Abby Coykendall

Assurance Editing LLC

 

Academic publishers, businesses, non-profit and health organizations, and individual authors of all kinds can count on me for a wide range of freelance editorial services. I am a former English professor with a certificate in editing from the Graham School of the University of Chicago, as well as decades of experience teaching and mentoring writers, editing book collections, special issues, and scholarly articles, and running the interdisciplinary periodical JNT: Journal of Narrative Theory. I can be trusted to do editorial work correctly and conscientiously, and then return it to clients well before the deadline.

SERVICES

Academic editing | Medical editing | Fiction editing || Developmental editing | Line editing | Copyediting || Manuscript markup and styling || Citation style conversions || Table formatting || Book indexing || Sensitivity screening

I particularly welcome opportunities to copyedit, reorganize, and / or give developmental feedback on refereed submissions (scholarly or creative) in order to maximize the likelihood and the timeliness of their acceptance and publication.

TYPES OF PROJECTS

Unpublished manuscripts and book proposals (fiction, nonfiction, trade, or academic); Scholarly books, book chapters, journal articles, and dissertations; Medical and scientific writing (reports, case studies, conference presentations, popular and academic periodicals, public health slides and documents); Educational materials (CME / LMS course readings and modules); Grants, reports, and other organizational or corporate communications

Types of Editing

• Academic Editing (Books, Dissertations, Journals, Presentations)
• Book Editing (Fiction or Non-Fiction)
• Business Communications
• Educational Materials (CME / LMS Readings, Exercises, & Modules)
• Medical Editing
• Report & Grant Editing
• Science Writing (Case Studies, Conference Presentations, Public Health Slides or Handouts)
• Unpublished Manuscripts & Book Proposals

Levels of Editing

• Proofreading | Line Editing | Copyediting
• Developmental Editing
• Substantive Editing

Style Guides

• AMA | AP | APA | Chicago | MLA
• Accessible Design Guidelines
• Conscious Language Guidelines
• Plain Language Guidelines

Additional Training & Experience

• Book Indexing
• Citation / Documentation Systems & Software (Author / Date, Notes / Bibliography; RefWorks, Endnote)
• Document Design, Layout, & Formatting
• Fact Checking
• Footnote & Endnote Formatting
• Medical Terminology
• Production Editing
• Publication & Project Management
• Peer-Review Process
• Table / Illustration Design & Formatting

Editing & Citation Software

Endnote | Grammarly | PerfectIt | RefWorks

 

SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Operating Systems

• Apple IOS (Mac, Phone, & iPad)
• Google / Android
• Windows

Conferencing

Basecamp | Dropbox | Meet | Skype | Slack | Teams | Zoom

Coding

• HTML | LaTeX | Scribe | Unicode | XML
• Electronic Markup and Manuscript Coding
• Proofreading Marks
• Special Element Tags

Microsoft Office 365 / Google Workspace

• Word / Docs (advanced)
• Excel / Sheets (advanced)
• Forms
• OneDrive / Drive
• OneNote
• Outlook, Calendar, & To Do
• Gmail, Voice, Calendar, & Tasks
• PowerPoint / Slides

Adobe Creative Suite

• Acrobat Pro (advanced), InDesign, and Photoshop

Content Management Systems

• Canvas
• Editorial Manager
• Listserv
• RSS feeds
• Word Press

AI Word Processing Tools

• Advanced Search and Replace
• Autocorrect and Autoformat
• Custom and Exclusion Dictionaries
• Document Review, Comparison, and Protection
• Fields / Quick Parts
• Keyboard Shortcuts and Menu Buttons
• Macros / Ribbon & Toolbar Customization
• Styles & Templates
• Track Changes & Comments
• Wildcards

455 E. Eisenhower Parkway
Suite 75
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
US

Business phone: (734) 926-5290

Email: abby@assuranceediting.com

https://assuranceediting.com/

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Years in the field: 20
Years freelancing: 3