Freelance Writing and Editing Services
Your Neighborhood Copy Editor
for Business & Creative Content
I am an editorial professional with 30 years of experience developing content and publications for nonprofit organizations. I’m also a published poet, fiction writer, and essayist who loves to help other creative writers reach their full potential.
Book me for these services:
- Copyediting (light, standard, or substantive)
- Writing (human interest/success stories, technical or annual reports, blogs, web content)
- Publication production (management, planning, consultations)
Experience Highlights: Business Content
I have partnered with hundreds of subject matter experts in public health, education, law, international development, and the arts. I bring clarity, structure, and strategy to every stage of the editing and publishing process. Select employers and clients: JSI, The Manoff Group, IREX, National Women’s Law Center, Casualty Actuarial Society
Accomplishments
- Directed production of 100+ publications annually for JSI’s global health initiatives such as USAID Advancing Nutrition and the SPRING Project, elevating content quality and production efficiency.
- Established editorial standards and streamlined content operations across 300+ international and domestic programs funded by agencies and organizations such as USAID, The Gates Foundation, the U.N., and the World Bank.
- Regularly strengthened stakeholder engagement through targeted knowledge-sharing efforts, such as a newsletter reaching over 20,000 practitioners, policymakers, and educators.
Experience Highlights: Creative Writing
I love to help creative writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction hone their language and see their work from a different perspective. As someone who has published work in all of these genres, I can offer developmental and copy editing. I have reviewed the work of poets, authors of short fiction and essays, and children’s book authors.
- Provided feedback and edits for chapter books published by Capstone and middle grade fiction published by Penguin
- Edited poems for national award-winning poets
- Edited personal essays and blog posts
- Edited book of speculative horror short fiction
My own publications include:
- An award-winning book of poems from Main Street Rag Publishing
- Short stories in Us Against Alzheimer’s: Stories of Family, Love, and Faith and Rehoboth Beach Reads: The Beach House
- Essay in Furious Gravity: Grace and Gravity Series
- Poems in many journals and anthologies such as SWWIM and What the House Knows
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Testimonials
“Heather Davis is a champion of clear and concise communication with whom I have worked for more than 10 years. As my editing colleague, I turned to Heather, who has also been my informal mentor, for clarification and confirmation. When uncertain, Heather finds answers by rapidly scanning and disregarding numerous unreliable sources and identifies those that are credible. She excels at synthesizing and organizing information and has used these skills develop and finalize project-specific and company-wide style guides. She is highly organized and manages scores of deliverables with competing priorities. As a supervisor, Heather is calm in situations in which others panic. She responds immediately and is extremely patient. In addition to all her practical skills, Heather is extremely reliable and ethical.” —Julie Ray, Senior Editor, JSI
“I first worked with Heather when she was the Editorial Director of a complex, multi-country nutrition project. I was so impressed with the content and publications management systems and tools she had created and the resulting publications. I had the opportunity to work more closely with Heather when she brought that strategic thinking to the organization’s communications team to help refine and lead our editorial processes. I’ve learned a lot from her technical writing and editing expertise as well as her ability to bring people and teams together.” —Shaina Bauman, Senior Communications Advisor, JSI
Heather Lynne Davis 