About Laura Edlund

I am a freelance writer and editor who specializes in plain language, stories, and education.

I work for a variety of clients—institutes, professionals, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), publishers, corporations, and individuals—and I bring human experience, judgment, and critical thinking to each client’s communication needs.

I provide structural and stylistic edits, plain-language edits, edits of technical writing (including standards) for clear communication, manuscript evaluations, writing, consultations, and other services that go beyond what generative AI offers. To each project, I bring the experience of working with and for humans, for audiences with a wide variety of wants and needs, on staff, freelance, and in business. As well, I am committed to continual professional development, including committee work, conferences, seminars, and ongoing courses.

Clients (present and past) and employers (past) include the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Scholastic Canada, Pearson Canada, the Insurance Institute of Canada, the Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University and MIT Press, the Art Canada Institute, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (the school board of Nunavik, Inuit territory in northern Quebec), Inhabit Education, GoodMinds, Page Two Strategies, JUMP Math, Oxford University Press, Annick Press, Nelson, Formac Publishing, commissions of public inquiry, government departments, non-profits, corporations, and individual authors.

Recent projects include:

• structural and stylistic editing for plain language and accessibility
• editing very technical publications for diverse audiences including subject specialists and the public
• working with teams of multilingual subject matter experts to meet their publication goals
• researching and developing reports for and proposals to governments
• working in US, Canadian, and UK English for Canadian, American, regional, and international readerships
• developing projects in English for translation and publication in multiple languages
• editing and proofreading publications with fine art, photos, maps, charts, and technical diagrams
• manuscript evaluations, structural, style, and copy-edits for fiction and creative nonfiction writers
• the full publication process—from concept development and research to writing, editing, review process, visual concept and design, to photo selection and art approval, and finally proofreading and publication

For your communication needs, contact me. For writing and editing resources and advice, what editing costs and why, and more, please see my blog.