WRITING • EDITING • COPY EDITING

Do you need to make sure your writing is effective, smooth, and error-free?

Do you want to add a professional touch to a brochure, manual, article, story, resume, invitation, web page, newsletter ... or any other piece of written material?

Or maybe you'd like a final check on grammar, spelling, and punctuation ... or help with your piece's structure, tone, or message?

I have spent 16 years as a professional writer, editor, and copy editor, with experience writing on-staff for both print and online publications, as well as helping a variety of clients with their writing and editing needs.

Culinary topics are my specialty. I currently work as a freelance food writer, copy editor and proofreader, as well as a copy editor for eHow.com, a how-to website. Previous jobs include Managing Editor of Chef magazine and Features Editor for ethnicgrocer.com.

WRITING

My articles on the food, the environment, the arts, business, cuisine, travel, and other topics have been published in numerous magazines and newspapers, including: 

     • Saveur magazine
     • Restaurants & Institutions magazine
     • Escape magazine
     • International Market News magazine
     • San Jose Mercury News
     • The Oakland Tribune
     • The Tampa Tribune
     • The San Francisco Chronicle

Here are a few writing samples that were cover stories of newspaper sections:

     •  "Seeing Glory," a feature article on hang-gliding, written for the Tampa Tribune

     • "Race for Space," a feature article about the Bay-area housing crunch, written for the
        San Francisco Chronicle

     • "Taiko Drumming Strikes Emeryville," a feature article about a local group practicing
        ancient Japanese drumming, written for the San Francisco Chronicle

More writing samples are available on request. 

EDITING & COPY EDITING

Freelance and on-staff professional experience includes:

     • articles
     • newsletters
     • ads
     • letters
     • brochures
     • recipes
     • menus
     • calendars
     • itineraries

For example:
    
     • editing monthly magazines from raw text to the final blue-line stage, including:
       Chef magazine, Fancy Food magazine, Giftware News magazine, Decorating
       Ideas magazine, West magazine, and Country Business magazine

     • proofing articles for Reed Business clients, including entegra (a division of Sodexo),
       the Dairy Marketing Institute, and the Idaho Potato Board.

     • copy editing an invitation letter and itinerary for Great Books Chicago's annual event

     • editing a Swedish opera-singer's online biography

     • rewriting the English version of a Swiss e-bank's website

Accustomed to:

     • meeting deadlines

     • accommodating various editorial house styles (professional experience in both AP and
      Chicago styles) 

     • working remotely over the Internet, using the "Track Changes" tool in Microsoft Word
       (or the "Comment & Markup" tool in Adobe Reader) so you can review each change
       before accepting it.

Traditional editing on paper is also available, of course. 

Do you have copy editing needs? Send an e-mail to beth@blue-marble.tv