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Pronouns (select all that apply): She/Her Gender: Female Race and/or Ethnicity (select all that apply): Asian Other Race and/or Ethnicity: South Asian Are you a member of the LGBTQIA+ community?: No Do you identify as a person with a disability?: Yes If you identify as a person with a disability, what is your disability? (Select all that apply.): Neurodivergent Other Disability: chronic/autoimmune illnesses Highest degree or level of education you have completed: Bachelor's degree Are you a veteran?: No
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Service Types: Book Coaching , Copyediting , Cover Design , Developmental Editing , Illustration , Line Editing , Project Management , Proofreading , Quality Assurance , Sensitivity Reading , Translation , Website Creation , Writing Resume: Download File (pdf) Open to Speaking Engagements and Presentations: No Do you use Artificial Intelligence? : Sometimes Experience Level : Expert (50+ projects) First Time Author Friendly : Yes In-House Publishing Experience: No Availability : Currently Booking Affinity Groups: Artificial Intelligence , BIPOC , KidLit Business Email: ashpreads@gmail.com Business Name: Ash P Reads Editing Services Years in Editorial Field: 23 Years as Editorial Freelancer: 23 Member Directory Bio: Ash P, is a Muslim editor from Karachi, Pakistan. She brings over two decades of experience in literary editing across diverse genres and online content. Known among peers as the "book surgeon," she specializes in safe-for-work nonfiction and fiction for all ages. She has contributed her expertise to over 200 fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, along with extensive experience in line and copyediting of subtitles, translations, website, and social media content. Ash has a particular skill for working with ESL and first-time authors, helping to structure to their stories and developing their individual writing voices. She brings a valuable background in early childhood education and special education, making her well suited for manuscripts related to children and education. Ash is a volunteer editor for #RevPit, a verified editor on IAX, and as a member of the Comic Book Editors Alliance, she is being mentored in comic book editing. She is the co-founder of Word Macros community on Discord known as MacroVerse. She is an active participant in several supportive social spaces and networks for editors like the Neurodivergent Publishing Lounge and the Editors Lair on Discord, and the Editors Tea Club and EFA BIPOC Chapter on Slack. Skills: Authenticity reading , Beta reading , Book Reviewing , Coaching , Consulting , Copyediting , Developmental/Substantive editing , ESL/Translation editing , Line editing , Literary coaching , Localization , Localization, US-UK , Manuscript evaluation , Project management , Proofreading , Quality Assurance , Sensitivity reading , Subtitling/Captioning , Transcribing , Translating Subject Area Specialties: Aging , Animals , Cultural Studies , DEI , Ecology/Environment , Education , Film/TV/Theater , Fitness , Food and cooking , Health , Humanities , Humor , Lifestyle , Linguistics , Medicine , Multicultural Interest , Music , Other , Parenting/Family , Performing Arts , Popular Culture , Psychology , Religion/Spirituality , Self-help , Social Work , Sociology , Visual Arts Other Subject Area Specialties: Urdu > English Translation from roman or Urdu script Fiction Genres: Action / Adventure , Christian / Inspirational Fiction , Fantasy , General Fiction , KidLit , Literary Fiction , Mystery , Paranormal , Romance , Science Fiction , Speculative Fiction , Thriller / Suspense , Women’s Fiction Fiction Subgenres & Specialized Categories: Comedy , Crime , First in series , Magical realism , Paranormal , Romantasy , Sequel , Series / Standalone , Standalone Nonfiction Genres: Biography , How-to Guides , KidLit , Memoir , Narrative Nonfiction Nonfiction Subject Areas: Administration & Curriculum , Cultural Studies , Disability Issues , Education , Humanities , Literature , Religion , Social Sciences Nonfiction Occupational Disciplines : Education , Health Professions Nonfiction Scientific Disciplines : Biology , Environmental Sciences Nonfiction Materials: Books , Curriculum , Essays , Websites Fiction Types of Work : Music/Lyrics , Novel , Novella , Picture book , Poetry , Prose , Script / Screenplay , Short story / Anthology Document Types : Autobiographies/ Biographies , Blogs , Children’s Fiction , Comics , Creative nonfiction , Ebooks , E-learning , Essays , Graphic novels , Magazines , Multimedia , Newsletters , Novellas , Other , Poetry , Promotional materials , Reviews , Social media , Speeches , Textbooks , Training materials Audience Types: Board Book (0–3 years) , Chapter Book (7–9 years) , College , ESL , Middle Grade (9–12 years) , Picture Book (4–8 years) , Young Adult (13–18 years) Editing Languages: English , Other Other Languages: Urdu Editorial Styles: Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) , New Hart’s Rules Other Styles: The Christian Writer's Manual of Style Software: Acrobat , Google Docs , Google Forms , Google Sheets , PowerPoint , Word Other Software: Adobe Premier Pro, Ocenaudio Do you edit explicit / graphic content?: No Certifications: AI for Editors
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