Last updated:
7/22/2025
Hilarie Ashton
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Highest degree or level of education you have completed: Doctoral degree Are you a veteran?: No
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Years in Editorial Field: 15 Years as Editorial Freelancer: 6 Member Directory Bio: I'm a versatile editor who works to make all kinds of prose sparkle! I do line editing, copyediting, developmental editing, proofreading, fact checking, academic editing, and fiction editing. I have a Ph.D in English, and my fields of expertise are gender studies, queer studies, and American Studies. Skills: Book promotion , Coaching , Consulting , Copyediting , Curriculum development , Fact-checking , Indexing , Line editing , Literary coaching , Manuscript evaluation , Project management , Proofreading , Reporting , Research , Transcribing , Writing Subject Area Specialties: Arts , Education , Film/TV/Theater , Fitness , Health , History , Leadership , LGBTQIA , Lifestyle , Music , Nonprofit Organizations , Philosophy , Political science , Politics , Popular Culture , Public Policy , Social Work , Sociology , Women's studies Fiction Genres: Literary Document Types : Academic Materials , Biographies , Book proposals , Corporate communications , Creative nonfiction , Dissertations/Theses , Essays , Family histories , Government documents , Magazines , Memoirs , Newsletters , Newspapers , Promotional materials , Reference materials , Resumes and cover letters , Reviews , Scripts , Short stories , Technical materials , Textbooks , Training materials , Websites , White papers Audience Types: Adult , College , High school , Middle school Editing Languages: French , Spanish Editorial Styles: American Psychological Association (APA) , Associated Press (AP) , Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) , Microsoft Writing Style Guide , Modern Language Association (MLA) Software: Access , Acrobat , Excel , Google Docs , Google Forms , Google Sheets , Photoshop , PowerPoint , Word