Resonant Edits
Amplify. Impact. Reverberate.
Hello! I’m a freelance editor and publishing consultant with over twenty years of experience editing nonfiction magazines, books, and web journals. I’ve helped hundreds of authors navigate the publishing process, develop their manuscripts, and fine-tune their writing. I especially love working with academic authors and small-press or mission-driven publishers.
I bring strong ethical values to my work and am always attentive to issues of unconscious bias and potentially exclusionary language. I provide careful, kind, and constructive feedback, and I have extensive experience working with first-time and EFL authors.
Services for Authors and Academics
Book Proposal Editing & Publishing Advice
Wondering how, when, and where to submit your book proposal? As a former in-house acquisitions editor for trade and scholarly presses, I can help you navigate the tricky terrain of book publishing and understand what editors are really looking for.
Developmental Editing
Do you have a series of articles or teaching materials you think could be a book? Want to turn your PhD into a monograph? Need to implement feedback from an acquisitions editor or peer reviewer? I can help you construct or rework a manuscript to have real impact.
Line Editing / Language Editing
Do you need help with clarity, sentence structure, and English-language usage? Need to cut 3,000 words out of your article? I can provide careful editing of your article or book manuscript to ensure that your argument is communicated clearly, succinctly, and precisely.
Services for Publishers
I’ve spent 12+ years working in-house for trade and academic presses as an acquisitions and production editor. I can offer short-term solutions when your in-house team is overburdened, including:
Substantive Editing & Collaborative Writing
Have you signed an author with an amazing platform, but their manuscript is a mess—or nonexistent? I can work one-on-one with them to deliver the book you need.
Copywriting & TI Sheets
Want to make sure your titles will reach their target audience? I can create SEO book copy and useful information sheets for your sales agents.
Metadata Management
Want to optimize your backlist? I can sort through complicated subject categories and add useful metadata for your titles.
About Me
I got my start as an editor at the indie magazine LiP: Informed Revolt in 2005. From 2007 until 2025, I primarily worked within the book-publishing industry: I was an acquisitions editor at North Atlantic Books (psychology, social sciences, spirituality) and a commissioning editor at Palgrave Macmillan (film and TV studies) and Pelagic Publishing (ecology and sustainability). I’ve additionally been a production editor for several trade and academic publishers, working across a wide range of nonfiction subject areas.
I also have a background in academia: I’ve taught as an adjunct lecturer at San Francisco State University and Skyline College, and I received my PhD in film studies from Northumbria University in 2022.
Born and raised in California, I now live in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Publishers I’ve Worked With
