Sarah Breeding, editor and owner
I've worked in publishing for the last 15 years, editing for publishers such as Taylor and Francis Journals, Routledge, Palgrave, the University of Minnesota Press, Yale University Press, and Macmillan, among others. Before I started Best Friends Publishing Services, I was a managing editor, and then project manager, for Macmillan Language Learning, working on primary-level projects for the international ELT market. I am on LinkedIn and am a proud member of the EFA, ACES, and the Northwest Editors Guild. I enjoy editing the following subjects and formats:
English-language-teaching coursebooks and elementary through college textbooks
Journal articles, monographs, theses, and dissertations in the humanities, social sciences, business, and finance
Historical, young adult, literary, and dystopian fiction
Thrillers, romance, horror and fantasy genres of fiction
Creative nonfiction and memoir
How-to, self-help, cookbooks, and spirituality
Poetry
When I am not editing, I enjoy the hiking year round and skiing in the winter, weightlifting, reading, horticulture, and amateur astronomy.
“Sarah, above and beyond what was required—your impressive work was thorough and professional. Thank you so much for taking on this onerous project. I hope to work with you again in the future.”
“Just finished going over the edit! You did a wonderful job at “fixing stuff” without trying to change my voice, content, context and humor. That’s the mark of a great editor! I thank you for your efforts.
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“The project manager received a very nice compliment on the project and I wanted to pass along to you. Excellent work! “Of all of the proofs I’ve looked at ..., this has to be one of the cleanest. It’s looking really great, and I have less than 5 comments on the whole proof.””
“I got this lovely feedback from the author for you: “I hope it is a much improved manuscript with all the queries addressed adequately. S. Breeding is the best copyeditor I’ve ever had (and this is my 3rd book!). I mentioned this in a comment but it may be missed by S. Breeding so please pass along my gratitude for the superb work!” It’s always nice to get appreciation. Copy editors are always the unsung heroes!”