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Work Experience
For information on professional
references or my current rates for proofreading, copy editing or
typesetting, please use
the contact page.
References available upon request, if
you ask nicely and sit up straight.
CURRENT
(March 2000—present)
I currently do freelance proofreading,
copy editing, and page layout for various publishers across the
country. It's an enviable life I lead.
I also proofread author manuscripts
(books, short stories, screenplays) and research papers with
proper style guides. I do it, but I just don't like it.
I still occasionally typeset books,
booklets, programs, and directories, mostly with previous
clients. If you're not a previous client, don't ask about this.
Frankly, I'm sick of picas and e-gauges.
Also: I'm an online writing coach for WriteAtHome, an online
writing course for homeschool students.
NOTE:
I no longer
work on a per-project or per-page basis, except as previously
arranged. I work strictly on an hourly basis. Please use contact
page for current rates.
STYLE MANUALS, ETC.
The Chicago Manual of Style,
15th edition
Associated Press Stylebook,
33rd edition
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary, 11th edition
A Manual for Writers of Term
Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Turabian, 6th edition)
Webster’s Standard American Style
Manual
Elements of Style, Strunk &
White
Christian Writer's Manual of Style, Hudson
SOFTWARE
Adobe InDesign CS
Adobe Photoshop 5.5
Adobe Acrobat 7.0
Microsoft Word 2007
plus the usual gang of thieves . . .
Can send files on CD, diskette, or Zip
disk
Can create InDesign or Acrobat [.PDF]
files
Can scan, fax, e-mail, instant message . . . My goodness, will I
ever have privacy again?
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CROWN & COVENANT PUBLICATIONS
(November 2003—February 2006;
April 1996—March 2000; October 1987—April 1990)
Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Production Manager; Typesetter;
Proofreader
• Responsible for pre-press production
(typesetting, scanning, and proofreading), as well as printing
and binding for Reformed Presbyterian Witness, monthly
periodical of the RPCNA.
• Also responsible for typesetting and
proofreading for other in-house books and pamphlets, and all
outside production work for other clients.
• Used Macintosh G5 with OS X, Adobe
InDesign, PageMaker 6.5, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, OmniPage
Pro, and TextBridge software. Operated Epson Expression 800
scanner, Risograph 3770 digital duplicator.
BUSINESS
CARDS TOMORROW
(March 1995—May 1996)
Bethel
Park, Pa.
Typesetter; Proofreader
• Responsible for typesetting, layout,
and proofreading of business cards, letterhead, envelopes, and
other stationery, with a 24-hour turnaround on most items.
• Also responsible for scanning logos
and other camera-ready copy for page layout, as well as using
photo grids to check alignment and placement for plate shooting.
• Also responsible for shooting plates
and all other pre-press preparation for press operators.
• Used PageMaker 5.0 for the PC, as
well as Adobe Photoshop (with Umax flatbed scanner), Itek
platemaker (paper plates), occasional use of light table and fax
machine (or fax modem) for proofing orders before printing.
NATIONAL
REFORM ASSOCIATION
(January 1991—November 1995)
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Executive Editor; Typesetter;
Proofreader for
The Christian Statesman
Financial Secretary; Office
Manager
• Designed new, revamped template for
bimonthly periodical, The Christian Statesman. Also
responsible for second-stage editing, typesetting, layout, and
proofreading of The Christian Statesman.
• Also responsible for design, layout,
and mass mailing of promotional flyers and brochures.
• Responsible for nearly all functions
of this 134-year-old nonprofit organization, including
bookkeeping and database management, bulk mailing of bimonthly
periodical, The Christian Statesman. Also responsible for
restructuring the entire organization from a hand-kept to
computerized system.
• Used PageMaker 5.0, as well as Word
6.0, Paradox 3.5, WinFax Pro, and Quicken 3.
R. R.
DONNELLEY & SONS / FINANCIAL PRESS
(April 1990—August 1991)
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Proofreader
• Responsible for proofreading and
style correction for clients’ financial documents (pre-press),
annual reports, and press sheets before printing.
PREVIOUS FREELANCE WORK
PENNSYLVANIA REPORTER
(March 1992—June 1994)
Erie,
Pa.
Editor; Typesetter; Proofreader
• Responsible for initial template for
4-page monthly tabloid, and for editing, typesetting, layout,
and proofreading of monthly state insert for national newspaper,
Christian American. Used PageMaker 5.0.
LEGACY
COMMUNICATIONS / ADROIT PRESS
(January 1992—1994)
Brentwood, Tenn.
Proofreader; Typesetter; Editor
• Responsible for freelance book
projects as requested.
• Books proofread: Hillarious! The
Wacky Wit, Wisdom, and Wonderment of Hillary Rodham-Clinton;
Perot The Populist Appeal of Strong-Man Politics; Grand
Illusions (revised edition); The Quick & The Dead.
• Books edited/proofread:
The Next
Four Years: A Vision of Victory.
• Book typeset: Waffle, Wiggle &
Waver. Used PageMaker 5.0.
CONSERVATIVE BOOK CLUB
(1992)
Harrison, N.Y.
Reviewer, religious
and literary books
Also, various
one-time freelance proofreading projects, as available.
EDUCATION
CHRISTIAN WRITERS GUILD
(February 2006—February
2007)
Journeyman Level coursework
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
(September 1979—May
1982)
Major: Creative/Professional
Writing
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