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Sami R

@samiroberts

Book Editor

United States
English
About me
I am a skilled writer and editor with 7 years of journalism experience and 5 years of book editing experience. With a degree in creative writing, I am skilled in manuscript development and editing, from story structure to line-editing. I can help take your prose and storytelling to the next level.... Read more

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Developmental Editing
I will edit your fiction manuscript
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Work experience

Freelance

Book Editor

Freelance • Freelance

Jan 2021 - Present • 5 yrs 10 mos

Urban Fantasy manuscript (unpublished fiction): Guided a first-time author from first draft through ~10 revisions, improving narrative voice, structure and coaching on show-don’t-tell and clear, sensory action scenes

Yahoo!

Journalist

Yahoo! • Full-time

Jan 2020 - Present • 6 yrs 10 mos

Worked as a professional reporter and writer for 7 years, covering health, beauty, lifestyle, and news for publications such as Cosmopolitan, theSkimm, Well+Good, 5280 Magazine, MedShadow, and Yahoo.

Freelance

Proofreader and Copyeditor

Freelance • Freelance

Jan 2017 - Mar 2017 • 2 mos

“Nobel and Lasker Laureates of Chinese Descent” (published nonfiction): Copyedited and proofread the full manuscript for grammar, punctuation and consistency over a four-week timeline