Dr. Olson Pook
Newmarket Editing and Consulting

I’m an editor. Officially my job is to fine-tune other people’s writing. But in reality what I do is help smart, creative minds find the clearest way to express the complexity of what they’re thinking.

Individuals and organizations turn to me for assistance in streamlining their sentences and organizing their ideas to produce engaging and flawless prose, relying on my over twenty years of experience editing journal articles and academic manuscripts, revising non-fiction books, and writing business copy.

No matter what kind of project you are embarked on, I can help produce an end product you’ll recognize as your best thinking artfully articulated. Visit my website for examples illustrating how I’ve assisted others in achieving their writing goals.

Editing Services
Copyediting, Developmental editing, Line editing, Proofreading, Series, Substantive, Technical
Writing Services
Academic, Book proposals and query letters, Books, Business proposals, Content marketing, Copywriting, Fiction, Grant writing, Journal, Magazine, Newsletter, Newspaper, Nonfiction, Poetry, Rewriting, Technical and instructional, Web
Other Services
Acquisitions, Author coaching, Content review, Interviewing, Manuscript critique, Publishing, Query, proposal, and/or submission review, Research, Style guide creation
Fiction Genres
Action/adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Humor/satire, Mystery, Poetry, Romance, Science fiction, Suspense/thriller
Nonfiction Genres
Academic, Autobiography and memoir, Biography, Business, Cookbooks, Creative nonfiction, Essay, DIY/how-to, History, Reference, Self-help, Textbooks, Travel, True crime
Age Levels
Early elementary, Middle grade, Young adult, New adult, Adult
Style Manuals
American Medical Association (AMA), American Psychological Association (APA), Associated Press Stylebook (AP), Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Microsoft Writing Style Guide, Modern Language Association (MLA)
Software
Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe InCopy, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Google Docs, Google Sheets, LaTeX, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, PerfectIt
Other Memberships
ACES: The Society for Editing, Editorial Freelancers Association