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Last updated: 7/22/2025
Sarah Banks
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  I am the Owner of Spring Tide, a freelance copyediting and writing business. My expertise includes over twenty years in roles including editing, writing, research, and proofreading. Having lived in the US and UK, I am highly qualified to work in US or UK English. I have a Masters degree in Criminology and extensive work experience in that field. My experience includes working for academic, non-profit, and government institutions. With a background in languages (BA Hons in European Studies including French Language major), I can readily support ESL (English as a second language). I passed the copyediting certificate at the University of California with an A grade average. I subscribe to online style guides, dictionaries, and editing software to ensure my editing is accurate and up-to-date.An author can give only so much attention to their work before being blind to their mistakes. My objective eye will provide a professional review of your work.What could I do that would benefit your work?Ensure correct spelling, grammar, hyphenation, capitalization, abbreviations, formatting, and punctuation.Put myself in your readers position, assess the flow and meaning of your work, and provide clear feedback.Confirm compliance with style guidelines, including checking and formatting citations and references.Provide writing coaching and accountability.If you have other editorial needs to incorporate, I am happy to discuss them.Collaborate with me and offer the world a well-crafted text.
  Copyediting, Curriculum development, Developmental/Substantive editing, ESL/Translation editing, Fact checking, Ghostwriting, Indexing, Line editing, Localization, Localization, US-UK, Manuscript evaluation, Permissions, Project management, Proofreading, Reporting, Research, Self-publishing, Sensitivity/Authenticity reading, SEO, Transcribing, Writing
  Accounting, Advertising-PR, Aerospace/Aviation, Aging, Agriculture, Animals, Anthropology, Architecture, Arts, Arts, Performing, Arts, Visual, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Technology, Crafts, Earth Science, Ecology/Environment, Economics, Education, Engineering, Film/TV/Theater, Finance, Fitness, Food and cooking, Games/Gaming, Gardening, Geography, Health, History, Humor, International Affairs, Law, Leadership, LGBTQIA, Library and information science, Lifestyle, Linguistics, Manufacturing, Marketing, Mathematics, Medicine, Medicolegal, Military/Defense, Multicultural Interest, Music, Nonprofit Organizations, Nursing, Parenting/Family, Personal Finance, Philosophy, Physics, Political science, Politics, Popular Culture, Psychology, Public Policy, Real Estate, Religion/Spirituality, Self-help, Social Work, Sociology, Sports, Travel, Women's studies
  Erotica, Horror, Literary, Mystery/Thriller, Other genre(s), Romance, Science fiction/Fantasy
  Academic Materials, Assessments, Biographies, Blogs, Book proposals, Catalogs, Corporate communications, Creative nonfiction, Dissertations/Theses, Ebooks, E-learning, Essays, Family histories, Government documents, Grant proposals, Journals, Magazines, Memoirs, Newsletters, Newspapers, Novels, Obituaries, Promotional materials, Recipes, Reference materials, Resumes and cover letters, Reviews, Short stories, Social media, Speeches, Technical materials, Textbooks, Training materials, Websites, White papers
  Adult, Children, College, ESL, High school, Middle school, New adult, Pre-K?6, Young adult
  French
  American Medical Association (AMA), American Psychological Association (APA), Associated Press (AP), Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), Microsoft Writing Style Guide, Modern Language Association (MLA), Other style(s)
  Acrobat, Excel, Google Docs, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, Word
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