Editorial Freelancers Association
Member Profile
Frank Steele
My path to editorial work began when I was a business manager and I noticed mistakes in our organization’s newsletters. I found myself assigned to proofreading them, and later proofreading and copyediting full-time, as my job became managing text and overseeing newsletters, papers, magazines and books rather than facts, figures, and business.
I spent 28 years as a staff proofreader and editor, and during that time I also learned indexing, fact-checking and research, and became intimately acquainted with Word and Adobe Acrobat, and familiar with Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoShop, Ventura Publisher, PageMaker, InDesign, and other publishing programs. Since 2011 I’ve been a freelancer, and I’m as dedicated as ever to helping people get their message across, while stamping out mistakes.
In that last sentence, the words that I consider most important are “helping people.” I enjoy working with authors to make their writing the best it can be, in their own language and style.
In recent years I’ve edited and proofread a wide variety of material: life coaching and self-help books, religious and spiritual books and literature, personal finance books, memoirs, children’s books, novels, material from ESL authors, and business and promotional material for entrepreneurs. I specialize in nonfiction, but I’m not limited to it. I prefer copyediting and proofreading rather than substantive editing. I’ve done indexing (back of book), digitizing (converting print to text), and extensive fact-checking and research.
I’m a member of ACES: The Society for Editing, and EFA, and I hold to high professional standards. I use the Chicago Manual of Style. I’m also familiar with APA and AP style. I’m committed to meeting my deadlines (your deadlines), whatever it takes.
After living in more than 20 countries as an expat, learning how to laugh at myself and my own silly mistakes, I’m now based in the Dallas area. (And thankfully, I can still laugh at myself on most days.) Contact me. I look forward to working with you.
McKinney, TX
US
Cell phone: 972-984-8514
Email: frank@steele-editing.com
https://www.steele-editing.com/
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Years in the field: 41
Years freelancing: 13
Frank Steele
My path to editorial work began when I was a business manager and I noticed mistakes in our organization’s newsletters. I found myself assigned to proofreading them, and later proofreading and copyediting full-time, as my job became managing text and overseeing newsletters, papers, magazines and books rather than facts, figures, and business.
I spent 28 years as a staff proofreader and editor, and during that time I also learned indexing, fact-checking and research, and became intimately acquainted with Word and Adobe Acrobat, and familiar with Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoShop, Ventura Publisher, PageMaker, InDesign, and other publishing programs. Since 2011 I’ve been a freelancer, and I’m as dedicated as ever to helping people get their message across, while stamping out mistakes.
In that last sentence, the words that I consider most important are “helping people.” I enjoy working with authors to make their writing the best it can be, in their own language and style.
In recent years I’ve edited and proofread a wide variety of material: life coaching and self-help books, religious and spiritual books and literature, personal finance books, memoirs, children’s books, novels, material from ESL authors, and business and promotional material for entrepreneurs. I specialize in nonfiction, but I’m not limited to it. I prefer copyediting and proofreading rather than substantive editing. I’ve done indexing (back of book), digitizing (converting print to text), and extensive fact-checking and research.
I’m a member of ACES: The Society for Editing, and EFA, and I hold to high professional standards. I use the Chicago Manual of Style. I’m also familiar with APA and AP style. I’m committed to meeting my deadlines (your deadlines), whatever it takes.
After living in more than 20 countries as an expat, learning how to laugh at myself and my own silly mistakes, I’m now based in the Dallas area. (And thankfully, I can still laugh at myself on most days.) Contact me. I look forward to working with you.
