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Hi! I'm Liz Seif.

I'm a professional line editor, copyeditor, and proofreader in Lexington, Kentucky.

I'm also a lawyer.

When I'm not working, I like to read, hike, play bridge, ​travel, and spend time with my family.

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Background
  • American native-English speaker
  • Professional editor since July 2017
  • Practicing lawyer since 1998 (primarily cases involving medical issues)
  • Bachelor's degree in psychology (summa cum laude)
  • Law degree, top 10 percent of class; elected to Order of the Coif
  • Editor in chief of Kentucky Law Journal, 1997–98
  • Won statewide writing contest in law school
Expertise
  • Grammar
  • Spelling
  • ​Punctuation
  • Word usage
  • Syntax​
  • Clarity
  • Smooth flow
  • Citations
  • Footnotes and endnotes
  • "Bluebooking"
  • Legal terminology
  • Medical terminology
  • Fact checking
  • Consistency of style
  • Consistency of formatting
  • Close attention to detail
  • Elimination of needless words
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Style Guides and Software
  • The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
  • The Chicago Manual of Style
  • APA style (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association)
  • Microsoft Word (including "Track Changes" and "Styles")
  • Acrobat Acrobat DC
  • Google Docs and Sheets
  • Apple's Pages, Numbers, and Keynote
  • Trello

In A Word Editing Services

Serving clients worldwide

Lexington, Kentucky

liz@inawordediting.com

  • Home
  • About
  • Services and Rates
    • Line Editing
    • Copyediting
    • Proofreading
  • Contact
  • In Clients' Words
  • Blog
  • FAQs