<p><strong>NANCY ROSENBAUM </strong>is a deadline-driven editor, proofreader, and fact-checker who specializes in APA formatting of dissertations and theses, but is also competent in CMS and Turabian formats. Nancy also writes and edits business documentation (e.g., marketing materials, proposals, general communications), and edits works of fiction and nonfiction, specializing in providing support for first-time authors.</p>
<p>Nancy edits research papers, capstones, masters theses, and doctoral dissertations at the proposal and final stages, and peer-reviewed journal articles. As an academic editing and scholarly writing specialist, Nancy</p>
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<li>double-checks online texts to ensure completeness and accuracy of direct quotations (wording, punctuation) and publication details (author(s), title, publisher, date, page), as well as mirroring of parenthetical references to complete entries in the references section;</li>
<li>marks and searches for sources corresponding to citations for which details were not included in References;</li>
<li>marks unused sources in References, allowing students to choose whether to cite or delete them;</li>
<li>corrects grammar and punctuation;</li>
<li>marks too-short paragraphs;</li>
<li>corrects presentation of numbers, fonts, and run-in and stand-alone list elements;</li>
<li>checks word or page limits, as appropriate to EDT or journal guidelines;</li>
<li>ensures gender neutrality and absence of bias in text;</li>
<li>formats tables according to type;</li>
<li>numbers equations;</li>
<li>ensures completeness and accuracy of sources in References, including confirming the need for issue numbers, edition numbers, digital object identifiers, database names, URLs;</li>
<li>applies styles to headings and subheadings, allowing her to create automated tables of contents that are readily updated if the document&rsquo;s contents change;</li>
<li>automatically numbers table and figure captions to generate readily updated lists of figures and tables;</li>
<li>corrects section/page breaks to ensure page numbering follows APA or university-specific schemes;</li>
<li>explains the nature of the errors made (in comments and/or cover memo notes).</li>
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<p>NANCY ROSENBAUM is a book and business communications editing and formatting expert. She specializes in working with first-time writers of fiction and nonfiction to target the reader&rsquo;s needs, clarify the message, expand characters, and winnow superfluous chatter.</p>
<p>Nancy has proofread, formatted, edited, and/or reworked/rewritten manuscripts in the following genres: dark comedy/fiction, children&rsquo;s fiction, self-help, technology, how-to (crafts), education and learning, history, business administration/HR, computer science/information technology, diet, education and learning, history, industrial technology, marketing, medicine and health care, religion, philosophy, politics and social science, and psychology, to name a few. She has written winning proposals in industries ranging from environmental to heavy and highway engineering and construction to banking/treasury services for public- and private-sector clients.</p>