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Last updated: 10/14/2025
Chelsey Drysdale
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  Female
  White
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  Bachelor's degree
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Freelance Editor and Writer
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  Book Coaching, Copyediting, Developmental Editing, Line Editing, Proofreading, Writing
  Download File (docx)
  Yes
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  Expert (50+ projects)
  Yes
  Currently Booking
  chelsey@drysdaleeditorial.com
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  I have more than two decades of experience editing and writing memoir, personal essays, craft essays, feature articles and columns, blog posts, website copy, bios, book proposals, query letters, and other marketing copy. I was an in-house technology magazine editor for many years.

Do you have a draft of a memoir manuscript, novel, essay collection, or self-help/business book that needs big picture edits, structural help, or meticulous copyediting at the line level using a specific style guide? I am here for you! I am well versed in the latest version of The Chicago Manual of Style and am adept at adjusting to style preferences, as well as creating and adhering to a style sheet specific to a manuscript.

I provide developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading services for most nonfiction and literary/contemporary fiction. I am a freelance copyeditor, proofreader, and production editor at Simon & Schuster.

As a writer and editor, I understand collaboration from an author's perspective. I am communicative, a good listener, detail- and deadline-oriented, and eager to hear about your latest project.
  Beta reading, Book Coaching, Copyediting, Developmental/Substantive editing, Fact-checking, Line editing, Literary coaching, Manuscript evaluation, Project management, Proofreading, Research, SEO, Subtitling/Captioning, Transcribing, Writing
  Advertising-PR, Aging, Architecture, Business, Education, Engineering, Health, Law, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Marketing, Popular Culture, Self-help, Sports
  General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Women’s Fiction
  Comedy, Crime, Erotica, First in series, LGBTQ+, Literary, Magical realism, Sequel, Series / Standalone, Standalone
  Biography, How-to-Guides, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Technical, Trade Nonfiction
  Business, Education, Literature, Technology
  Education, Engineering
  Bibliographies, Books, Essays, Websites
  Novel, Novella, Prose, Short Story/ Anthology
  Autobiographies/ Biographies, Blogs, Book proposals, Creative nonfiction, Ebooks, Essays, Magazines, Newsletters, Novellas, Promotional materials, Social media, Textbooks, Training materials, White papers
  Adult, College
  English
  Associated Press (AP), Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
  Acrobat, Excel, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Sheets, Word
  Yes
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