THERESA WINCHELL

Copyeditor

www.theresawinchell.com
theresawinchell@gmail.com
1.720.668.4162

My Experience

  • Specialization in scholarly content for the humanities. My niche is university press books and monographs, and scholarly trade.
  • To do my best work, I find subject matter knowledge matters: anthropology; feminist studies; American, European, and Middle Eastern culture, history, and politics; medieval studies; religion and spirituality; and dance everything.
  • Previous: Ethnochoreologist, 22 years.

My Editorial Strengths

  • Acknowledged for my excellent communication skills: diplomatic, clear, conversational.
  • I listen deeply, identifying and maintaining language as authors choose to use it, in the voice they choose to speak with. Nuance guides me. There is no “standard” in standard English.
  • I write well, but I’m not an author. This is a good thing. It means I have no desire to make an author’s words my own.
  • In-depth style sheets; comments offer essential clarifications and useful options for moving forward; no dry grammar lessons or nonnegotiable directives.
  • Obsessive documentation stylist. I actually enjoy editing those dreaded citations (esp. archival).

Clients

University of California Press, University of Arizona Press, Ohio University Press, The Ohio State University Press, Mountaineers Books, and Shambhala Publications.

Copyediting Skills

  • Substantive: logic, semantics, and usage; linguistic register; continuity of voice; grammar, syntax, and structure.
  • Mechanical: All the things!

Tools

Chicago Manual of Style and I are best friends. Microsoft Office environment. Editing via Word’s Track Changes and Comments features, and press editorial managements systems.

Qualifications

  • University of California, San Diego; Copyediting Program certificate; 2012
  • The Poynter Institute; Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing; 2015
  • Lancaster University, UK; Corpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis, Interpretation; 2015
  • San Diego State University; extensive coursework in cultural anthropology and dance; 1986–1994

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