Barbara Bloom

Background

About Barbara Bloom

Barbara Bloom presents herself in small caps but thinks in italics. She is a thorough editor and a thoughtful writer. Barbara brings more than twenty years of successful publishing and communication experience to her work. She has worked for Simon & Schuster Trade and Wayne State University Press and managed the publishing program at the Norton Simon Museum. As an editor and writer, she promotes clear writing across a range of genres and styles. Barbara works with clients to put their best narrative forward, whatever the form: fiction or nonfiction manuscripts (trade, academic, children's, self-publishing) or B2B and B2C communications—web content, feature articles, marketing materials, press releases, white papers, and more. SERVICES Copyediting/line editing Developmental editing/substantive editing Feature writing Self-publishing Book proposals Abridging E-books Query letters Ghost writing Proofreading Proficient with Microsoft’s Track Changes; able to provide hand-marked copy upon request. SUBJECT AREAS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST Advertising/public relations Arts/culture Autobiography/biography/memoir Automotive (really!) Children’s, young adult Fiction, adult Health/medicine Holocaust studies Jewish studies Legal Lifestyle Psychology/self-help Travel writing