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My name is Kirk L. Kroeker and you've found your
way to my personal site. I work as a contract editor for several publishing
companies. If you're looking for an editor who has a broad knowledge of tech,
drop me a note. I'm fluent in most major stylebooks, including Chicago, MLA, and
AP. If I'm booked, I'd be more than happy to forward your request to another
editor who will treat your project with care.
I've worked as
an editor for nearly a decade and a half, starting my career in publishing at eMedia, a magazine devoted to new-media technologies
and trends. After
working at eMedia for two years, I took a position at Computer magazine,
the flagship publication of the IEEE Computer Society, where I worked for three
years. After Computer, I went freelance to do contract editorial work for
a range of tech publications,
including Intelligent Systems, Software, Internet Computing, Multimedia,
Pervasive Computing, and
several others. I did a stint for a year as managing editor at ECT News, and I
also worked for a
few years as managing editor at NewsFactor
Network.
I received a
BA in Philosophy from Wheaton
College (Wheaton, Illinois) in 1990 and an MA in English from California State
University, Northridge (Northridge, California) in 1992. I did PhD work at Northeastern University
(Boston, Massachusetts),
where I was awarded a fellowship and taught writing and a few upper-division lit
courses. I completed my
course work and doctoral exams. My dissertation, which remains perpetually
incomplete, is entitled "History's Modernisms / Modernism's Histories: Dystopian
Fiction from 1900 to 1950."
I've bylined
several hundred articles, reviews, columns, and news pieces over the years; I've
posted a few pieces on my
published
work page. I also maintain
BetterEditor.org,
a collection of links to online resources for working editors and writers.
Strangely, BetterEditor.org gets big bursts of traffic now and then. About a
year ago, it briefly entered the top 100K on Alexa. Go figure.
BetterEditor.net,
the companion site, is a collection of editorial books with links to Amazon. If
you notice any broken links on either site, please let me know. |
