Experience. Meticulous attention to detail. Teamwork.​

Kathryn Barnsley, owner-editor

I’m a lifelong, bona fide word nerd, happiest when I’m surrounded by books and working with words.

From 1990 to 2017, I wrote and edited in the service of Uncle Sam. After I retired from the military, I started KRB Editorial Services, LLC, and I am now at your service.

I edit fiction and nonfiction. My work has included the North of Forty and Isabella Proctor series by author Lisa Bouchard, nonfiction books in memoir, business and family advocacy genres, and several novels in the Bad Karma series by author Tracy Brody, winner of two Romance Writers of America Golden Hearts with A Shot Worth Taking and In the Wrong Sights, and finalist with Deadly Aim. 

My pledge to you is this: I will partner with you and use my editing superpowers for good on the finer mechanical details of writing, so you can focus on the content. For descriptions of types of editing I offer, please see the services pages.

Education

University of California, San Diego Extension
Certificate in Copyediting, 2018

Webster University
M.A., Computer Resources and Information Management, 1999

Oklahoma University
Department of Defense Short Course in Communication, 1993

Defense Information School
Public Affairs Officer Course, 1990

University of Florida
B.S., Business Management, 1989

Affiliations

National Association of Independent Writers and Editors

Member