My Background

Highlights

  • Developmental edit, line edit, copyedit, and proofread memoirs and other nonfiction, novels, book proposals, essays, blogs, articles, websites, and other marketing content.

  • Completed memoir manuscript.

  • Two decades as technology magazine editor.

  • Personal and craft essays published in The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, PS, The Los Angeles Review, The Coachella Review, Brevity, and others.

Aptitudes

  • Developmental Editing, Line Editing, Copyediting, Proofreading, and Writing:

    • Articles/Blogs

    • Craft/Personal Essays

    • Fiction

    • Marketing Content: Blog Posts, Brochures, Email Campaigns, Informational Articles, Meta Descriptions, Press Releases, Proposals, Social Media Posts, and Video Captions

    • Memoirs/Hybrid Memoirs/Other Nonfiction

    • Nonfiction Book Proposals

    • Query Letters

    • Websites

  • Adobe Acrobat/PDFs

  • AP Stylebook

  • Work Management and Communication Platforms: Asana, Basecamp, ClickUp, Microsoft Teams, Monday.com, Notion, Slack, and Zoom

  • The Chicago Manual of Style

  • Content Management Systems: Squarespace and WordPress

  • Fact-Checking

  • Google Docs and Forms

  • In-House Style Guides

  • Interviewing/Researching

  • Mentoring/Teaching

  • Microsoft Office 365

  • Notetaking

  • Style Sheets

  • SurveyMonkey

  • Transcribing

Qualities

  • Communicative

  • Deadline-Oriented

  • Detail-Oriented

  • Organized

  • Professional

  • Self-Motivated

Employment History

  • Sole Proprietor, Drysdale Editorial
    October 2022 to Present

  • Copyeditor, Proofreader, and Production Editor, Simon & Schuster (Contract)
    March 2024 to Present

  • Developmental Editor, Copyeditor, and Proofreader, Peacock Proud Press (Contract)
    August 2023 to Present

  • Copyeditor, Line Editor, and Proofreader, Torchflame Books (Contract)
    January 2025 to June 2026

  • Proposal Editor, Dragonfly Editorial (Contract)
    May 2024 to October 2025

  • Copyeditor, Red Mallard (Contract)
    May 2023 to October 2025

  • Copyeditor and Proofreader, ScribeConcepts (Contract)
    February 2023 to May 2024

  • Chief Content Officer, Printed Circuit Engineering Association (Circuits Assembly, Printed Circuit Design & Fab, PCBUPdate)
    January 2022 to October 2022

  • Senior Editor, UP Media Group
    (Circuits Assembly, Printed Circuit Design & Fab, PCBUPdate)
    September 2006 to December 2021

  • Managing Editor, AFCOM (DCM)
    November 2003 to September 2006

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, English, Literature Emphasis, University of California, Irvine

  • Single Subject Credential Education, English, California State University, Long Beach

  • Single Subject Teaching Credential, English (State of California)

  • Proofreading and Copyediting with The Chicago Manual of Style, Editorial Freelancers Association

  • Writing the Personal Essay, University of California, Los Angeles, Extension

  • How to Write a Memoir Book Proposal, Hugo House

  • Craft Intensive, Story, Hugo House

  • The Art of Seeing Through Words, Hugo House

  • Mindful Writing, Hugo House

  • Basement Writing Workshop, Memoir

  • Gotham Writers Workshop, Memoir I and Memoir II

  • Finding Your Unique Voice, University of California, Los Angeles, Extension

  • Creative Writing, University of California, Irvine, Extension

Other Professional Development

  • The Query Doula – “Just Make the Pain Stop” (Courtney Maum)

  • Memoir Book Coaching (Joshua Mohr)

  • Write Your Story, CreativeLive (Joshua Mohr)

  • Sunday Night Writers’ Club (Shawna Kenney)

  • Daily Writing Prompts (Shawna Kenney)

  • AWP Conference, Portland, Oregon

  • BinderCon Los Angeles

  • Literary Women Conference, Long Beach, California

  • Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

  • Portland Book Festival

  • Women in Publishing Summit 2023

  • Introduction to The Chicago Manual of Style (EFA)

Select Publications

Select Public Readings

  • Hugo House, Seattle, Washington

  • The Escondite (Hideout), Los Angeles, California, Drunken Masters: Sex and Romance

  • Book Soup, Hollywood, California, The Best Advice in Six Words

  • 826 Valencia, San Francisco, California, The Best Advice in Six Words

  • Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, California

  • San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California, Book Lovers, Poetry and Art Series

  • Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco, California, Book Lovers

  • Laurel Books, Oakland, California, Book Lovers, Tea and Erotica

  • Stories Books and Café, Echo Park, California, Book Lovers

  • Beyond Baroque, Venice, California

Memberships, Nominations, and Honors

  • ACES: The Society for Editing (Current Member)

  • California Writers Club, Orange County Branch (Current Member)

  • Editorial Freelancers Association (Current Member)

  • The Pause Writers (Current Member)

  • Two-Time Pushcart Prize Nominee

  • Best of the Net Anthology Nominee

  • Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society (CSULB)

  • Dean’s Honor List (UCI, CSULB)

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