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My Mission:
Mark Twain, 1889:
"Yesterday Mr. Hall wrote that the printer's proof-reader was improving my punctuation for me, & I telegraphed orders to have him shot without giving him time to pray."
If I had lived a hundred years ago, I'd be working in a dangerous occupation—as the court jester of the publishing world. But, we live in marvelous times: A book on punctuation (Eats, Shoots & Leaves) made it to the bestseller lists! If there ever was a time to be an annoyingly nitpicky little snot, this is it. I'm in my element.
Seriously, what good is hiring a proofreader if she's not obnoxious about things like whether to capitalize the first word after a colon? It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.
People have been paying me money to scribble on their written works since I was in college, when I was the only person on the dorm floor who could type more than ten words a minute. My most commonly used line while proofreading for the science majors was: "Uh, you need a verb in this sentence."
If you are a science major at heart, and you think people like me need to get a life, you've come to the right place for proofreading! (And you're probably right about the "get a life" thing.)
NOTE: Apparently this site isn't all that happy if you try to browse around using the Safari web browser. I apologize for this, dear Mac users, and recommend trying either I.E. or Firefox instead.
Contact Information
For current proofreading rates, or the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow, contact me using the contact page. (Master of the Obvious!)
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This site was last updated
02/15/08
