Veteran writer/editor with Master's degree brings broad, in-depth experience from numerous literary, technical, multimedia and scholarly fields to make your project say just what you want it to say, in the way you want it said and understood.
Editing Rates
Rate Per Page
US $5.60
Rate Per Word
US $0.02
Rate Per Hour
US $35.00
NOTE: these rates are not set in stone and are only an average for this editor. The actual rate applicable to your document will depend on the depth of the edit, the quality of the writing, the topic matter, the proximity of the deadline, the length of the document and several other factors.
TECHNICAL EDITING:
- As a Lead Technical Writer at Reuters, Inc., I assembled and edited a 100+ page Architectural Specification conforming to Reuters' Centers of Excellence requirements.
- As a Senior Technical Writer at Digital Island, Inc., I contributed to and edited installation, maintenance and usage manuals and white papers for Internet technology.
LITERARY EDITING:
- I edited and contributed to four issues of a literary quarterly.
- Edited a book-length science-fiction novel.
- Edited my own self-help book manuscript.
COMMERCIAL EDITING:
- Edited two dozen issues of a self-help newsletter that I published.
- Edited scripts for a one-hour weekly radio talk-show that I produced for six months.
- Produced and edited advertising copy and media for an event at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
WEB-BASED EDITING:
- Continually edit the family of websites that I maintain.
COPY WRITING:
- Very experienced and proficient with web pages, newsletters, radio scripting, print ads, "How-to" articles, thoughtful essays, speeches and legal documents.
SOFTWARE AND TOOLS FACILITY:
- Word processors: MS Word, Word Perfect.
- Desktop Publishing: MS Publish, Serif PagePlus, FrameMaker, PageMaker.
- Tools: MS Visio, Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop.
- Web publishing: Macromedia DreamWeaver, MS Front Page, HTML.
- MS PowerPoint.
Education degree
MS
Major specialization
Computer Science
Second specialization
Languages
First language
English
Areas of specialization
Not selected
Work experience
Present Occupation: Independent consultant.
Editing Experience in Years: 20+
Computer experience
MS Office, Word Perfect, MS Publish, MS Visio, Adobe Acrobat & Photoshop, Macromedia DreamWeaver, MS PowerPoint, Sun Open Office
Scored 97% on editing test.
Test score 100% .
Test score 70% to 84%. 
Test score less than 70%.