Drawing on her experiences as a writer, a writing coach, an English teacher, and a freelance editor, Mary provides several editing services.
Substantive Editing: Editing for clarity and structure. Suggestions for additions and reorganizing the content.
Mechanical Editing: Line by line editing for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and other writing mechanics. Consistency of style and layout.
Proofreading: Final manuscript reading.
Mary formerly worked as the Managing Editor of the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, a journal dedicated to supporting genealogy professionals. She also served as the editor of the New Mexico Genealogist, a scholarly journal of the New Mexico Genealogical Society, publishing original research and records.
Mary currently serves on the editorial staff for the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.