Monica S. Baker

Editing Services

There is no other way to say it; I am a hybrid consultant, author, and writing instructor.

I have managed a 30-year career in communications and marketing, which included use of my editorial services in the realms of professional research, writing, editing and proofreading on business, nonfiction, and fiction texts. 

Aside from my consulting work, I am the author of  Freestyle, Schiffer Publishing, 2010—A middle grade historical fiction novel and Crystal Kite Award finalist.  Also, I researched and wrote multiple spiraled issues for grades K-6 of Science Weekly Magazine, Cam Publishing Group, 2005 - 2012. 

Currently, I am focusing my services on Developmental Editing—character development, plot fixing, flow—and Copy and Line Editing, followed by Proofreading.


Current clients include:

  • Sara Stibitz Group

  • Talk’uments LLC

  • Children’s and adult fiction, non-fiction, academic, and individual authors

Regardless of the type of writing I edit, I focus on plausibility and narrative flow.


Former communications clients include:

  • The Jesuit Refuge Service

  • The National Park Foundation

  • The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

  • The American Film Institute

  • Discovery Communications Inc.

  • U.S. Space and Rocket Center and U.S. Space Camp

  • Project Earthlink; White House public/private partnership

  • National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA)

  • The Cincinnati Museum Center

  • SOS Children’s Villages

  • The Campaign to Ban Landmines


Thesis and creative writing instructor:

  • WritiopiaLab and the College Board’s Upward Bound Program

  • Montgomery Community College Writing and Editing Center

  • Mosaic Support Center, Lesbos, Greece


Education

Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
Master of Fine Arts, Writing

The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Master of Business Administration

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Minor in Portuguese