Laura Poole
Experience
Archer Editorial Services, Inc. Durham NC. President, Senior Editor. I provide professional copyediting services for many different publishers, and I specialize in scholarly nonfiction book projects and medical/scientific editing. The work includes editing manuscripts both online (in Word) and on hard copy. May 1997 to present.
Education and Training Systems, Intl. (ETSI), Chapel Hill, NC. Assistant Medical Editor. Edited health science training materials (self-study modules, audiotape scripts, workshop scripts) for readability, clarity, and educational value. Proofed copy, wrote educational elements, cross-checked drafts. Promoted after 8 months of desktop publishing. December 1995 to May 1997.
Duke University Press, Durham, NC. Editorial/Production Assistant, Journals Division. Edited and marked manuscripts, proofed and checked galleys and blue lines, assisted Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Opera Quarterly. September 1994 to September 1995.
Skills
Many years of professional editing experience. Strong copyediting skills (Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition), including online copyediting skills (in Word). Knowledge base, term familiarity, and experience in medical editing and in topics of music, science, economics, memoirs, and military histories.
Professional speaking and training skills and experience.
Certified professional life coach.
Professional Affiliations
Textbook Authors Association, October 2009-present
Professional Member
RTP Toastmasters, Club 4335, March 2005–present
Competent Toastmaster earned 6/2006
Competent Leader earned 6/2006
Vice President of Education for club, July 1, 2006–present
Assistant Area Governor for Education, September 2006–present.
Business and Professional Women clubs (two chapters: Raleigh and Triangle), August 2008–Present
VP Issues Management, BPW Triangle, July 2009-June 2010
Chair, Communications committee, and Chair, PR committee, BPW of North Carolina State Federation, July 2009-June 2010
Coffee & Contacts, April 2009-April 2010
Brier Creek chapter. Women’s networking club in the Triangle.
Education
Duke University, Durham, NC.
Graduated cum laude May 1995, double major.
B.A. in English and Women’s Studies, Certificate in the Arts.
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC.
Certificate of completion, June 1991.
Continuing Education, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Fall 1996, Scientific Writing and Editing short course.
Spring 1997, “A Feel for the Language”: How to Be a Successful Freelance Editor.
Honors
Dean’s List with Distinction, Duke University, 1994–95
Dean’s List, Duke University, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
National Merit Finalist, 1991
My formal editing experience includes work for the following clients:
- Carolina Academic Press. I copyedit legal and sport-related titles for this press, including works on constitutional law, market branding, and case briefs.
- Duke University Press. I proofed and copyedited for the books division of Duke University Press. While in college, I interned for a year at Duke Press, gaining considerable skills in proofreading, production, and publication design. I served as editorial assistant for the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Opera Quarterly; both positions required preparing manuscripts, assisting in editing and proofreading, and facilitating correspondence among the authors, editors, and board members. I currently provide copyediting services to the books division.
- Hayes Barton Press. I provide copyediting (online and hard copy) for Hayes Barton Press’s medical school textbooks. Titles include Cardiopulmonary Physiology (2nd edition), various dental school introductory texts, and Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathophysiology (2nd edition).
- Ivy House Books. Ivy House Books (formerly Pentland Press) provides full-service, high-quality publishing options for self-publishing authors and groups. I provided freelance copyediting services for them, which included making all editorial changes on disk.
- McFarland & Company, Publishers. McFarland publishes a wide range of general interest and scholarly books. I provide copyediting services on hard copy. Some specific titles I’ve edited include a filmography of Burt Lancaster, Designed to Break Your Heart (the story of the 1939 Cincinnati Reds and baseball’s only in-season suicide), Gold Star Mothers (about the mothers of World War I soldiers who traveled to Europe to see their sons’ graves), a social history of tipping, a Vietnam War memoir, and a history of the traveling medicine show.
- Menasha Ridge Press. I provided online copyediting for Menasha Ridge Press’s Unofficial Guide travel titles. I copyedited the Unofficial Guide to Miami (3rd edition), Unofficial Guide to Cruising 1999 (and 2000, 2001, and 2002 editions), Unofficial Guide to London, and Unofficial Guide to Golf Vacations in the East, several bed-and-breakfast guides, Unofficial Guide to Hawaii, and Unofficial Guide to Central Italy. I’ve also copyedited several Mountain Bike! titles, several Best in Tent Camping titles, and a guide to ethnic cuisine.
- Oxford University Press. I edited the quarterly journals Economic Inquiry, Contemporary Economic Policy, Social Politics, and Journal of History of Medicine and Allied Sciences; I also worked on two World Bank journals published by Oxford (World Bank Economic Review and World Bank Research Observer). Primarily I provide copyediting for the books division.
- John Wiley and Sons. I have copyedited or proofed several textbook titles (including college-level and graduate-level textbooks for social work, physics, math, and management) for Wiley, as well as a few trade titles.
- Previous clients include Carolina Biological Supply (proofing catalogs and newsletters), Impressions Book & Journal Services (online copyediting for academic and textbook titles), Springer-Verlag (copyedited monthly Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology), Consumer Reports (1998 Used Car Buying Guide, 1999 Consumer Reports Best Buys for Your Home, How to Plan for a Secure Retirement, Consumer Reports Best Travel Buys 1999 and 2000, and Consumer Reports Guide to Baby Products, two editions), Healthways Communications (nursing continuing education materials), Sandler & Recht Communications (pharmaceutical advertising materials), Learning Concepts (elementary school textbooks), and Frommer’s Travel Guides.
