About Authentic Self Editing
Hi, I’m Rachel, the editor behind Authentic Self Editing. Though I became a professional editor in 2020, I’ve been editing informally for over 25 years.
Like many women, I was diagnosed as neurodivergent in my 30s, after I became a mother. It was like I’d been wandering around in a dark room my whole life and someone finally turned on the lights. Gradually, I’ve begun to understand why everything in life seems so much harder, so much louder, and so much more confusing for me than for my peers. The more time I spend processing this identity, the more I appreciate how being neurodivergent informs every aspect of who I am and how I interact with the world.
I started Authentic Self Editing to create a space where writers of all neurotypes can feel safe, accepted, encouraged, and supported.
Our values
Authenticity
Our goal at Authentic Self Editing is to foster authentic self expression. To this end, we value preserving your unique voice. We also value communicating with clients using kind, honest, and direct language.
Collaboration
Authentic Self Editing shares an essential goal with its clients: to create a document that will effectively communicate your message to your target reader. To this end, we see the editing process as collaborative, and value communication and listening skills.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Authentic Self Editing, we recognize that identity is complex and intersectional; we value acceptance, diversity, and inclusion, regardless of how you identify. We do not tolerate discrimination, whether it be on the basis of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, sex, religion, marital status, disability, immigration status, citizenship, native language, country of origin, or, of course, neurotype.
Authentic Self Editing does not use AI in any capacity; all services are performed by a human and are 100% AI-free.
