Cheryl Lemmens - Indexing and Editorial Services

Editing: Introduction

I have been editing, and writing, for most of my professional life. My editorial experience has included work in many different fields, as listed below:

• 1998-2001: Serving as senior Web site editor for a Toronto Internet consulting and development firm. This position entailed writing and editing for a number of different clients in the financial services industry, including Bowne & Co., Fleet Bank, Investors Group, New York Life, and Summit Bank. During this time I also learned the basics of search engine optimization, and took on the task of registering a bilingual Web site the company had created for Thomas Cook with a number of French search engines.
• 1990-1998: Serving as production editor for a number of law reporters (i.e., journals) at a major Canadian legal publishing company. This position entailed preparing case law (court cases covered by the reporters) for publication — working with legal editors to ensure that explanatory headnotes and lists of cases, statutes, etc., referred to were accurate and error-free, and occasionally querying judges or counsel when necessary. Reporters on which I worked during this period were those covering municipal and planning law, real property law, and environmental law.
• 1982-1986: Editing committee transcripts at the Hansard Office of the Ontario Legislature, Queen's Park (part-time).
• 1980-1981: Editing and writing for the Canadian Automobile Association magazine Leisureways (formerly Canadian Motorist).
• 1978, 1979: Reporting work at the Toronto Star while a journalism student at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. After a brief stint helping with municipal election coverage in 1978, I worked as a summer reporter at the Star's North York bureau in 1979. I also wrote a number of paperback book reviews for the Sunday Star during this time.

I put this varied editing experience to work for my book publishing clients, whether working with managing or project editors or with authors themselves. Accuracy, attention to detail, and completion of projects on time are the hallmarks of my editorial work.