Formatting and Editing Services
Theses, Dissertations, Research Papers,
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CAROLINE HILEY is a full-service editor who specializes in copyediting novels using the Chicago Manual of Style. She has worked with both traditional publishers and independent authors to help make their stories shine.
Her focus in all editing is consistency, accuracy, and clarity, so that authors can successfully connect with their readers. Because she writes fiction and nonfiction herself, she knows the creative process from both sides and understands how editing can help or hinder.
No matter what genre, Caroline thoroughly grooms a manuscript, checking spelling, grammar, punctuation, formatting, and style; tracking character traits and story timeline; confirming proper names, dates, places, and other technical or historical elements; flagging any spots that may raise a question in the reader’s mind. Authors then accept or reject the revisions, and move on to the next stage in their novel’s progression.
HOLLY MONTY, MA MAC ELS | APA format, Chicago Manual of Style
Since operating as a freelance editor and writer, Ms. Monty, a Microsoft Word and LaTeX expert, has worked on books and articles published by many of the world’s leading publishers, including Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, MIT Press, W. W. Norton, Sage, John Wiley, Springer, Lawrence Erlbaum, Pearson-Prentice Hall, Praeger, Greenwood, Blackwell, and other top names in academic and nonfiction publishing. To date, she has edited more than 2,000 published journal articles, more than 150 nonfiction books, and a wealth of dissertations and theses. Ms. Monty is proud to have worked with a diversity of students and academics from a broad range of our nation’s universities. Given her wealth of experience, she is adept at working within the precise terms of your university’s thesis/dissertation guidelines or with the publication guidelines of any peer-reviewed journal.
“Holly was FANTASTIC. She was SO thorough and submitted everything back to me earlier than I needed it! Even after she was done with the edit, I had some questions, and she was very speedy in her responses. I appreciate that she took time to answer my questions. She really went above and beyond! My paper not only needed to follow APA guidelines, but my university had guidelines as well. She did both perfectly.” – Nicole Foster, Trinity International University.
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ript evaluations, market assessment, global reorganization, developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, rewriting, ghostwriting
Science education, childhood education
RACHEL STONE is an experienced publishing executive and hands-on editor and proofreader who has worked at Prentice-Hall, MacMillan, and John Wiley & Sons, among others, where she developed college textbooks in a variety of disciplines. As the science director for Amsco School Publications–which publishes texts and review books for the 6-12 market–she was responsible for developmental editing of her own titles and assessing manuscripts for publication and marketing.
The list of titles that Rachel worked on at Amsco included: Amsco’s AP Biology; Amsco’s Science, Grades 6-8 (a 3-book series); Preparing for the OAA Science; Preparing for the FCAT Science, Grades 8 and 11 (two books); MCAS Science Grade 8; Life Science Work-Text, Revised Edition; and Forensic Science (IP). Along with the books, she also edited, wrote, and rewrote catalog copy and marketing information.
“Rachel was very professional to work with and had a great eye for what the book needed before it could be published. Her editing skills allow you to focus on writing content, not on becoming an editor; she takes it to the next level. Rachel’s editing was accompanied by an extremely helpful list of suggestions and recommendations for improving the book, along with a simple task list for all the detailed things a writer doesn’t always pay attention to – alerting you to partial footnotes, the need for titles and headers, suggestions for callouts, etc. Best of all, Rachel understands the writer’s voice and was able to do thorough content and proof editing while keeping the author’s voice intact. She’s great!” – Chuck Blakeman, author, Why Employees Are Always A Bad Idea
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Should my Historical Fiction manuscript be in the Chicago Manual of Style? Is it a must in order to get into US traditional publishing? Please reply.
The Chicago Manual of Style is still considered the “rule book” for US/traditional publishing. If your manuscript is accepted, an in-house editor would apply the publisher’s “particulars” to the manuscript before publication. Each publisher has its own set of rules that may supersede the Chicago Manual. Lynda, Book Editing Associates