Debra K.
Editor (Copy/Line Editing and Proofreading) 30+ Yrs Experience
My experience includes several decades of writing and editing both fiction and nonfiction and specialize in self help, memoir, business and finance and fiction. As an editor, I have worked with hundreds of writers from beginners to experts at all stages of development to help them make their writing shine. I enjoy variety and challenge and am versatile, fast and dependable. I have strong grammatical skills and am a competent editor of all phases of editing.. As a fun aside, I am a Publishers Weekly Bestselling and Award-winning novelist with over two million books in print as well as hundreds of non-fiction articles and blog posts. Whatever your project, let me help you make it be the best it can be.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $1.6k
Billed in all: $113,823$114k
$326 in the last 6 months
Across 244 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 19% in Copy Editing
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
- #35Memoir86 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #19Top 41%🇺🇸#19 of 49
- #49Business Editing193 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #24Top 25%🇺🇸#24 of 94
- #124Fiction522 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #65Top 24%🇺🇸#65 of 241
- #133Story Editing578 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #65Top 23%🇺🇸#65 of 272
- #135Romance555 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #64Top 24%🇺🇸#64 of 228
- #152Nonfiction711 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #82Top 21%🇺🇸#82 of 321
- #263Developmental Editing1,059 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #137Top 25%🇺🇸#137 of 591
- #264Line Editing910 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #144Top 29%🇺🇸#144 of 516