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Amanda Bidnall
Profile
I am a highly trained, versatile and multi-published writer and editor with more than a decade of experience. After earning my PhD in British and European history (Boston College), I worked as a scholar and university instructor before becoming a freelancer.
I have more than three years’ experience as a copy, stylistic and structural/developmental editor. My clients have published:
- novels
- short fiction
- academic manuscripts
- theses and dissertations
- textbooks
- websites
- web-based educational tools
I have a working knowledge of Canadian Press, Chicago, Oxford and APA styles.
As a researcher and writer, I have developed grant applications, award nominations and public-facing, high-concept case documents for a variety of clients.
Editorial Skills
- Canadianization
- Consulting and manuscript evaluation
- Copy editing
- Developmental or project editing
- Indexing
- Structural and substantive editing
- Stylistic editing
- Writing
Media/Genres
- Academic books and monographs
- Academic papers and essays
- Books, general
- E-books
- Fiction
- Speeches
- Textbooks, college and university
- Theses and dissertations
- Trade non-fiction
- Websites
Subjects
- Aboriginal people
- Arts
- Communications
- Culture
- Europe
- Gender studies
- Geography
- History
- Humanities, general
- Literature
- Social sciences
- Society, general