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Giant Squid is Audra Sim, PhD,
a freelance editor and researcher
based in Portland, Oregon, USA
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Editorial Specialties

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ACADEMIC
e.g., scholarly monographs, articles, textbooks, anthologies, dissertations,
focusing on the arts, humanities, and qualitative social sciences,
with subject expertise in:
• communication (critical cultural communication and mass communications) • cultural studies • critical theory • history • library/information science • literature • music (composition, music theory, musicology, ethnomusicology) • philosophy • political economy • theoretical and counseling psychology • sociology
TRADE NONFICTION
e.g., books, articles, pamphlets,
especially on the topics of:
• culture • history • music • 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 ~ Substantive editing ~ Line editing

POLISH
Copyediting ~ Proofreading ~ Formatting

PERIPHERALS & LEGALITIES
Permissions editing ~ Image research ~ Other research support

AUTHOR DEVELOPMENT
Writing coach

My clients are

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

I work with clients

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

GIANT SQUID CLIENTS INCLUDE...
Columbia University Press, Waypoint Ventures, and other independent and organizational clients.
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