"If you're just operating by habit, then you're not really living…Every action of ours should be a prayer—a sacrament in the world." - My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Copy Editing
"You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you, and we edit to let the fire show through the smoke."
-Arthur Plotnik
My copy editing experience has included assisting a professor with copy editing a book he collaborated on, 9/11 and the Academy: Responses in the Liberal Arts and the 21st Century World, copy editing a professor's dissertation, copy editing grant applications submitted by The Lincoln Theatre (Marion, Va.), being the copy editor for two years (Fall 2018–Spring 2020) for Emory & Henry College's student-run newspaper, The Whitetopper, peer reviewing students' work, and serving as a supplemental instructor for an entry journalism class at Emory & Henry College that focuses on writing, reporting and editing (Spring 2020) .
9/11 and the Academy: Responses in the Liberal Arts and the 21st Century World
Palgrave Macmillan/Spring Link: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030164188
I helped copy edit different chapters in this book,
along with helping to create a list of keywords (SEO) for
Palgrave Macmillan to use so that this book would generate in a search when keywords were entered into a book, research or library database.
Photo source: Springer Link
Photo source: The Whitetopper
The Whitetopper
The Whitetopper website (current): https://whitetopper.com/
*stories archived from Fall 2020 to present
The Whitetopper website (former): https://whitetopper.weebly.com/
*stories archived from Spring 2019 to Spring 2020
I served as Copy Editor from Fall 2018–Spring 2020. In addition to proofing stories, I provided constructive feedback for students to become stronger, more credible news writers.