Vennessa Ng Aotearoa Editorial Services New Zealand Vennessa Ng is a passionate supporter of Christian worldview fiction, and is committed to helping its writers excel through solid story logic and clean, concise prose. Though she serves, and has served, as a freelance editor for a number of CBA authors, including winners of the coveted Christy Award and the Gold Medallion, her first love is working with new and intermediate writers. Vennessa provides editing services ranging from critiquing to copyediting. For more information on services and contact information, visit her Web site. E-mail Vennessa             Visit Vennessa's Web site     H.L. Nigro Strong Tower Publishing H. L. Nigro has been writing and editing professionally for nearly twenty years. She is a former national magazine editor and now serves as a recognized b2b industry analyst, writer, and consultant. She is a three-time author, ghostwriter, and book development editor for the National Association of Printing Leadership. In 2000, Nigro started Strong Tower Publishing, which publishes niche books in the Christian marketplace. Her own titles include Before God's Wrath: The Bible's Answer to the Timing of the Rapture and Do You Really Want to Self-publish Your Book? She offers manuscript evaluation, copy editing, and book development services, specializing in end times, theology, and apologetics. E-mail H.L.             Visit H.L.'s Web site   Susan Noble Long Island, NY I am a life-long writer and editor, primarily in a personal capacity but also with some experience writing for newspapers and writing extensive reports for various jobs and college and graduate school. My master’s degree is in linguistics, specializing in TESOL, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. After years of running a Christian bookstore with my husband, I am beginning to write and edit professionally. Writing is a joy to me, and editing comes naturally. My strengths are correcting spelling, grammar, usage, and punctuation, tightening wording for effectiveness, and evaluating doctrinal accuracy. E-mail Susan         Carolyn Oravitz Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania I am a freelance writer and editor with work published in The Secret Place, Vista, and The War Cry. I write a column called Writers' Workshop Series and business articles for The Independent Magazine. In addition to my articles, I have self-published two books and am working on a novel. I teach a Writing for Publication class for the continuing ed department at a community college. I have completed an editing course and love helping other writers as well as writing myself. I offer proofreading services and helpful suggestions on writing both fiction and nonfiction. Rates are $20 an hour. E-mail Carolyn             Visit Carolyn's Web site     Barbara A. Paratore Binghamton NY   I have been a born-again Christian for thirty-three years. I have worked as a graphic artist, receptionist, and administrative assistant, and have held various general office positions. My proofreading experience has been working on newspapers and newsletters for various organizations. I recently worked as an administrative assistant for the Johnson City Senior Center in Johnson City NY, where I created graphics and page design for their monthly six- or eight-page newsletter. I did extensive proofreading for all of the above. I am now seeking opportunities to do proofreading and/or editing exclusively. E-mail Barbara     Joanne Reese Turlock, CA Joanne Reese stands on the brink of a rewarding writing ministry, as she breaks into print through magazine publication. Adding value to readers and clients through a pursuit of authenticity, Joanne challenges others to embrace their unique calling and to recognize the hand of God every step of the way. With an eye for detail, and an ear for the music of prose, Joanne seeks to bring out the best in her clients. Honest critique coupled with encouragement helps Joanne build relationships with her clients, making them want to return on the basis of mutual trust. E-mail Joanne                     Visit Joanne's Web site     Tracy Ruckman Alabama Tracy Ruckman is a full-time freelance writer, editor, and photographer, with numerous credits in national, local, and online publications. Her editing experience includes book manuscripts-fiction and non-fiction, magazine articles, textbooks, newspaper articles, newsletters, Web content, advertising copy, and short stories. She owns Write Integrity Editorial Services - a full-service agency offering a variety of editing services, marketing and promotion services including blog tours and image packages, and more.  She is the National Christian Writing Examiner  for TheExaminer.com. For more information, please visit her Web site.  E-mail Tracy              Visit Tracy's Web site                 Visit Tracy's blog     Rhonda Eudaly Simpson Arlington, TX Rhonda Eudaly Simpson has published more than a dozen short stories and articles and is now building a freelance editing and proofreading business along with her writing. She has 6 years' experience in writing and critiquing stories, and 1-2 years' experience in editing/proofreading experience by contract work through Creative Group. She works well with fiction and non-fiction, secular and Christian material. Email Rhonda                Visit Rhonda on the Web   Katherine Smies Wisconsin      I recently graduated from Wheaton College (IL) with a major in English Literature. Although I would rather edit books than sell them, currently my days are filled with running the children's department at a local bookstore. I offer proofreading and editing, and specialize in fiction and children's literature. E-mail Katherine   Nancy J. Spangle  Warsaw, IN I have always loved to read and to write, and I believe writers must be readers of good stuff. I have had one article published in an education magazine concerning turn-of-the-century British educator Charlotte Mason’s practice of nature study for children. My experience of proofreading and editing has been a matter of helping my homeschooled children and my Indiana Tech students in English classes.  E-mail Nancy   April Stier Ossian, Indiana After graduating from Bethel College (IN) in 2004 with B.A. degrees in English and Biblical Studies and an A.A. in Professional Writing, April participated in a summer internship at Tyndale House Publishers. She then launched a freelance editing/writing career in August 2004, offering manuscript evaluations and proofreading/copyediting/line editing services. Her specialty areas are fiction, nonfiction, and biblical curriculum. April currently freelances for Tyndale and writes adult biblical curriculum for Group Publishing, Inc. She has published more than thirty articles in national magazines and book anthologies such as Guideposts for Teens, Brio & Beyond, and God's Way for Teens. E-mail April    Katherine Swarts Houston, Texas Katherine has been writing for publication for more than ten years and has published dozens of articles and poems, along with several devotionals and one short story. She founded Spread the Word Commercial Writing in 2000. Spread the Word offers full copywriting, editing, and proofreading services for adult and children's nonfiction and poetry, as well as for publicity materials. E-mail Katherine           Visit Katherine's Web site   (Members A-B           Members C-G           Members H-K           Members L-M           Members N-S           Members T-Z)