As a professional editor and writer, I believe that good writing, like good editing, requires an attention to minute details as well as an enthusiasm for wrestling with the English language. My recent “double life” as freelance writer/editor and academic has given a variety of skills that I can bring to your next project. As a freelancer, I have worked primarily as a ghostwriter, pattern-writer, diagrammer and technical editor for four knitting books. I have supplemented my involvement in these larger projects with a variety of freelance work in formats as diverse as press releases, professional and personal blogs, articles, book reviews and grant proposals. As an academic, I have researched and written several journal articles, completed my own book-length manuscript on Victorian literature and copyedited the work of several of my colleagues. Long or short, I specialize in shepherding each piece of writing from embryonic idea to public release, and in ensuring quality c