Final Touch Proofreading & Editing

Heidi Mann

My Passions: Excellent Writing + Progressive Christian Faith

I copyedit, proofread, write, and provide related editorial services at the wide place in the road where my Lutheran-seminary training and parish-pastor experience intersect with my passion for excellent writing. Through my business, Final Touch Proofreading & Editing, LLC, I respond to the Holy Spirit's call to use my God-given grasp of grammar and the fine points of writing to assist authors in crafting works that are a pleasure to read.

I have a heart for people who are too often pushed to the margins of society—immigrants and refugees, members of the LGBT community, people of non-white races and ethnicities, people with disabilities. I believe in a God who created all people in the divine image, who values and celebrates diversity, and whose default modus operandi is grace.

Extensive Experience

I copyedit and edit Bible studies, Sunday school and confirmation curriculum, devotional materials, sermons, children's worship bulletins, books for publishers (fiction and nonfiction; for children, youth, and adults), and more. The target audience of the material to which I contribute is primarily churches, families, and individuals interested in teaching and learning about God's extravagant, unconditional love for all.

My experience has included copyediting articles, newsmagazine columns, books by independent authors, business communications, and web content, as well as lots of writing during my college and seminary years and my first career as a parish pastor.

Personable and Professional

I am pleasant and easy to work with, a strong communicator, and diligent about deadlines. I follow editorial-industry standards, am adept at following the Chicago Manual of Style and the AP Stylebook, and am happy to honor an in-house style sheet.

I am an active member of the Christian PEN (Proofreaders and Editors Network) and the Professional Editors Network (PEN).