Academic Developmental Editor and Writing Coach 

Joanna Pinto-Coelho, PhD

Your partner (and brainstorming buddy, and editor, and project manager) on the path to publication

Our departments, professors, and thesis advisors teach us the expectations and norms in our respective fields — like what we’re expected to publish to get a tenure-track job, the general academic tone (read: long-winded and jargon-y), and which journals and presses are more prestigious than others.

But the practical steps to get you from a research question to a manuscript draft? Most of us end up figuring that out on our own, anxious and frustrated, while convincing ourselves than anybody “productive” is some sort of writing wizard, and the rest of us are just “bad writers”.

But you’re not a bad writer. No one is born knowing how to do this.

Writing to your audience effectively and in your own voice is an acquired set of skills, not one innate magical power. This means you can improve your writing in all sorts of ways that will make your scholarship shine and your life less stressful.

This is where I, as an academic developmental editor, enter the picture.

I can help you produce work you’re proud of, work that will meet your goals and serve your career.

Click below to learn how I work and set up a complimentary initial consult.