Top Copy Editing Services

Mission Statement:

 To provide clients and customers with professionally edited, mistake-free copy, on time and in accordance with the style of their choosing.

Our Business

My name is Mark Farrell, founder of Top Copy Editing Services. I have more than 20 years of copyediting and proofreading experience. I began my career as a reporter at a suburban daily newspaper in the Boston area in 1987. Within two years, I was assigned to the copyediting desk for a newspaper publishing chain near Cape Cod, Mass. After moving to the Washington, D.C., area in 1992, I began working as a newsletter editor in 1994 in Alexandria, Va., and from there as a copyeditor for a newspaper publishing group based in Merrifield, Va.  Soon after, in 1997, I gained experience editing government contracts, which I continued to do on a freelance basis through 2006. Along the way I also served as a newsletter copyeditor. This year, I served as a contract editor for auditing reports with the U.S. Department of Commerce. The contract was 4 months in duration. I am proficient in using style guides such as the Chicago Manual of Style, the Associated Press Stylebook, and the Government Printing Office Style Manual.

Top Copy Editing has a team of experienced editors to call upon to assist in upgrading your document. These editors have been involved in all facets of publishing, so we can choose the editor who has the most experience working on your type of document.

We look forward to helping you make your copy sparkle!

 Mark Farrell