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Giant Squid is Audra Sim, PhD,
an editor and writing coach based in Portland, Oregon, USA
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** My editing and coaching schedules are currently full through July 2026. I am accepting inquiries for August 2026 and beyond. **
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Editorial Specialties

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 ACADEMIC
e.g., scholarly monographs, articles, textbooks, anthologies, dissertations,
in the arts, humanities, and qualitative social sciences,
with special expertise in interdisciplinary projects
and subject expertise in:
• communication (critical cultural communication, mass communications) • critical theory • cultural studies • film/media studies
• history • library/information science • literature
• music (music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology) • philosophy ​
• political economy • psychology (qualitative, theoretical)• sociology
• science and technology studies (STS)

See full list of subjects I have coached/edited
TRADE NONFICTION
e.g., books, articles, pamphlets,
especially on the topics of:
• culture • history • music • film • nature • psychology • sociology
​• travel • food • cooking • gardening • health • urban homesteading

MUSIC-ADJACENT TEXT
e.g., album liner notes, musician bios, program notes
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Hire me to work on

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SUBSTANCE
Developmental editing ~ Targeted developmental editing ~ Manuscript evaluation

POLISH
Line editing ~ Copyediting ~ Formatting

AUTHOR DEVELOPMENT
Argument clinic ~ Writing coaching ~ Manuscript consultation

My clients are

academic faculty, publishers, independent authors, retired or independent scholars, musicians, doctoral students, and select organizations
see testimonials

I work with clients

anywhere the internet reaches
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GIANT SQUID CLIENTS PUBLISH WITH...
Duke University Press, Oxford University Press, Columbia University Press, and more!

GIANT SQUID HAS A...
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PhD in Communication
MA and BM in Musicology
MA in Library & Information Studies
​BA in English
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