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 thirty-six years of publishing experience,
including nearly twenty-four years in a Christian publishing house. The last
thirteen years of my career have been spent in full-time freelancing. As of
this date, I’ve edited more than 275 fiction and non-fiction books for multiple
Christian publishers, organizations, and authors as a freelancer.
Publishing/Editorial Career History
Owner, Editor, and Writer, Bloom in Words Editorial Services (January 2007 to present). I became a full-time freelancer in fall 2011 upon leaving premier Christian publishing company Zondervan, my employer of nearly twenty-four years, to move closer to family.
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.
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.