I am a freelance editor with ten years experience in the field of technical, business, academic, and fiction writing.

A brief history:
I received a Master's Degree in Writing in 2003 from Colorado State University and a Bachelor's in English from Brigham Young University in 1999. Following my education, I worked full-time in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC in the writing and editorial field from 2003-2009. I also spent some of that time as a writing instructor at Marymount University and Northern Virginia Community College. I began freelancing in 2007 as a side-project to my full-time technical writing work. I have been working on a purely freelance basis since becoming a mom in December 2009.

My personal philosophy:

I respect every writing project as if it were my own.

I believe there is something sacred about the written word and that “getting it rightâ€ is important. Whether “itâ€ is technical documentation, a collection of experiential essays, an up-and-coming business website, or even a sales pitch, the critical aim for the writer or editor on your project should be to say what is meant in a way that others will

    understand
    be moved
    be intrigued to learn more
    be persuaded

Essential to accomplishing this goal is a grasp of the original author's intent and purpose. Unless it is a very simple task, I will ask questions to make sure I "get it" because I respect your intent. In fact, I wish to unearth it at every turn, and to then express it clearly with the right voice, right word choice, right grammar and mechanics, and right structure.