Who needs an editor?

However careful you might be, you probably will not always see what you have written. Mistakes creep in for many reasons:

• Lapses in concentration
• "Seeing" what you intended to write
• Being too involved with and close to the material to be able to see mistakes
• Multiple changes and revisions
• Insufficient knowledge of grammar, punctuation, style sheets, MSWord, or the conventions of special kinds of writing
• Not knowing the requirements for professional and academic style sheets - such as Chicago, AP, APA, and MLA.

Even people who write and express themselves well can suffer from any of these from time to time. That is why we provide new eyes.

About Us

Experience:
We are published writers, academicians, journalists, and college instructors of English composition, language, communications, and literature. Our range of interests and knowledge is broad: the biological sciences, history, sociology, education, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, management, art, economics, music, and other fields. We are experienced in writing and copyediting grant proposals, marketing copy, business reports and correspondence (with a guarantee of non-disclosure of sensitive personnel or proprietary information), medical papers and cover letters to accompany college and job applications. Our fiction editor is a published writer of textbooks, short stories and novels.

English as a Second Language:
We have worked with customers on nearly every continent and throughout the United States and have enjoyed exceptional success in working with ESL writers. These include those whose native language is Polish, Japanese, Estonian, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Swedish, Kurdish, Arabic, and German.

Personal contact:
We believe in establishing a direct, personal relationship with our customers and encourage them to talk with us by email or telephone.

What we do

Our brains are hard-wired to look for and correct any problems in continuity and transitions, style, usage, word choice, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. Naturally, this includes checking and correcting spelling (way beyond MSWord) and proofreading for typos. We also rewrite if necessary and insert marginal notes and questions for you as needed. Remember that you don't have to accept any of our suggestions if you like it better your way, and we'll be glad to explain anything you question.

Of course, Murphy's Law applies here: If you miss the error, it will jump out at the person you need to impress favorably.