with acquisitions editor on developmental editing of new manuscripts in field of special education• Participated in design of and researched content for first online course companion Web sites for Brookes

Master'S Degree, Creative Writing--Fiction Concentration

Certificate, E-Learning Instructional Design

Master'S Degree, Teaching And Teacher Education

Bachelor'S Degree, Literature