Al B.
Proofreader and Copyeditor
I am a top rated editor and it's my job to help you connect with your reader. I enjoy eliminating errors and producing a compelling, clean copy. I am experienced with Chicago Manual of Style editing guidelines. My editing skills apply to a broad range of writing. I have edited fiction (action thriller novels), history (Slavery in Lowcountry South Carolina), religion (biblical teaching), engineering (internet security), business ( internet marketing), self-help (Living with Bell's Palsy), web pages (product marketing) and academic work (political science dissertation). My writing, publishing and editing experience includes over twelve years as a freelance copy editor and proofreader and over ten years producing engineering documentation at Xerox . Contact me to make your books, academic papers or web pages a delight for your readers.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $3.6k
Billed in all: $132,814$133k
$1.2k in the last 6 months
Across 235 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 12% in Proofreading
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
- #40Chicago Manual of Style277 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #26Top 14%🇺🇸#26 of 208
- #148Developmental Editing1,059 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #85Top 14%🇺🇸#85 of 591
- #648Copy Editing5,372 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #341Top 12%🇺🇸#341 of 2,597
- #1,337Editing & Proofreading11,045 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #449Top 12%🇺🇸#449 of 3,606
- #1,785Proofreading14,990 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #465Top 12%🇺🇸#465 of 3,870
- #2,225English17,148 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #280Top 13%🇺🇸#280 of 2,847
- #2,879Microsoft Office15,119 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #345Top 19%🇺🇸#345 of 2,580