Pennypacker & Associates, Editors

610.883.7988 • jim@editingmavens.com • reedsy.com/jim-pennypacker

Take Your Writing to New Heights

Nonfiction Books • Magazines • Business Docs • Technology Docs

• DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING •

We will make sure that your manuscript:
  • Is well organized and structured
  • Follows a clear strategy throughout
  • Is consistent in tone and style
  • Is consistent in formatting and display
  • Is marketable and meets the needs of your target audience
  • Makes sense
  • Has no gaps in content
  • Meets industry standards and expectations
  • Demonstrates your knowledge and credibility
  • Is polished and professional
  • Clearly communicates its primary purpose
  • Succeeds in delivering on its major premise or promise

• COPY EDITING •

We will make sure that:
  • Your writing is clear, correct, comprehensible
  • Your work follows editorial guidelines
  • Your grammar, word choice, and sentence structure are ideal
  • Your punctuation, capitalization, spelling, headings, subheadings, and lists are proper, consistent, and accurate
  • Your subjects, verbs, pronouns, and antecedents are in agreement
  • You don’t use slang, sexist language, or other inappropriate figures of speech
  • Your citations, references, glossary, notes, and figures are accurate and complete
  • Your abbreviations, acronyms, numbers, and symbols are used properly
  • Your table of contents is accurate

• PROOFREADING •

We will make sure that there are no:
  • Misspellings or word choice confusions
  • Grammatical errors
  • Missing, incorrect, or duplicate punctuation marks
  • Inconsistent line, word, or page spacings
  • Typographical errors or inconsistencies
  • Formatting issues
  • Incorrect end-of-line hyphenations
  • Widows or orphans
  • Mistaken page headers, footers, or numbers
  • Poor illustration or table positionings
  • Stylistic inconsistencies
  • Inaccuracies
  • Discrepencies from the chosen style guide

What people say about us

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Jim was patient in his edits and went the extra mile to address my concerns. I would gladly work with him again. — Dave M.

Jim is a great professional. I engaged Jim for my first book. He had to extensively edit my manuscript, and I am hugely grateful for his diligence and advice. I would happily recommend and work with him again if the opportunity presented itself. — Neil K.

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Jim is a consummate professional with abundant talent, creative ideas, and is a delight to work with.  — Dr. Linda G.

Thank you Jim for editing our book. It was an easy collaboration, outcomes delivered on time, and expectations met. — Ausra B.

Enjoyed working with Jim. Will use again and again. — Marc C.