Website for those seeking copyediting and proofreading of anything written.
Editing Rates
Rate Per Page
Not Specified
Rate Per Word
US $0.01
Rate Per Hour
Not Specified
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.
When it absolutely, positively MUST look professional, call on the Editing Empress. I'm the best!
I am the Editing Empress and I have been helping people just like you for over 38 years. My services will enable you to run your business more effectively without paying too much.
I specialize in editing, which may include formatting changes and improvements to your existing copy. I deliver the 5 Cs of copyediting, making the copy Clear, Correct, Concise, Comprehensible, and Consistent. I make it say what it means and mean what it says.
My hidden talent showed up strongly in 8th grade, when Ricky, the guy who sat in the desk in front of me, always turned around and asked me to explain or help him with his grammar. Ricky went on to become our senior class president.
I always have difficulty reading anything because any misspellings or grammatical errors virtually LEAP off the page or screen at me.
In every job I have had since 1977, my major job functions always included proofreading, copyediting, and rewriting, from online manuals (http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/trm/index.htm) and history searches (http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/search/query.htm) to legal documents and websites.
Strengths:
Editing/Copyediting
Expert, 38 year(s)
Proofreading
Expert, 38 year(s)
Rewriting
Expert, 38 year(s)
Transcribing
Expert, 38 year(s)
Education degree
Other, BBM
Major specialization
Other, Business
Second specialization
Other, Management
First language
English, none
Areas of specialization
Not selected
Work experience
Present Occupation: The Editing Empress
Editing Experience in Years: 38
Aug 1989 - Feb 2008
Texas Department of Transportation (United States of America - Austin, TX)
Technical Writer
Created the Highway Designation Manual to assist those who prepare Highway designation minute order packets for the Texas Transportation Commission. Interviewed employees working on the Texas Reference Marker System and County Road Inventory Project so that manuals would communicate procedures to new analysts and data collectors. Edited, proofread, checked punctuation, and spelling in manuals so that they were clear to the users. Users can look for procedures and information with no confusion.
Created Texas Reference Marker System User Manual, How to Read Construction Plans Manual, Preparing Designation Reports Manual
Wrote, edited, and proofread highway designation minute orders, checked for proper usage of grammar so that the secretaries would not have to return the minute orders to me for revisions
Oct 1987 - Aug 1989
Various (United States of America - Houston, TX)
Para-Legal
Prepared, proofread, edited, transcribed, rewrote legal documents and correspondence
Summarized depositions
Analyzed cases
Upkept docket, procedural timetables, and active client lists
Interviewed clients
Gathered information for discovery
Prepared for depositions
Set Motion hearings
Assisted attorneys in court hearings and trials
Performed legal research
Managed law library
Entered billing for accounts payable and receivable
Prepared payroll checks and quarterly taxes
Gained extensive knowledge of legal terminology, in order to assist attorneys in interviewing prospective clients, originating lawsuits, responding to opposing attorneys answers and counter-claims, arranging for exhibits to use in hearings and in trials, contracting expert witnesses, discussing trial strategies, preparing witnesses for testimony, assisting in evaluation of jury panel, assisting attorneys in trials and appeals
Managed law office operations, such as maintaining accounts receivable and payable, payroll, employee relations
Supervised two (2) clerical employees in maintaining the filing system, typing correspondence, greeting clients and other attorneys, answering phones
Scored 95% on editing test.
Test score 100% .
Test score 70% to 84%. 
Test score less than 70%.