About Tia Ross

WordWiser Ink founder Tia Ross has been a writer since age 10 and a freelance and professional editor since high school when, at 16 years young, she was editing correspondence for United States military recruiters and papers for fellow students. Since then, she has polished millions of pages in all types of projects and mentored dozens of aspiring editors and writers.

For 30+ years, Tia has been providing both in-house and remote editorial support to lawyers, corporate executives, government agencies, small businesses, engineering firms, project managers, consultants, marketing gurus, professors, and authors. She edits and proofreads business, legal, and technical documents, website and digital content, fiction, and nonfiction.

Tia is also a habitual entrepreneur with a passion for nurturing, empowering, and inspiring others through programs and entities that utilize her vast and multifaceted background and skills. In addition to WordWiser Ink, Tia is founder of Writeful Places (co-founded with Rekesha Pittman), Black Writers Collective, Boss Events & Travel, The Editors Retreat, Black Editors & Proofreaders Network, and Sealed Ink Notary. She’s also the conference planner for the Editorial Freelancers Association and a former member of their Board of Directors. To learn more about Tia’s other companies and endeavors, visit www.tiaross.com.

Tia has a Bachelor of Science in Information Science and Technology, an Associate of Arts in General Studies with emphasis in professional and technical writing, an Associate of Applied Science in Computer Information Technology with emphasis in applications and database programming, and a collection of certificates and certifications that include digital and computer forensics analysis, Lean Six Sigma, project management, ITIL, and database, software, and web programming and development.

Although she’s well-versed in all popular style manuals, her tools of choice include Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press Style Manual, and Merriam-Webster dictionary. She also uses The BlueBook: A Uniform System of Citation for legal projects.

As your editor, Tia believes her mission is to maintain your voice while enhancing your delivery, clarifying your ideas, eliminating redundancies, and ensuring consistency. What she won’t do is edit YOU out of YOUR own words.