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You use your writing to create a more equitable, better informed, and healthier world.
Welcome! I’m Dana. I help purpose-driven and system-fighting authors and organizations communicate clearly and consciously to raise their voice, forward their mission, promote their work, and guide their learners.
When you work to illuminate issues, shift perspectives, or lead change, you’re under pressure to produce writing that fulfills its purpose.
You may worry about the clarity and flow of your wording, the language and framing of your concepts, and the overwhelming rules in your style guide. You may struggle with getting Word to do what you need it to do. And you may be facing a looming deadline.
Over my 16 years in editing, I’ve developed a keen eye—and ear—for improving writing with discernment and care. I help move your writing from good to better, so you have clear, coherent, conscious, and consistent copy that highlights your expertise, conveys your ideas, compels your readers to action, and facilitates learning. I remove the distractions without removing your voice so that what you have to say speaks for itself.
“Dana is a wonderful copyeditor whose deft attention to detail and commitment to clear and conscious writing has been an enormous help on Ideas on Fire manuscripts. Her edits are quick, precise, and thorough while maintaining the integrity of author voices and publisher needs. She gets at the heart of a manuscript’s purpose, and her edits draw that out beautifully.”
CATHY HANNABACH, PHD, FOUNDER AND CEO, IDEAS ON FIRE
