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Lauren Younker

Freelance Editor

Bio

My name is Lauren, and I am a freelance editor specializing in developmental editing, book coaching/assessment, copyediting/line editing, and proofreading. I love working with authors from a variety of backgrounds and writing levels, and have experience working in fiction, nonfiction, academic, and more.

Demographics

Freelance Editor

  • Academic Editing
  • Acquisitions
  • Beta Reading
  • Book Reviewing
  • Consulting
  • Copyediting
  • Developmental and Substantive Editing
  • Formatting
  • Line editing
  • Manuscript evaluation
  • Permissions Management
  • Project management
  • Proofreading
  • Research
  • Self-publishing
  • SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Currently Booking

  • Adult
  • College

  • Acrobat
  • Excel
  • Google Docs
  • Google Forms
  • Google Sheets
  • InDesign
  • Other
  • PowerPoint
  • Word
  • XML

Advanced (26–50 projects)

Yes

2

8

Yes

Blogs, Comics, Ebooks, Essays, Newsletters, Recipes, Reviews, Textbooks

  • Academic
  • Biography
  • Cookbooks
  • KidLit
  • Memoir
  • Narrative Nonfiction
  • Technical
  • Trade Nonfiction

  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Crafts
  • Food & Cooking
  • Gardening
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Lifestyle
  • Other
  • Political Science/Politics
  • Psychology
  • Public Policy
  • Religion/Spirituality
  • Self-help
  • Social Sciences (Qualitative)
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Travel
  • Women’s Studies

  • Anthropology
  • Current Affairs
  • Government
  • Humanities
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Literature
  • Social Sciences

  • American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)
  • Microsoft Writing Style Guide
  • Modern Language Association (MLA)

  • English

  • Yes

No

No

White

Master's degree