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"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Groucho Marx
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Professional Profile
Freelance copyediting and writing services. All phases of project management are available electronically: e-mail, IM, web, fax. Available across all times zones, and on many holidays.
Groucho Marx
Professional Profile
Editing
Proofing for correct punctuation, consistency in capitalization, spelling, and format.
Ensuring consistency between treatment of numbers, text, tables, citations, artwork, other matters of Chicago, house, and other styles and standardization of same.
Some substantive editing: rephrasing, reorganizing, simplifying, etc.
Web-based copyediting and proofreading: page content, articles, sidebars, newsletters, etc.
Print-based copyediting and proofreading: books, periodicals, student papers, restaurant menus and wine lists, promotional materials, newsletters, etc.
Research
Cross-referencing historical sources with current information for consistency.
Fact-checking
for correct and pertinent information re contributors and sources:
artists, authors, schools, museums, other organizations and
establishments.
Correct wording and attribution of quotations.
Other Skills
Development and maintenance of house style sheets.
Liaison
for publishers and copyright holders (artists, authors, designers,
curators, museums, schools, libraries, etc.): obtaining permission from
copyright holders to reprint works; tracking return of original
materials and distribution of published comps.
Image editing (color, noise, perspective correction; cropping; flaw and object removal).
General photography.
Object photography as a basis for creating technical illustrations.
Technical illustration of concept drawings.
Areas
of Expertise
Animals (pets and wildlife -- dogs and rodents in particular).
Furniture (studio, antique, and retro).
Vegetarian and Green Lifestyle.
General Historical Research.
Programs
Word, Adobe Acrobat, Corel Graphics Suite, Photoshop