NOW BOOKING: Visiting Editor Program
Individual Faculty Consultations at Your Institution
Argument & Structure
Developmental editing.
Artistry & Clarity
Stylistic editing.
Grammar & Mechanics
Copyediting.
Book Proposals
To put together your book proposal for an academic press, you must anticipate the priorities of the acquisitions editor and present your manuscript as dynamic and timely. Tweed helps you make the pitch, including identifying your target readers and surveying the book’s market.
CVs & Applications
Whether the goal is an academic position, grant funding, or acceptance into your top-choice PhD program, strategic feedback is available for all types of academic application materials: cover letters, teaching philosophies, research proposals, CVs, and so forth.
R&R Support
When you are faced with the prospect of revising and resubmitting your journal article for publication, it’s key to understand clearly the feedback you’ve been given and proceed in a way that responds appropriately while making the most of your time and retaining the core intentions of your piece.
Years of Tweed
After several years of freelance editing, I officially founded Tweed Editing LLC in 2010.
Clients Served
… and counting! Scholars from a very wide range of disciplines have worked with Tweed: literature, economics, biological anthropology, history, cultural studies—the list is always growing.
Institutions Represented
Tweed clients come from institutions all over the world: small liberal arts colleges, RU/VH universities, state schools, and the Ivy League alike.
The journal will be moving ahead with publication! It seems that everything you touch ends up successfully being published. You have the magic touch! I am grateful not only for your careful edits but also the encouraging, constructive voice you always bring to your edits and feedback.
About Tweed
Katie Van Heest, PhD, trained in manuscript editing at the University of Chicago and earned her doctorate in religion from Claremont. Her favorite editing projects involve scholarly writers who have clear research trajectories and want to influence thinking both in their fields and beyond.