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Searchlight Writing and Editing SMW Editing and Proofreading Services |
ABN: 91 423 634 159
Experience: Freelance editor, writer, researcher, proofreader. Mentor for Australian Society of Authors; Mentor with NSW Writers Centre Mentorship Program Writer Be Your Own Editor kit 2011; Editor Australian Apocalypse: Speculative Fiction in Australia by Roslyn Weaver (McFarland, US 2011); Editor The Rosebook (Dunlop 2010); Writer/editor of Orientation Kit for Women’s Refuge Movement of NSW 2010; Editor People of the Valley (Catchfire Press) 2009; Editor Wedding Dance, by Zeny Giles (Koel Koel) 2009; Editor From the Earth to the Table (Catchfire Press) 2008; Editor/Ghostwriter business memoir; Editor Full Sail Beyond the Three Capes, by Patrick Ahearn 2008; Editor CafÈ (Horizon) 2008; Editor Through the Valley (Catchfire Press) 2007; Editor Lights! Camera! Action! by Francine Bell (Koel Koel) 2006; Editor You Must Come Away by Newcastle identity Peter Brock (Spectrum Publications) 2006; Editor Beneath the Valley (Catchfire Press) 2005. Editor Caught in the Light, by Zeny Giles (Catchfire Press) 2002. Editor Home Rome Home by Peter Brock (Spectrum Publications) 2000, and Is That Love? (Catchfire Press) 1999. Editor Orana, national journal of children’s libraries and literature 2000-2005. Author of Skills Work for WorldSkills Australia 2002. Author and editor of book Reflections, for department of BHP Newcastle 1999. Previously secondary teacher/librarian. Qualifications: BA, Dip Ed, Dip Teach Lib, Grad Dip Lib, Dip Arts (English Honours), Dip Freelance Journalism, Dip Book Editing & Publishing, Dip PR, Promotions & Publicity, Grad Dip Management (Arts), Dip Travel Writing & Photography. Computer capability: PC; Word 2010. Services offered: Copy editing; structural/substantive editing; writing; ghostwriting; manuscript assessment; manuscript development; research; picture research; plain English rewriting, proofreading. Type of material: Biography/autobiography/memoir; fiction; general non-fiction; travel; family history; children’s books; conference proceedings; tertiary education materials; secondary education materials; literary journals; reference books. Subject specialities: Literature, music, Australia, history, travel. Special skills/interests: Experience and interest in aspects of the arts, especially literature, music and art. Teach courses in Writing for Publication, Editing your own work, Proofreading, Travel Writing and Cryptic Crosswords. |
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