I am an editor and writer specializing in nonfiction. I have provided developmental editing and/or copyediting for many book-length works (including more than a dozen books for University of California Press), and I am the chief copyeditor for several peer-reviewed journals. I have edited work in (for example) sociology, evolutionary biology, urban planning, water resources management, civil engineering, and quantum mechanics. I have written on sociology of religion, philosophy of science, and many technical subjects. (My technical background includes web development, information architecture, and CMS design.) Write to me at roy-dot-sablosky at sablosky-dot-com, or call (301) 919-0229.
Author feedback
I really appreciate your editing, comments, and suggestions. I’m really impressed with your work. Wow.
—Loren Kajikawa, author of Sounding Race in Rap Songs, University of California Press, 2015
Roy Sablosky did a superlative job copyediting the manuscript.
—Victor Tan Chen, acknowledgment in Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy, University of California Press, 2015
Reader feedback (from Amazon reviews of Thewissen’s The Walking Whales)
I’ve read a lot of good books lately on marine life and its prehistory, but Thewissen’s stands out. He simply does everything right. —Matthew A. Bille
One of the best paleontology books I have read … so delightful and well written, that I could hardly put it down. —Richard D. Norris
Highly readable and entertaining. —Benjamin A. Tagle
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» Read the writing samples.
| “Does Religion Foster Generosity?” | a peer-reviewed article on the sociology of religion (behind a paywall; email me for a preprint) | |
| Science briefs | like those in the first few pages of Science and Nature | |
| Year in Review | for a trade organization | |
| “Newton and the Next Million Years” | a history-of-science essay | |
| Site administrator’s guide | back-end documentation for a site built in Plone | |
| Content governance guidelines | for users of a content management system based on Magnolia |
