Welcome! I'm Julie Coleman, and I'm based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, metro area. I have worked as a professional copy editor for more than ten years and have edited more than thirty published books.

My latest position was as a Senior Editor at Publications International, Ltd., in Chicago, and I now offer freelance editing services full-time. I also offer writing services. See this page for some writing samples.

With my experience and skills, we can work together to make sure your manuscript is exactly the way publishers need it to be.

My resume

 Editing and Proofreading Service Levels

• Basic Copyediting/Proofreading
  Review manuscripts for spelling and typographical errors, grammar, punctuation, and consistency. Click here for rates.
  

• Thorough Editing
  All of the above, plus:
• Looking for problems in tone, flow, dialogue, word choice, tense, style, point-of-view, sentence structure, and clarity. Click here for rates.
  

• Developmental Editing/Substantial Editing
  All of the above, plus:
• Restructuring the manuscript to ensure proper transitions, presentation, and organization of the content. Click here for rates.

Editing Styles

Each publishing house has its own style guide, and I can adapt to whatever style guidelines your organization uses.

• AP Style
  Most newspapers base their styles on the Associated Press style.
  
  
• Chicago Manual of Style
  The most widely used style guide.
  
  
• Words Into Type
  A clearer and more precise version of the Chicago style.  
   

Computer Programs

I generally work in Microsoft Word. I can also work in Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and PowerPoint, and do website editing.

Subjects I've Edited

Many of the books I've edited are listed here. Some of the nonfiction subjects I have edited include gardening, baseball, law/legal issues, baby names, grant writing, travel, art, spirituality and religion, movies, grammar, U.S. history, and business. I have also edited fiction. 

Whether or not you live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, area, if you need freelance editing services of any kind feel free to drop me an e-mail and we'll talk about your editing needs!