Laura Jones

As a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s postgraduate publishing certificate program, I am a trained editor who can bring your work to the next level. I have experience with long and short texts in a variety of subjects, and I specialize in copy editing and proofreading.

Education: BMus (Dalhousie University), Certificate in Publishing (TMU)

Services: proofreading, copy editing, stylistic editing/line editing

Styles: Chicago style, can conform to various house styles

Notable Experience:

-education marketing and publishing intern and contractor at Scholastic Canada; edited, proofread, and Canadianized projects such as Elevate & Evaluate, Know Your Words, and Read to Know Advance

-copy editor at LearningMate; copy edited/fact checked online courses for K–12 students (in subjects such as English, history, science, art)

-subcontractor to a translator; copy edited and line edited works in translation (primarily nonfiction, including museum texts and a book-length work)

-other assorted projects, including editing a master’s thesis on punk music, copy editing a reference list, and proofreading several books for Smiling Eyes Press

Areas of Expertise/Areas of Interest: music, classical music, music theory, music history, musicology, opera, art song, works translated into English, nonfiction, self-help, academic/scholarly, English literature, history, journalism, fiction, fantasy, high fantasy, independently published works

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