Complete Editing Services

“Corinna is my trusted editor and my writing coach. She has singlehandedly helped me to become the writer I always wanted to be.”

Hedy Law, PhD; Associate Professor of Musicology, Univ. of British Columbia

English Editing for Technical, Academic, and Creative Nonfiction

Clean, Clear, Accurate Editing from Books to Journal Articles   

Punctual, Responsive Service with Integrity Since 1995

“Corinna Fales was a delight to work with. She was instrumental in helping us to produce a meaningful book for patients in only a few months!
She kept us on track, was a remarkable copyeditor, and wrote some of the material for us. We are truly grateful for the opportunity to work with her.”

– Doug Drossman, MD; President Emeritus & Chief of Operations, The Rome Foundation; Drossman Gastroenterology, PLLC;
  Drossman Center for Education & Practice of Biopsychosocial Care

– Johannah Ruddy, M. Ed., Executive Director, Rome Foundation; Executive Administrator, Rome Foundation Research Institute

Books and book chapters

Narrative technical reports

Academic talks and journal submissions

Patient-facing medical information

Dissertations and theses

Creative nonfiction

Memoir

“Corinna is extraordinarily intelligent, with a keen ability to extract the core of a writer’s materials and thoughts and transform them into a concise, clear, and impactful message. Her personal integrity and diverse writing/editing background translate into a superior work product and create an edifying experience for her colleagues and clients.”    

 –  Natalia Mañan Diaz, Executive Director, HR Customer Care Solutions, NYC Department of Social Services

EDITING PROCESS

Since 1995, when I began my professional writing/editing career with a field research report
for the Library of Congress, I have learned that I holistically processes what are considered,
described, and charged as separate editorial functions. Using Word’s track changes, I correct errors and leave questions and comments for you
in the margins. You engage exclusively with me throughout the process.

YOU CHOOSE

Then, you either address the comments and questions, approve or disapprove
my suggested edits, and respond to me with any further questions and a follow-up round. Many academic professionals
I work for just want one
run-through and then fix their manuscript/paper according to my edits. It’s up to you and your budget.

PRICING

My do-it-all-together approach results in simple, all-inclusive billing per hour that saves time and money. Highly disorganized, complex, confusing, or rushed manuscripts may be billed
at higher rates. 

“Corinna Fales is a brilliant, dedicated, diligent, insightful editor who adds both the small things that make something glow with intelligence and the large things that make one think and get clearer.”  

 –   Mack Lipkin, Jr., MD; Professor of Medicine & Director of the Division of Primary Care,
Internal Medicine at New York University School of Medicine & Bellevue Hospital Center

I will not

• Make any claim to the authorship
  of your work
• Guarantee that your work will
  be published
• Change your intended meaning
  (I will let you know if I am unclear) 
• Use AI for any purpose in this process

“Corinna was instrumental in transforming my manuscript into a first-class read. She has a mastery of language,
cuts through dense and often unreadable text with surgical skill and is available for consultation.”  

      –  Terry Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, New School University; Author of Cosmopolitan Life Series published by Columbia                  University Press; most recently: Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York, 2024.

Corinna grew up at the first degree-granting historically black university and the adjacent poor community, and spent many years in Newark and Harlem. Being white in these environments has made her unusually qualified to understand how different readers and audiences may receive the same material.

In 1995, after completing a master’s degree in social policy and training in psychotherapy, Corinna began her writing/editing career (DBA as Corinna Fales Consulting) with a research report for the Library of Congress. Since then, she has served educational, governmental, and non-governmental entities as a writer/editor and has authored two books.  

In 2019, Corinna was the MLK Day keynote speaker for administrative personnel of Duke University’s hospitals and has been interviewed for podcasts and magazines. In 2023, she delivered a TEDx talk: “Rethinking Political Correctness.”

Her first book, Different: Our Universal Longing for Community, is interview-based and set at Lincoln University, where Corinna grew up. Republished in 2023, it is intended for general and classroom use.
Her second book, This book is not a safe space: The unintended harm of political correctness, was published in 2020. Both are available at Amazon and Indie outlets.

Selected positions

IntraHealth International, Inc.

       Communications Consultant, Editor/Writer for Development Comms

NYC Dept. Social Services – HR Customer Care Solutions  

        Senior Writer/Editor, Procedures and Communications

Columbia University

        Assistant to the Editor, Journal of Manufacturing Science & Engineering

NYC Office of Child Support / CUNY Training Program

​         Special Projects Writer

“Corinna has a rare combination of great intelligence, wisdom, applied creativity, experience, and an outstanding track record.
I give her my highest recommendation without reservation.”  

– Peter Crown, PhD, Multimedia Collaboratory Director (ret.), University of Arizona College of Medicine