September 2024
Jean Kavich Bloom has worked within the publishing industry for several decades. For nearly twenty-four years, she was employed by Zondervan publishing house in Michigan, completing her career there as an executive managing editor. Then she took her freelance business, Bloom in Words Editorial Services, full time when she and her husband returned to Central Indiana to live near family.
Jean is engaged primarily by Christian publishing houses, providing more than one level of editing for both fiction and nonfiction books: substantive (nonfiction only), and line and copy (nonfiction and fiction). Line and copy are most often conducted in combination. In addition, she offers non-byline writing services and proofreading, the latter the last editorial stage for any book.
Since becoming a full-time freelancer, Jean has provided editing for more than 160 nonfiction titles and more than 115 novels and novellas. The works include several ECPA Christy Award and ACFW Carol Award winners and finalists, as well as a finalist for an ECPA Christian Book award. She has also worked with authors from Canada, Australia, and Asia.
Both professional and author recommendations are conveniently located on Jean’s website, bloominwordseditorial.com.
