About me
I am a full-time freelance editor. My special interests are editing
academic and popular science writing, and editing fiction,
particularly science fiction. I have an eye for detail and excellent
language skills as well as wide general knowledge and a good sense of
logic and common sense.
Scientific and academic background
Biology (BSc)
- Bioinformatics, biochemistry, and genetics
- Botany
- Ecology
- Virology
- Work experience as a bioinformatics programmer
Computer science (MSc)
- Software engineering, software visualization
- Software development experience
Publications
Eva van Emden and Leon Moonen. “Java Quality Assurance by Detecting Code Smells.” In Proceedings of the Ninth Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (IEEE Computer Society Press, 2002) 107–117Editing skills
- Proofreading, copy editing, stylistic and substantive editing, manuscript evaluation
- Technical editing: editing scientific and academic papers, specializing in the life sciences, medical writing, and information technology
- Styles and style guides: Canadian, American, and U.K. spelling and punctuation. I am familiar with the Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.), Associated Press Stylebook, Editing Canadian English, and can follow other styles on request.
- Translation: Dutch to English translation.
- Website publishing: creating web pages in HTML, basic CSS, website deployment and maintenance, search engine optimization, Drupal content management system
Professional affiliation and contacts
- Qualifying member of the Editors’ Association of Canada. See my listing in the Online Directory of Editors.
- See my contacts and recommendations on LinkedIn.
Professional development
Simon Fraser University Writing and Publishing Program- Basic Copy Editing
- Basic Proofreading
- Picture Research with Mary Rose MacLachlan and Derek Capitaine
- Advanced Proofreading with Ruth Wilson
- Structural + Stylistic = Substantive Editing with Yvonne Van Ruskenveld
- Plain Language: The Basics with Peter Moskos
- Eight-Step Editing with Jim Taylor
- Writing and Editing for the Web with Lisa Manfield
- Editing Narrative with Mary Schendlinger
- Technical Editing with Jason Hall
- Indexing Basics with Karen Griffiths
- Editing Children’s Fiction with R. David Stephens
The Art of the Sentence with Stephen Osborne
Languages spoken
- Working languages: English (writing and editing), Dutch (translation from Dutch to English)
- Additional languages: reading knowledge of French, some German, one year of university Latin
Volunteering and community service
- Professional development co-chair for the Editors’ Association of Canada, B.C. Branch
- Copy editing loan descriptions for the Kiva microfinance loan funding site
- Copy editing and proofreading for the West Coast Editor newsletter
