Editor Profile

Kelsey James

Profile

Please note that I am currently on leave. I will be accepting limited projects starting in July 2026.

I have a decade of experience writing and editing in academic, technical, and public sector contexts. I have a Masters in Public Health from Simon Fraser University, and specialize with texts that fall into the realm of public health, health services, medicine, environmental science, workplace health and safety, and risk assessment. However, I can work with many other technical and academic topics as well.

I’m also an avid fiction reader and writer. I’ve provided a variety of editing services to fellow writers, from beta reading to copy editing to higher level developmental editing. I love to work with independent writers to help them bring their vision for their story to life. My favourite genres to work with include romance, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and YA fiction.

I have a Certificate in Editing from Simon Fraser University, and have earned the Editing Essentials qualification from Editors Canada. I’m an active member and often take part in volunteering and continuing education opportunities.

Please get in touch, I’d love to hear from you! 

Editorial Skills

  • Canadianization
  • Consulting and manuscript evaluation
  • Copy editing
  • Developmental or project editing
  • On-screen editing
  • Online editing
  • Plain language
  • Proofreading
  • Research and fact-checking
  • Rewriting
  • Structural and substantive editing
  • Stylistic editing
  • Writing

Media / Genres

  • Abstracts
  • Academic books and monographs
  • Academic materials general
  • Academic papers and essays
  • Booklets
  • Books general
  • Books self-help
  • Books self-published
  • Briefs précis and executive summaries
  • Business materials general
  • Conference materials
  • Curriculum guidelines
  • E-books
  • E-materials general
  • Educational materials general
  • Fiction
  • Fiction mystery
  • Government materials general
  • Grant applications and fundraising
  • In-house publications
  • Manuals and how-to books
  • Newsletters
  • Periodicals general
  • Policies and procedures
  • Proposals and evaluations
  • Reports annual
  • Reports other
  • Résumés and CVs
  • Study guides
  • Style guides
  • Teachers
  • Surveys
  • Tests and assessment materials
  • Textbooks college and university
  • Theses and dissertations
  • Trade non-fiction
  • Books children
  • Brochures
  • Fiction mystery
  • Textbooks elementary and high school

Subjects

  • Archaeology and ancient history
  • Cinema
  • Earth sciences
  • Ecology and environment
  • Energy mines and natural resources
  • Family
  • Entertainment
  • Gardening and horticulture
  • Geography
  • Government
  • Government federal
  • Government municipal
  • Government provincial
  • Health
  • Health and medicine general
  • Health care
  • History
  • Labour and employment
  • Leisure general
  • Life sciences
  • Lifestyles
  • Mathematics and statistics
  • Medicine
  • Medicine alternative
  • Music
  • North America
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Physical and chemical sciences
  • Psychology and mental health
  • Sciences general
  • Social sciences
  • Sports
  • Transportation
  • Technology

Working Languages

  • English
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