Lana Barnes
Freelance Proofreader & Copyeditor
- Role
- Proofreader & Copyeditor at Reedsy
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lana Barnes
A passion-driven, sharp proofreader and copyeditor with an exceptional command of written…
Experience
Proofreader & Copyeditor
Apr 2017 — Present
Work directly with self-publishing authors. Reading their YA and middle grade novels and picture books line by line, checking for typos, grammar errors, spelling mistakes, incorrect hyphenation use, capitalization mishaps, etc, and for any inconsistencies in plot, tone, and tense, as well.
Education
Sacred Heart University
MAT, Elementary Education with a Concentration in Reading
2004 — 2005
Emerson College
MA, Writing, Literature, and Publishing
2007 — 2009
American Graphics Institute
Certificate, eBook
2013 — 2013
Sacred Heart University
BA, English
2000 — 2004
American Graphics Institute
Certificate, Advanced Photoshop
2014 — 2014
Skills
- Digital Printing
- Books
- Proofreading
- Social Media
- Adobe Photoshop
- Color Correction
- Copy Editing
- Prepress
- Publications
- Pre-Press
- Electronic Workflow
- Color Management
- Indesign
- Image Editing
- Employee Training
- Digital Asset Management
- Publishing
- Print Production
- Pre-Press Experience
- Ebooks
- Quarkxpress
- Adobe Acrobat
- Offset Printing
- Photoshop
- Editorial
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Newsletters
- Editing
- Illustrator
- Layout
- Mac
- Typesetting
- Children's Books
- Pre-Media
- Graphics
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