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Patricia Potts Editorial Services Patricia Potts Experience: Ten years’ experience as a senior legal secretary (using legal terminology and proofreading skills); weekly role as subeditor for monthly writers’ magazine (editing articles and listings and preparing for publication); essay and report writing for tertiary qualifications; editor and publisher of A Harvest of Memories: A Collection of Poetry by Margaret Henry; freelance structural editing, copy editing, proofreading and project management for general non-fiction manuscripts, memoirs and business documents. Qualifications: BA (Linguistics and English Literature) (Macquarie University); Diploma in Book Editing and Publishing (Macleay College); in-house editorial training (NSW Writers’ Centre). Computer capability: PC/Mac; Microsoft Word 2002; QuarkXPress 4.1 (Mac). Services offered: Structural and copy editing (hard copy and onscreen), subediting, proofreading; report writing and editing; plain English rewriting; manuscript development, guidance for self-publishers, indexing. Type of material: General non-fiction, business documents, magazines, memoirs, literary journals/journal articles, poetry, dictionaries, reports, theses. Subject specialities: Literature and poetry, history, biography/memoir, writing and self-publishing, law. Special skills/interests: Strong writing and research skills; simplifying the publication process for self-publishing authors; interest in dictionaries, educational publications and travel. |
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