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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.

🇺🇸Murrells Inlet, United States$40/hr100% JSS4.93 (166)Since Jan 2013

Earnings and projects

MRR
$604

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#69,947 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#10,621 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$284

Last 6 months: $3.6k

World#75,651 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#9,668 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$126k

Billed in all: $133k

World#29,663 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#6,374 / 62.1k
Per project
$551

$1.2k in the last 6 months

World#173,769 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#29,323 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
3
67% fixed33% hourly
World#66,482 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,998 / 62.1k
Projects in all
229

Across 235 contracts

43% fixed57% hourly
World#7,894 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,416 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$133k+$284 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$132.4k$132.6k$132.8k$133.0kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 12% in Proofreading

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #40Chicago Manual of Style277 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #26Top 14%
  2. #148Developmental Editing1,059 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #85Top 14%
  3. #648Copy Editing5,372 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #341Top 12%
  4. #1,337Editing & Proofreading11,045 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #449Top 12%
  5. #1,785Proofreading14,990 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #465Top 12%
  6. #2,225English17,148 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #280Top 13%
  7. #2,879Microsoft Office15,119 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #345Top 19%