Kelly Vincent
Nonfiction Editor
Skills
Copyediting
Developmental editing
Proofreading
Sensitivity reading and bias reading
Self-publishing pipeline
Microsoft Word & Google Docs
The Chicago Manual of Style
PerfectIt
APA 7

Developmental editor, line editor, and copyeditor with experience making business, tech, and academic writing clear and readable. Purdue University Doctor of Technology student.


Subject Matter Expertise

Data science, machine learning, GenAI and other artificial intelligence, Python programming, computer science, business storytelling, business project documentation, and academic writing.

Editing Experience
Nonfiction

Client: Writing group leader

– Copyedit of five-page local arts grant application | 2025

Client: Doctoral student

– Copyedit of twenty-page academic article on supply chain tech | 2025

Fiction

– Copyedited two 60,000+-word romance novels

– Dev edited one middle grade novel manuscript with additional focus on age-appropriateness and restructuring into multiple chapter books

Editing and Writing Education
Specialization in Developmental Editing
University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education, Seattle, WA2026
Certificate in Copyediting
University of California, San Diego Extended Studies, San Diego, CA2026
Red Earth M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Fiction)
Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK2020
Certificate in Advanced Fiction Writing
University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education, Seattle, WA2017
Continuing Education Coursework
Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA)2026

– 3 courses completed

– Focused on strengthening line editing and copyediting, and technical skills (macros)

Affiliations
Northwest Editors Guild
2026–present

– Session Attendee, Red Pencil Conference (Lynnwood, WA) | 2025

ACES
2025–present

– Session Attendee, ACES Annual Conference (Atlanta, GA) | 2026

Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA)
2025–present
Publications and Awards

– Author of The Friendly Guide to Data Science: Everything You Should Know about the Hottest Field in Tech, Apress, 2025. Finalist in Chanticleer International Book Award, Harvey Chute Business and Enterprise Nonfiction.

Other Education
Doctor of Technology
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN(in progress)
B.A. in Mathematical Sciences
University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL
M.S. in Information Systems
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
M.Sc. in Speech and Language Processing
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
B.A. in History
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Minor in History of Science

Certificate in Machine Learning
University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education, Seattle, WA
Certificate in Data Science
University of Washington Professional and Continuing Education, Seattle, WA