Editor Training and Experience

Experience

  • Linda Tran
    • Faith and Sage; A Pharmacist Mom’s Dealings With Children’s Eczema
      Six blog posts per month are featured on this website. I edit the blog posts for content, grammar, usage, etc.
  • Leslie Taber
    • Fire in the Desert (Submitted to the publisher as of 09/15/2024) Provided developmental editing on a 450-page book by Leslie Taber
      Comment from Leslie: “Kent Duryee recently edited the manuscript of a book I had written about the desert being a spiritual path. After just one round of edits, I immediately felt extremely confident in Kent’s abilities. As a writer, I found it such a relief to find an exceptional editor like Kent who is able with ease to correct grammar, spelling and typing errors. Kent, however, takes editing a step further. He is truly an expert at intuiting the deeper meaning behind the written word. He targets pointed, concise suggestions that result in much greater overall clarity and understanding. I was very grateful to have Kent’s years of experience and well-honed expertise as an editor behind me.” Leslie Taber
  • Dr. Dawn Menge, PhD
  • Free Editing Services
    • I've worked at a university and then at a community college as a web editor and developer for over 20 years. Apart from the duties required by my job, I provided free editing services to students, faculty, and staff at both of the institutions I've worked at. I didn't keep track of the papers I edited, but the total from each campus comes to well over 500. They were primarily creative writing, history, geography, geology, psychology, romance, and philosophy papers, along with many creative writing and literary papers. Also, quite a few instructors used my editing services for their dissertations and theses, as well as their own creative writing in books, articles, etc. Staff also used my services for their writing. Several staff members were creating websites, writing books, many wanted help with advertisements, and some even wanted help with letters they were writing.

Memberships

Training

My recent training at Udemy.com totals 18 hours and 23 minutes of study time in editing courses. Each course taken at Cal State San Marcos was a semester-long course. They were taken over three years.

Courses at Cal State San Marcos

  1. Course Name: HIST 301 - Historical Methods & Writing (CSUSM)
  2. Course Name: HIST 620 - Directed Capstone Research, Writing, Editing, and Production (CSUSM)
  3. Course Name: LTWR 318 - Writing and Editing in Community (CSUSM)
  4. Course Name: LTWR 475 - The Writing and Editing Process (CSUSM)
  5. Course Name: LTWR 501 - Advanced Topics in Writing Studies (CSUSM)
  6. Course Name: LTWR 545 - Advanced Creative Writing (CSUSM)

Courses at Udemy.com

  1. Course Info: Become a Copy Editor & Proofreader (Udemy)
    Instructor: Russel Brownlee
    Certificate
  2. Course Info: Write Masterful Fiction: All-in-One Essentials Course (Udemy)
    Instructor: Russel Brownlee
    Certificate
  3. Course Info: How to Become a Freelance Editor (Udemy)
    Instructor: Laura Briggs
    Certificate
  4. Course Info: Certification in Editing and Proofreading - Masterclass (Udemy)
    Instructor: Dr. Krishna M. Sharma
    Certificate
  5. Course Info: Kickstart a Freelance Editor & Proofreader Career (Udemy)
    Instructor: Duncan Koerber
    Certificate
  6. Course Info: 7 Lessons  on Writing for Becoming a Standout Writer (Udemy)
    Instructor: Duncan Koerber
    Certificate
  7. Course Info: How to Find & Correct Writing Errors; The Proofreading Guide (Udemy)
    Instructor: Duncan Koerber
    Certificate
  8. Course Info: Proofread Like a Pro (Udemy)
    Instructor: Clare Lynch
    Certificate

Upcoming Training

  1. Creating a Persuasive Website for Your Freelance Business
  2. Authenticity Reading
  3. Creating, Leading, and Benefitting from Writing Communities
  4. Digital Marketing Primer
  5. Tracking Editorial Projects from Start to Finish
  6. Introduction to Medical-Legal Editing
  7. Bemystifying Macros
  8. Introduction to Google Analytics for Editorial Professionals
  9. Understanding Styles and Templates in MS Word
  10. Introduction to Coaching Academic Writers
  11. The Art of Feedback