Editorial Freelancers Association
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Hanna Richards
I’m a copyeditor and proofreader who works with both self-publishing authors and traditional publishing houses. My clients have included Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Coffee House Press, Melville House, Soho Press, Fantagraphics Books, and more.
Although I specialize in YA, lit fic, fantasy, and mystery, I love to edit a good story of any genre and also have experience with comics and graphic novels, humor, middle-grade fiction, self-help, and health and wellness.
I’m also an instructor for the University of Washington’s Certificate in Editing program, where I teach the ins and outs of grammar to up-and-coming editors. We cover topics such as sentence geography, subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parallelism, parts of speech, punctuation, and common writing pitfalls.
As an editor, I strive to enhance your manuscript by eliminating errors, not your voice.
What I look for when copyediting:
- Obvious gaps in logic and larger inconsistencies (e.g., page 16 says that a character has only one sister but on page 114 that character suddenly has two)
- Confusing or awkward phrasing
- Consistency in spelling, hyphenation, numerals, fonts, italics, and capitalization
- Errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax
What I look for when proofreading:
- Consistency in layout and main design components (running heads, footers, chapter headings, folios, etc.)
- Consistency in spelling, hyphenation, numerals, fonts, italics, and capitalization
- In-text design errors (bad line breaks, stacks, widows, orphans, etc.)
- Text errors (missing text, words, or punctuation, correct use of homophones, etc.)
- Glaring, non-subjective grammatical errors
Please reach out for more information about my rates or to receive a free editing or proofreading sample.
Find me on LinkedIn.
Find me on Reedsy.
Coupeville, WA
US
Email: hrichards.edit@gmail.com
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Years in the field: 4
Years freelancing: 4
Hanna Richards
I’m a copyeditor and proofreader who works with both self-publishing authors and traditional publishing houses. My clients have included Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Coffee House Press, Melville House, Soho Press, Fantagraphics Books, and more.
Although I specialize in YA, lit fic, fantasy, and mystery, I love to edit a good story of any genre and also have experience with comics and graphic novels, humor, middle-grade fiction, self-help, and health and wellness.
I’m also an instructor for the University of Washington’s Certificate in Editing program, where I teach the ins and outs of grammar to up-and-coming editors. We cover topics such as sentence geography, subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parallelism, parts of speech, punctuation, and common writing pitfalls.
As an editor, I strive to enhance your manuscript by eliminating errors, not your voice.
What I look for when copyediting:
- Obvious gaps in logic and larger inconsistencies (e.g., page 16 says that a character has only one sister but on page 114 that character suddenly has two)
- Confusing or awkward phrasing
- Consistency in spelling, hyphenation, numerals, fonts, italics, and capitalization
- Errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax
What I look for when proofreading:
- Consistency in layout and main design components (running heads, footers, chapter headings, folios, etc.)
- Consistency in spelling, hyphenation, numerals, fonts, italics, and capitalization
- In-text design errors (bad line breaks, stacks, widows, orphans, etc.)
- Text errors (missing text, words, or punctuation, correct use of homophones, etc.)
- Glaring, non-subjective grammatical errors
Please reach out for more information about my rates or to receive a free editing or proofreading sample.
Find me on LinkedIn.
Find me on Reedsy.
