Polish provides luster, adds richness, and enhances beauty. It works on fingernails, shoes, furniture, your car. And on your words.

I’m Ginny Ruths, and I’m passionate about finding exactly the right word in context. As a substantive, developmental, and line editor for 30+ years, I have helped clients around the world refine and polish their writing. My specialty is working with independent authors in both fiction and nonfiction, with services tailored to meet each client’s specific needs.

To tighten your narrative and strengthen reader engagement, I focus on word choice, style, tone, organization, development, themes, flow, and consistency. In fiction, I also address character motivation and growth, plot development, action, pace, timing, and setting. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are second nature to me.

Experience

My background includes writing, editing, proofreading, design, layout, and production in both nonprofit and commercial businesses, from assistant editor to communications manager. I have extensive experience in fiction, nonfiction, academic, business, and technical editing.

Education

Gettysburg College Bachelor of Arts in English, cum laude

Credentials

I work with individual authors, businesses, professionals, students, and job seekers around the world. Corporate clients have included US Soccer, Simtek Corporation, Colorado Springs Business Journal, Hewlett-Packard, and Boys and Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region.

Professional Affiliations

Editorial Freelancers Association
Association of Independent Publishing Professionals
National Association of Independent Writers and Editors
Freelancers Union