Jean Kavich Bloom
Bloom in Words Editorial
Services
September 2024
Email: jean@bloominwordseditorial.com
Website: bloominwordseditorial.com
As a seasoned freelance editor for Christian publishers and authors, I'm always seeking to expand my client base. See multiple recommendations from
publishing industry professionals and
authors on
my website.
Summary of Skills and Experience: I’m a seasoned editorial professional with several decades of publishing experience, including nearly twenty-four years in a Christian publishing house, Zondervan. As of this date in my freelancing career, I’ve edited more than 275 fiction and nonfiction books for multiple Christian publishers, organizations, and authors.
Relevant Strengths, Skills, and Accomplishments
Initiated,
established, and directed a Zondervan Corporate Editorial Services team, which
provided editorial services to non-product areas of the company: PR, marketing,
human resources, and the office of the CEO. Also worked alongside editors at
every level of the editorial process.
Have edited more than 275 books as a
professional freelancer, primarily line/copyediting in combination, saving
editorial process time for my clients. Also provided substantive editing,
crafting editorial letters for authors on behalf of a publisher’s in-house
editor. In many cases, in-house editors have asked me to work directly with
their authors and then deliver a clean, author-approved manuscript edit to
their house.
Have worked with more than a dozen Christian publishing houses and organizations, as well as individual clients, using the latest editions of industry standard style guides—The Chicago Manual of Style, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style—and publishers’ own style manuals as provided. I have also worked with authors from Canada, Australia, and Asia.
Wrote two published
children’s devotional books commissioned by
Zondervan. Other types of professional
writing I’ve done as a freelancer are outlined on my website.
Developed
and maintained throughout my corporate and freelance career:
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An exemplary record for detailed and thorough work, a
strong work ethic, dependable integrity, and professional interactions with
both publishing staff and authors.
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Proven, high-quality line editing/copyediting,
macro/substantive editing, and writing skills.
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Excellent time management skills, meeting and most often
beating deadlines, including on rush projects.
