Marissa Earl

@earleditorial.bsky.social

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Copyeditor and Proofreader with confused niches 😂 📚 Nonfiction (including non-evangelical Christian theology) 📚 Fantasy (some sci-fi) Aro/ace 🤍💜🖤 who's been proofreading romance books? Band and choir nerd She/her EarlEditorial.com

A closeup photo of a fluffy bumblebee on a background of lavender blooms.
Sleepy midnight selfie of Marissa wearing a pink shirt that reads "my weekends are all booked" while holding up a copy of Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher.
A selfie of my husband, Jason, and I standing in front of some docks on Lake Washington in Seattle.
The corner of my laptop covered in ragged sticky notes with chapter numbers written on them that I can cross out as I go.
Footnote 41 says, "Just imagine the difference in effect between telling a teenager 'X is bad' and telling them 'X is cringe.'" Footnote 43 says, "In an earlier draft we described this differentiation as 'gnostic' but on reflection realized that describing things as gnostic has become cringe."
3 books on a table: Star-Spangled Jesus by April Ajoy, Eucontamination by Paul and Billie Hoard, and Body Phobia by Dex Anderson
A perler bead heart with a purple outline and blue background. The inside has a white stem coming up the middle that looks like a candle with a yellow heart-shaped glow on top of it.
Selfie of me in a yellow flowered dress and my Flo mask in front of the blue library wall with a bookshelf in the background.
A screenshot of my name where "Marissa" is in a larger font than "Earl."
A huge bronze eagle with a 50-foot wingspan and its claws out like it's trying to catch a fish is chained to a flatbed trailer in rural America.
Mutual aid request for a friend
What I've been up to at Marissa Earl Editorial in March and April: completed a large academic copyedit I started in February and copyedited a memoir; proofread 4 nonfiction books and 1 novella; did some footnote and formatting checks for two books, and read 5 books for fun.
"I'm just a humble swimmer in this lyrical aquarium; If W.S. Gilbert's what you want, then go unbury him."
A necklace of blue glass beads and some stickers, including a kangaroo, a cactus with text that says "I cannot be responsible," a koala on a branch, and a Palestinian flag heart.
Me holding a paperback copy of the Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction at a table with a library shelf for backdrop.
Decorative image that says "Marissa Earl Editorial: Celebrating 3 years." It also lists that I've worked on 114 books, including 87 proofreads, 23 copyedits, and 4 other book projects.
My workspace at the library equiped with a laptop, second screen, mouse, reference book, and travel mug of coffee on a wooden table in front of a library shelf full of books.
The book "Miracles and the Holy Spirit" by William Brasher sits on a wooden table. It has a mostly blue cover illustrated with clouds and mountains.
A photo of Amy Schneider's Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction sitting on a closed laptop and next to a tangled pair of headphones, which is all set on a wooden tabletop.
A picture of Karen Yin's book held over my knees with a wood floor background.
My StoryGraph line graph of books and pages read over each month in 2024, both of which peak in June (at 7 books, 2,644 pages).
My StoryGraph summary says the first book I read (not worked on) in 2024 was I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown, and the last book I read in 2024 was Witch Hat Atelier book 1 by Kamome Shirahama.
Marissa Earl Editorial 2023 Summary: I worked on 45 books, which breaks down to 38 proofreads, 5 copyedits, and 2 beta reads. 38 of those were nonfiction and 7 were fiction.
A toy Santa that's been scribbled on with green and blue marker on the body. The eyes have been colored pure black with black scribbles around them.
Magic the Gathering card called "Sinew Dancer." The flavor text says, "To resist the embrace of the Flesh Singularity is to reject unconditional acceptance."
White magic card: basic plains, stained glass art of a sun and castle
A close-up of one block next to the inner blue-and-black border and a swirling quilting pattern over it all.
My grandma and a teenage me holding my first quilt–a twin-size jelly roll based pattern in bright colors.
A corner of a quilt I made. It has blocks of four little rectangles put together with gold borders between. The fabrics are in bright reds, greens, yellows, and blues with various bird-related designs. The white and pink outside border fabric has a paisley-like pattern of stylized feathers.
An old wooden foot-pedal pump organ with a potted plant on top and a toilet paper stand next to it.
Sparkly blue star that says "100 books completed. Marissa Earl Editorial. Copy editing, proofreading, beta reading."
List of things I worked on in October. I finished up a copyedit and proofread a study guide, a crime fiction romance book, a book of short stories, and a kids picture book. I also read a few published SFF books for fun.
Blue background frame with a list of things I did in September: started and ended the month copyediting nonfiction books, proofread one fiction and one nonfiction books, read some fantasy books for fun, and got the school year started.
Blue background with an informational note titled "A common edit I make." The text below says, "Reducing also . . . as well constructions (pick one; we don't need both). For example: I ran some errands and picked up the kids. I also got some bananas at the store as well."
A spiral-bound music book called "Timeless: Ancient Psalms for the Church Today" rests on a quilted table runner.
Blue background and white frame with a quote by Dr. Katherine Hutchinson Hayes that says, "An editor saves clients' time. An editor can save clients' money. An editor ensures the client's message is clear. An editor helps writers look good."
White background with two books on it: "Loving Your Black Neighbor as Yourself" by Chanté Griffin and "Brown Faces, White Spaces" by Latasha Morrison. The caption at the top says, "I get to work on some amazing books!"
Gray cat with big yellow eyes looking at the camera from his seat in an office chair.
A hill covered in grass and brush, with blue sky and a wheat tower behind it and a small group of deer grazing in the distance.
Marissa's 2023 summary: I worked on 45 books in 2023—proofread 38, copyedited 5, and beta read 2. Of those, 38 were nonfiction and 7 were fiction books.
A field grid background with many emoji trees and decorations that are all fall or Halloween themed, from the Forest productivity app.
A selfie of Marissa wearing a shirt that says "Life is short, punctuate joyfully."