The real challenges and the fun of being a freelance proofreader/editor are found in the variety of work that comes my way. Here are examples of different proofreading and copy editing projects I've worked on:
- A new publication series for Williams Parker, a law firm in Sarasota, Florida
- White papers for the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
- Website content for Aprintink, Repair Clinic, Bonafaz Gold, and Special D Events
- Detour on an Elephant, a memoir about one ballerina’s year as an elephant-rider and showgirl in The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus in the 1970s
- A corporate summary, website, and press releases for Bonifaz Gold, a Bolivian mining company
- Marketing copy and articles for Vibrant Design Group, which specialized in creating dynamic brands and marketing campaigns for audiences that are culturally diverse
- A variety of health-care and sports marketing brochures for Active Imagination, strategic brand consultants in Houston, Texas
- Correspondence and meeting collateral for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan
- Student workbooks for a Canadian publisher of literacy intervention materials
- A report on the war in Iraq for SAIC, a major defense contractor
- A manuscript for the Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
- A major grant application to the National Cancer Institute for the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, Florida
- A series of academic papers for the Neuroscience Imaging Center at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio
- An e-book titled The Little Book of Big PR, written by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of The Boreland Group, a public relations firm in New York and Washington, DC
- World conference materials for the International Women’s Forum located in Washington, DC
- An in-house manual for KaBOOM!, a nonprofit that promotes a healthy balance of play for all children
- Proposals and meeting collateral for Special D Events, an award-winning event-planning company in Ferndale, Michigan
- Brochures and other projects for IdeationOne, a full-service graphic design and marketing firm with headquarters in Houston, Texas
- Proposals for Imagination Monkey, a communications, PR, and marketing company in Sugar Land, Texas
- A brochure for the Michigan Street Baptist Church in Buffalo, developed by Riveter Design, a graphic design team in Buffalo, New York