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Profile
I’m a copy editor, proofreader, and indexer specializing in cookbooks, non-fiction trade books, and ecology and conservation research journals.
My experience and expertise include: food & cookbooks – vegan/vegetarian cooking, and food allergies; arts & crafts – bookbinding, knitting, sewing, fibre arts, leathercraft, drawing; nature, gardening, sustainable living, and alternative construction; homeschooling; and family history memoirs.
Copy editor for Resilience Alliance (2020 to ongoing): A research organization which publishes Ecology & Society, Journal of Field Ornithology, and Avian Conservation & Ecology.
Professional development
Introduction to Technical Editing for Craft Patterns (Editors Canada 2022)
Indexing Art Books (American Society for Indexing 2023)
Freelance Editing in the Cookbook and Recipe Niche (Editors Canada 2023)
Culinary Indexing (American Society for Indexing) 2022
Editing Recipes and Cookbooks – Toronto Metropolitan University 2020
From Pastas to Proofreads: Cookbook editing with Meredith Dees & Michelle C. Meade.(Editors Canada )
Editing Recipes and Cookbooks webinar (ACES) 2018
Indexing, Theory and Application – Berkeley 2020
Copy editing program – Simon Fraser University 2017-2018
Volunteer experience
Culinary Historians: Proofreader for Bits and Bites newsletter (2020-2024)
Indexing Sociey of Canada: Managing editor for Bulletin newsletter (2020-2024)
Editorial Skills
- Proofreading
- Copy editing
Media / Genres
- Cookbooks
- Indexes
- Trade non-fiction
- Newsletters
- Books art and photography
Subjects
- Animals
- Ecology and environment
- Food and drink
- Gardening and horticulture
- Handicrafts
- Arts
Working Languages
- English
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