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Arlington
Massachusetts
02476
United States
Pronouns (select all that apply): She/Her Gender: Female Race and/or Ethnicity (select all that apply): Asian Are you a member of the LGBTQIA+ community?: No Do you identify as a person with a disability?: No Highest degree or level of education you have completed: Master's degree Are you a veteran?: No
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Developmental Editor and Book Coach
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Service Types: Book Coaching Open to Speaking Engagements and Presentations: Yes Do you use Artificial Intelligence? : No Experience Level : Established (11–25 projects) First Time Author Friendly : Yes In-House Publishing Experience: Yes Availability : Currently Booking Affinity Groups: Academic Editing Business Email: sumita.m.mukherji@gmail.com Years in Editorial Field: 16 Years as Editorial Freelancer: 12 Member Directory Bio: Welcome! I'm Sumita, a developmental editor and book coach, and I would love to help you realize your vision for your book. For years I worked at a university press as an editorial and production director. I've worked with first-time authors on their literary fiction, memoirs, and academic books, and with more experienced authors as well. I'm also a published author of literary fiction. Please contact me to set up a free, twenty-minute introductory call so that we can further discuss your vision. Skills: Authenticity reading , Beta reading , Book Coaching , Coaching , Developmental/Substantive editing , Literary coaching , Manuscript evaluation , Project management , Sensitivity reading Subject Area Specialties: Other Other Subject Area Specialties: Humanities; memoirs; literary fiction; book proposals; book coaching Fiction Genres: Literary Fiction Fiction Subgenres & Specialized Categories: Literary Nonfiction Genres: Memoir , Narrative Nonfiction Nonfiction Subject Areas: Humanities , Literature Nonfiction Materials: Books Fiction Types of Work : Novel Document Types : Academic Materials , Book proposals , Creative nonfiction , Essays , Novellas Audience Types: Adult Editing Languages: English Editorial Styles: American Psychological Association (APA) , Associated Press (AP) , Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) , Modern Language Association (MLA) Software: Acrobat , Excel , Google Docs , Google Forms , Google Sheets , LaTeX/TeX , PowerPoint , Scrivener , Word Do you edit explicit / graphic content?: No Certifications: Developmental Editing specialization from the University of Washington, Seattle