150,000+ manuscripts and counting… Celebrating 20 years in publishing!

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Hi! My name is Rachel Paul, and I’ve worked in publishing for two decades. I am a copyeditor, proofreader, designer, compositor, copywriter, and project manager. My experience in editing and publishing ranges anywhere from astrophysics journals and arms treaties to oracle tarotsophy and music. I specialize in both humanities and STEM scholarship. I also enjoy working with ESL manuscripts and educational content.

I started my career in publishing in the early aughts when ebook still seemed like a buzzword. As a publishing intern in Philadelphia, I heard “Print is dead!” through my cubbie as we unwittingly coded the rise of digital publishing. During my time as a managing editor, we would wax in South Street coffee shops about salvaging the human in humanities. Twenty years in, migrating from Philly to Detroit, along the Canadian border back to my home on Big Island, Hawai’i, in the heart of the Pacific, I am committed to helping my authors publish the world’s best books, articles, and multimedia content. Since 2006 I have worked with thousands of independent authors, university presses, academic publishers, and professional organizations worldwide. During that time, digital publishing has given us all a 24/7 pocket library at our fingertips. But I still prefer a coffee shop freebie paperback. It’s a balance.

I am a former managing editor, a graphic designer and book compositor, an Agile/Scrum enthusiast, a project manager, and an indexer. I helped develop an XML-based publishing workflow back when we didn’t think everyone would actually carry a pocket computer thing. To stay current I enjoy publishing educational content in programming, software engineering, app/web development, and IT (as a project manager and all-around creative type who has worked in that field for several decades). When I think about my third decade in publishing, my goal is to further explore world religions, spirituality, archaeology, history, folklore, linguistics, and the science of language.

Red pens and style manuals aside, my brand of publishing is about communication and collaboration. Editor’s honor, your manuscript is awesome. Together we can turn a new page and inspire the world through the written word.

They say it all started with the word.

For more information about Lotus Editing and Design, please check out my RESUME or CONTACT ME.

Thanks for READING!

~~~With Aloha <and ʻokinas> from Mauna Loa, Hawaiʻi ~\ππ/ 📘📗📕🪷📚🎒🤙~~~