Beth Chapple

Current

• Steering Committee member at Northwest Independent Editors Guild
• Editor and Asst. Publisher at Granite Peak Publications
• Copyeditor and Proofreader at Self-Employed (Self-employed)

see less...

Past

• Proofreading & Copyediting Team Teacher at Discover U Lifelong Learning
• Software Editor at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
• Technical Writer & Editor at Language Engineering Corp.

Education

• University of Washington
• Stanford University
• Classical High School

see less...

Recommended

2 people have recommended Beth

Connections

49 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Website
• Yellowstone Treasures

Beth Chapple’s Summary

I am adept at understanding what an author wants to express and helping him or her to convey it more idiomatically and precisely. I have worked on a wide variety of books, Web content, and articles.

Beth Chapple’s Specialties:

travel guidebooks, art catalogs, language textbooks, social science textbooks, scholarly articles, self-publishing, print coordination, Master's theses and Ph.D. dissertations in various fields, including biotechnology, business management, city and regional planning, environmental management, gynecology, industrial ecology, industrial engineering and management, software engineering, waste management

Beth Chapple’s Experience

• Steering Committee member

  Northwest Independent Editors Guild

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

  Volunteer position helping to orchestrate the programs of the Guild.

• Editor and Asst. Publisher

  Granite Peak Publications

  (Publishing industry)

  June 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)

  Completed editing and print coordination for the updated third edition of the guidebook, Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park, in December 2008. Publishing date: April 2009. Continue to maintain the website, www.yellowstonetreasures.com.

• Copyeditor and Proofreader

  Self-Employed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

  1989 — Present (20 years )

  These are the tasks I happily perform for individuals and organizations:
  
  * copyediting in English
  * proofreading in English, German or Spanish
  * substantive editing in English
  * indexing
  * Web site design and maintenance

Beth Chapple’s Education

• University of Washington

  M.S. , Technical Communication , 1997 — 1999

  Activities and Societies:

  Society for Technical Communication

• Stanford University

  B.A. , Geman Studies, specializing in language and linguistics , 1983 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Stanford Literacy Project, Viennese Ball Orchestra

• Classical High School

  English, Spanish 1978 — 1982

  Brown University Book Award for superior English expression, 1981

Additional Information

Beth Chapple’s Websites:

• My Website
• Yellowstone Treasures

Beth Chapple’s Interests:

general aviation, playing trumpet, hiking, travel

Beth Chapple’s Groups:

Northwest Independent Editors Guild, University of Washington Extension Editing Certificate Advisory Board, 99s (International Women Pilots), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Rain City Symphony

•    Stanford University Alumni
•    Freelance Editing Network
•    The Ninety-Nines

Beth Chapple’s Honors:

Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera, intermediate level, August 2008

Brown University Book Award for superior English expression, 1981

Beth Chapple’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch