Editor Profile

Alyssa Gelata

Profile

Musician, crafter, motorcycle enthusiast, reader, and cat mom; I like to explore everything new and interesting when I can.

I graduated from the Creative Writing & Publishing degree program at Sheridan College in 2024 after focusing for four years primarily on editing and publishing. I also have a Professional Writing diploma from Algonquin College, where I truly picked up my love of copy editing. Currently working at my local Long and McQuade, I’ve had the potential to work with musicians and more noisy methods of communication. I have a passion for the methodical practice that music takes, but I also appreciate debates about the Oxford comma and run-on sentences.

Quick to grasp voice, I prefer to ask clients about their vision for their work and help guide them towards achieving it. Whether I am copy editing or helping with substantive edits, I always try to come up with new and interesting ways to approach what’s on the page. 

Editorial Skills

  • Acquisitions
  • Copy editing
  • Proofreading
  • Stylistic editing

Media / Genres

  • Blogs
  • Books general
  • Booklets
  • Books self-published
  • Catalogues
  • Fiction
  • Fiction mystery
  • Music notation
  • Newsletters
  • Style guides
  • Trade non-fiction
  • E-books
  • Fantasy
  • Gothic
  • Hand-written materials
  • Science Fiction
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Subtitles
  • Transcripts and minutes

Subjects

  • Animals
  • Arts
  • Canada
  • Communications
  • Ecology and environment
  • Gardening and horticulture
  • Grammar and linguistics
  • Handicrafts
  • Humanities general
  • Leisure general
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Philosophy

Working Languages

  • English

Disclaimer

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