Hi, I'm
Sarah Scullin
I'm a writer, editor & classicist.
Sarcastically serious and seriously sarcastic writer, covering ancient medicine, modern parenting, and everything in between
Hardcore editor since 2008
Managing Editor of Eidolon (2016-2020)
Services
Content Writing
Academic Editing
From breezy and engaging copy to oversharing about childbirth and my menstrual cycle, I'm your man!
I specialize in midwifing sparkly first-person public-facing scholarship, but can also work with more traditional projects. Hire me if you want your abstract accepted, your book proposal torn apart (and rebuilt), or your article to have a point. I'm not afraid to say you need better ideas.
General Editing
I can punch up your funny stuff, dial down your rage, angst up your tearjerker, and just generally make your words better.
Testimonials
"Sarah's keen eye and unerring critical judgment have done wonders for my public-facing writing. Over years working with her at Eidolon, I gained a deep appreciation of her ability to punch up flaccid prose, cut through cobwebs, and foresee and forestall unfriendly readings. She's like a Mary Poppins for wayward prose. I'd trust her with any project!"
Dr. Donna Zuckerberg
Eidolon Founder/EIC &
Author of "Not All Dead White Men"
"If you’re looking for an editor who will tell you that everything you write is already perfect, email your draft to your mom. If you’re looking for an editor who will give you a brutally honest assessment of your work’s strengths and weaknesses and tell you how to play up the former and fix the latter, there’s no better editor than Sarah. I want her eyes on everything I write. I kind of wish she’d edited this blurb for me so it would be punchier."
Writing
The Belladonna
Slackjaw
Noteworthy
JHI Blog
Eidolon Classics Journal
Idle Musings Blog
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"Recreations of Famous Paintings of Myths Using Only My Children's Toys" (22k views)
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"The Definitive Latin Translation of 'Baby Shark'" (12.3k views)
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"Other Greek Words, Besides 'Hubris,' For What Could Bring Down Trump"
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"Ancient Greek and Latin Words That Have No English Equivalent"
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"On My 100 Medium Drafts and the Order of My 100 Medium Drafts"
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"Technically-Not-Wrong Translations of Famous Latin and Greek Quotations"
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"A Collection of Comments on Milo Yiannopoulos' Book Manuscript By His Editor Bill Ivers"
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"A Woman with Small Children and a PhD in Classics Pitches Eidolon"