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Mary Bridges has worked in writing and publishing for more than fifteen years. Her experience ranges from business reporting at Condé Nast to editorial consulting for global nonprofits. With degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Vanderbilt Universities, she combines a deep commitment to crafting eloquent prose with a pragmatic understanding of the challenges of academic and mainstream publishing.
Accomplishments
- Reducing word count by up to 50%.
- Offering structural and stylistic advising for academic and non-academic clients.
- Conducting intensive line-edits and stylistic interventions to eliminate clunky prose.
- Writing and editing for publications ranging from the Wall Street Journal to the LA Times.
- Editing publications for multiple Ivy League universities.
- Streamlining monographs to improve clarity and market appeal.
- Ghost-writing opinion pieces for major media outlets.
- Advising on book proposals, from academic philosophy to trade-press titles.
- Editing for academic associations, senior faculty, and aspiring writers.