Looking for a content editor?

I've been out and about lately and have met several people who are looking for an editor. Even though I work for a small press, I am available for freelance editing. If you're looking for an editor, please consider me. I can be contacted at krismyankee (@) gmail (dot) com.

Here's my info!

Work Experience:

August 2007 – present: Director of Acquisitions/Project Manager at Nelson Publishing & Marketing, Northville, Michigan. Responsibilities include:

·        Review of incoming manuscripts to determine viability

·        Content editing and/or ghostwriting

·        Liaison between author and illustrator

·        Proof and layout contact

·        Projects Managed: Please see page 2

May 2011 – May 2012: Editor in Chief, Living Faith-Fine Arts Apostolate, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Responsibilities include:

·        Website copy, www.livingstations.org

·        Email copy

·        Script and lyrics edit/proof for Living Stations

·        Communications copy, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and all materials required for Living Stations

Education:

BA in Romance Linguistics/English earned from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990.

Publications:

·        Tommy Starts Something Big: Giving Cuddles with Kindness, co-written with Chuck Gaidica

·        Saving Redwind: A Wallpaper Adventure

·        Cracking the Code: Spreading Rumors

Awards Earned:

2011 Silver Medal Winner, Moonbeam Book Award for Tommy Starts Something Big

2011 Honorable Mention, 2011 Eric Hoffer Book Award Tommy Starts Something Big

Fees:

All ghostwriting projects are billed on a per-word basis of 42¢ a word. Industry standard is 250 words per page. For projects that include research, $30 an hour for each hour of research will be billed above the project fee.

All editing projects are billed as follows:

100,000 words - $550.00
90,000 words - $500.00
80,000 words - $450.00
70,000 words - $400.00
60,000 words - $350.00
50,000 words - $300.00
40,000 words - $250.00
30,000 words - $200.00
20,000 words - $150.00
10,000 words - $100.00

Line edits consist of a line-by-line edit, catching any grammar, typos, and sentence structure issues, as well as comments on any content/story/format issues. This edit is done in Track Changes.
The following projects were edited and managed by Kris and have received the following awards:

1.  Oh No, Ah Yes! Winner of Mom’s Choice Silver Award 2010 Developing Social Skills

2.  Dadsongs: Remembering a Loved One’s Melody

• Winner of 2010 Mom’s Choice Silver Award Growing up/Personal growth
• 2010 USA Book News Finalist: Death& Dying

3.  Divorced Together for the Sake of the Children

• Winner of 2010 Mom’s Choice Silver Award, Family Life
• 2010 USA Book News Finalist: Parenting/Family: Divorce

4.  Running Home: 2009 USA Book News Award Finalist

5.  Production Algebra: Winner of 2009 USA Book News Award Winner

6.  Lost Treasure of Finistere: Winner of Moonbeams Book Awards 2008, Juvenile Fiction/Early Reader/1^st chapter books

7.  Managing Thought

• Axiom Business Book Awards: Bronze Medal
• USA Book News 2008: Business and Motivational Category
• 2009 Eric Hoffer Winner Small Press

8.  Managing Thought (audio) USA Book News Awards Finalist in the Audio Book Self-help/Motivational category

9.  Bartholomew’s Gift

• 2010 Moonbeams Award for best illustrations
• 2010 USA Book News Finalist Children’s Picture Book: Hardcover with Audio
• 2010 USA Book News Finalist in Children’s Best Cover Design
• 2010 Mom’s Choice Award: Gold in Religious and Spirituality

10.  Read to Me Daddy, My First Football Book: 2010 USA Book News Finalist, Children’s Education

11.  The One and Only Bernadette P. McMullen: 2010 USA Book News Finalist, Children’s Fiction

12.  Hank the Tank Engine:

• 2010 USA Book News Finalist, Children’s Non-Fiction Picture Book
• 2011 International Book Awards: Winner Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Non-Fiction category

13.  Opening Doors, Opening Lives: 2010 USA Book News Finalist Education PreK-12

14.  Growing Up with a Bucket Full of Happiness

• Honorable Mention: Young Adult/Teenage category, 2010 New England Book Festival
• Honorable Mention: Teenage category, 2010 London Book Festival
• 2010 DIY Book Festival, Honorable Mention: Young Adult
• 2011 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement: Best Book in the Category of Children’s Interest (2011)
• 2011 Mom’s Choice Awards: Gold – Juvenile Level 2 Books
• 2011 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards: Grand Prize – Children’s Books
• 2011 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards: First Place in Charity/Making a Difference category
• 2011 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards: First Place in School Issues category
• 2010 Los Angeles Book Festival Honorable Mention – Young Adult category
• 2011 Young Voices Foundation Awards: Gold Award – Juvenile/YA Nonfiction
• 2011 USA Book News Awards: Finalist – Children’s Mind/Body/Spirit
• 2012 IPPY: Gold Award for Juvenile/YA Non-Fiction
• 2012 San Francisco Book Festival: Second Place, Teenage Category
• 2012 Southern California Book Festival: Runner-up, Young Adult Category
• 2013 Great Southwest Book Festival: Runner-up, Young Adult books
• 2013 Great Northwest Book Festival: Runner-up, Young Adult books
• 2013 Great Southeast Book Festival: Runner-up, Young Adult books
• 2013 Paris Book Festival: Honorable Mention, Young Adult books

15. Tommy Starts Something Big: Giving Cuddles with Kindness

• 2011 Eric Hoffer Awards: Honorable Mention – Children’s Category
• 2011 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Silver Medal – Books with Merchandise

16. Does This Make Me Beautiful?: 2011 Mom’s Choice Award: Gold – Growing Up/Personal Growth

17. I Can Dance, Too !: 2011 Mom’s Choice Award: Gold – Children’s Picture Book

18. What Color is Your Heart?: 2011 Mom’s Choice Awards – Gold – Children’s Picture Book

19. Liam’s Luck and Finnegan’s Fortune: 2011 Mom’s Choice Awards – Silver – Fantasy, Myths, & Legends

20. My Guy in the Sky: 2011 USA Book News Awards Finalist in Children’s Religious category

21. A Heart Torn, A Soul Mended: A Bereaved Parent’s Search for Harmony:

• 2011 USA Book News Awards Finalist in Health: Addiction & Recovery
• 2011 USA Book News Awards Finalist in Health: Death & Dying

22. Hero in Me:

·        2012 Mom’s Choice Awards – Gold – Juvenile Level 1

·        2012 Moonbeam Book Awards – Silver – Mind, Body, Spirit/Self-Esteem

·        2012 USA Book News Awards Winner in Children’s Picture Book: Softcover Fiction

23. Halle and Tiger with Their Bucketfilling Family:

• 2012 International Book Awards, Finalist in Children’s Educational
• 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, 2nd Place in Animals/Pets Category
• 2012 Living Now Book Awards, Silver in Animals/Pets/Livestock
• 2012 Young Voices Foundation Award, Gold in Children’s Picture Book (all ages)

24. Be a Gem: Let Your Goodness Shine:

·        2012 International Book Awards, Winner in Children’s Picture Book, Softcover Fiction

·        2013 Mom’s Choice Awards, Silver in Children’s Picture Books: Developing Social Skills

25. Timothy’s Glove:

• 2012 International Book Awards, Finalist in Children’s Religious
• 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, Honorable Mention in Spiritual/Religious Category
• 2012 Young Voices Foundation Award, Gold in Religious Fiction Juvenile

26. Will You Fill My Bucket? Daily Acts of Love Around the World:

• 2012 New York Book Festival – Honorable Mention, Children’s Books
• 2012 Mom’s Choice Awards – Gold – Children’s Picture Book/Inspirational/Motivational
• 2012 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards: Best Books in Children’s Interest
• 2012 Southern California Book Festival: Honorable Mention, Wild Card Category
• 2013: Great Southwest Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: Great Northwest Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: Great Southeast Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: Los Angeles Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: Paris Book Festival: Honorable Mention in Children’s books
• 2013: IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards: Silver Finalist in Children’s Picture books

27. Just Because: Where Another Point of View Makes a Better You:

·        2012 Creative Child Awards Program Book of the Year (Kids Books-Family Values category)

·        2012 Mom’s Choice Awards, Gold in Children’s Picture Books/Philanthropic

·        2012 Young Voices Foundation Awards, Bronze in Children’s Picture Books (7 and Under)

28. I Am Stumped!:

• 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, 1st Place in School Issues Category
• 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, 2nd Place in Children’s Picture Books, 5 years and younger Category

·        2012 Mom’s Choice Awards – Silver – Children’s Picture Book/Developing Social Skills

·        2012 Young Voices Foundation Award, Silver in Children’s Picture Book (7 and Under)

·        2012 Young Voices Foundation Award, Gold in Regional Children’s/Great Lakes

29. My Bucketfilling Journal: 30 Days to a Happier Life: 2012 Living Now Book Awards, Silver in Journal/Planner/Calendar category.

39. Good for You, Grisha!:

• 2012 Mom’s Choice Awards,  Silver in Children’s Picture Books: Developing Social Skills
• 2012 USA Book News Awards, Finalist in Children’s Mind/Body/Spirit

40. The Juice Box Bully: 2012 Mom’s Choice Awards, Gold in Children’s Picture Books (ages 5-8)

41. Keeper of the Compass: 2012 USA Book News Awards, Winner in Best New Children’s Book: Fiction

42. Celia the Great: Tricks for Being a Happy Kid: 2013 Mom’s Choice Awards, Silver in Children’s Picture Books: Developing Social Skills

43. No Fear, No Doubt, No Regret: Investing in Life’s Challenges like a Warrior: 2013 Pinnacle Book Achievement Book Awards, Best Books in Parenting & Family

44. September’s Big Assignment: 2013 Eric Hoffer Award, Montaigne Medal Finalist