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Last updated: 7/16/2025
Allan Edmands
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845 217-7441 (Mobile)
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  Male
  White
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  Chronic insanity and outrageous sense of humor
  Bachelor's degree
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  allan@thewordsman.com
  The Wordsman Editorial Services
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  Since 1973, I have been a perfectionist, nitpicking editor of both fiction and nonfiction: substantive or developmental editing, copyediting, indexing, technical or scientific writing or editing, and (upon request) rewriting, ghostwriting, and website cleanup and maintenance. In my two logo phrases, "Your words sharpened, to the point" and "Your words, sharpened to the point," though shifting the comma position alters meaning, each comma position in this case is applicable. Your manuscript remains yours; my polishing work simply ensures that its prose is professional, coherent, and compelling. A particular specialty: sharpening (and standardizing) the English of writers whose mother tongue is not English. For more information, please see my website and my résumé.
  Copyediting, Developmental/Substantive editing, Indexing, Line Editing, Proofreading
  Aging, Anthropology, Business, Computer Technology, Crafts, Ecology/Environment, Economics, Education, Food and cooking, Geography, History, Humor, International Affairs, LGBTQIA, Lifestyle, Linguistics, Military/Defense, Multicultural Interest, Music, Parenting/Family, Personal Finance, Philosophy, Political science, Politics, Popular Culture, Psychology, Public Policy, Religion/Spirituality, Self-help, Social Work, Sociology, Travel
  Fantasy, General Fiction, Literary, Mystery, Mystery/Thriller, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense
  Archaeology, Glossaries, Humanities, Literature, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-help, Social Sciences
  Academic Materials, Biographies, Creative Nonfiction, Dissertations/Theses, Essays, Family Histories, Journals, Memoirs, Multimedia, Newsletters, Newspapers, Novels, Recipes, Reference Materials, Resumes and Cover Letters, Scripts, Short stories, Technical materials, Training Materials, Websites
  Adult, College, High school, Young adult
  English
  American Psychological Association (APA), Associated Press (AP), Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
  Excel, Google Docs, PowerPoint, Word
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