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Last updated: 7/15/2025
Karen M. Smith
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  I have over 30 years of professional writing, editing, and document formatting experience, primarily acquired in corporate roles. My experience encompasses fiction and nonfiction and spans diverse business interests, topics, genres, and document types. My project experience ranges from website copy to brochures and articles to epic-length manuscripts.Whether writing or editing, I focus on the readers engagement, because writing that doesnt engage the reader also fails its purpose to educate, inform, or entertain.I offer substantive editing which entails:Correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, syntax, and sentence structureStrengthening weak writing and clarifying awkward or confusing phrasesIdentifying discrepancies, inconsistencies, redundancies, and other flaws for remediationSuggesting improvements where appropriate to enhance readers engagement.Most of my clients opt for the following service:An initial round of deep, intensive editing ($0.03 per word)An second round of lighter editing after the manuscript has been revised ($0.02 per word)A final round of proofreading ($0.01 per word).
  Copyediting, Design/Layout, Developmental/Substantive editing, Formatting, Ghostwriting, Line editing, Manuscript evaluation, Proofreading, Self-publishing, Typesetting, Writing
  Agriculture, Animals, Anthropology, Arts, Business, Ecology/Environment, Food and cooking, Health, History, Leadership, Lifestyle, Multicultural Interest, Nonprofit Organizations, Real Estate, Religion/Spirituality, Women's studies
  Erotica, Literary, Mystery/Thriller, Other genre(s), Romance, Science fiction/Fantasy
  Biographies, Blogs, Catalogs, Corporate communications, Creative nonfiction, Ebooks, Magazines, Memoirs, Newsletters, Novels, Poetry, Promotional materials, Recipes, Resumes and cover letters, Reviews, Scripts, Short stories, Social media, Training materials, Websites, White papers
  Adult, Children, College, High school, Middle school, New adult, Young adult
  Associated Press (AP), Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
  Access, Acrobat, Excel, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Sheets, InDesign, Word
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