Editor Profile

Laurie Milner

Profile

 I am a freelance editor and writing coach with a PhD in Art History (Northwestern University) and over 30 years experience working with academics, writers, artists, museums and publishers on a wide range of scholarly, creative and hybrid texts. I work closely with my clients to achieve a fine integration of the technical, conceptual and artistic aspects of their work. As a scholar with broad interdisciplinary knowledge, I understand the complexity of thought in academic argumentation and the importance of nuance in cultural communication. I am particularly sensitive to the unique challenges of giving voice to non-verbal forms of creative practice. I am also a university professor.

Editorial Skills

  • Canadianization
  • Consulting and manuscript evaluation
  • Copy editing
  • Developmental or project editing
  • 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
  • Books art and photography
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Speculative Fiction
  • Textbooks college and university
  • Textbooks elementary and high school
  • Theses and dissertations
  • Trade non-fiction

Subjects

  • Architecture
  • Arts
  • Cinema
  • Communications
  • Culture
  • Gender studies
  • Humanities general
  • History
  • Literature

Working Languages

  • English
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