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📌 TL;DR: I’m an editor. I edit… words and stuff. Sentences. Paragraphs. Even whole essays!
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🖊️ I’m Danica Swanson (aka Black Stone Wordsmith), a senior-level pro editor and small business owner with 10+ years of freelance experience, including 4+ years in blockchain tech serving DAOs and DeFi clients.
Availability
- April 2025 update: I have one open slot for a new copy editing client. Preference will be given to Farcaster-native projects.
- I’m working toward a certificate in nonprofit grant writing, so I’m especially interested in working with clients who need editing services for grant proposals.
Services
- I provide copy editing and editorial consulting services for selected projects.
- In my previous role I served as senior editor for Starbased, a crypto-native media agency that built managed web3 community media hubs.
Background Basics
- My experience as a copy editor spans 10+ years with academic and corporate clients, including 4+ years working with DAOs in blockchain art and DeFi.
- I hold baccalaureate degrees in three disciplines: psychology, philosophy (including graduate work in systems philosophy), and accounting.
- My previous published work includes former newsletters on Patreon (2015-2017) and Substack (2018-2023).
- Compared to the average blockchain tech startup founder, I consider myself nontechnical. But as a tech early adopter and hobbyist who’s been online since 1993, builds desktop PCs from parts, and once completed a web dev bootcamp, my tech skills probably exceed those of the average editor.
Projects
- Return On Attention (RoA)- A Farcaster-native think-tank + conversation hub for exploring creator funding possibilities from a systems perspective.
- RoA is an invite-only private discussion group for which I serve as a steward, along with co-founder Trigs.
- Once we find a suitable space and economic model, we hope to make some of these conversations public.
- A Digital Incubation Space - My ongoing creative writing project exploring creative labor, value flow patterns, and return on attention in the Farconomy.
- Slowcore HQ - “Move slow and preserve things.” A Farcaster-seeded channel focused on concept stewardship and exploring the value of “slowcore.” Currently in extended hibernation but still on the map.
- Web3 Editorial Style Guide - A well-received open source project I built from scratch in 2022-2023 for Starbased, a crypto-native media agency.