Freelance register
Full members who have chosen to provide entries for the register are listed below. To find members who specialise in specific areas, such as indexing or book design, check the lists on the register's index page. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname or by business name.
Maura Bedloe (Working Words)
182 Scenic Drive, Lewisham TAS 7173
Phone: 03 6265 7692
E-mail: words@auswide.net.au
Services provided: My business is Working Words – and I love providing high quality professional writing, editing, proofreading, research and interview services. I am committed to assisting my clients in the creation of effective communications material that delivers a clear message, is engaging to read and speaks the right language for the right audience.
In-house experience: I have twelve years experience in tourism, television, the entertainment industry and media in private industry and the public sector encompassing writing and editing, publicity, media liaison, publications production, marketing and promotions. I have worked with Tourism Victoria, Network TEN Melbourne, Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton, and Tourism Tasmania and on-air with Melbourne radio stations ABC Radio, 3AW, 3AK, 3UZ Sport and locally with Ultra106five.
Freelance experience: With Working Words, I provide a range of services to clients in the public and private sectors, including: writing and editing (copy and structural) reports for Government departments (Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources); tourism writing, including Tasmanian Tourism Awards submissions for the Federal Hotels and Resorts Group (2005 & 2006), Tasmanian travel itineraries and promotional copy for the Tourism Tasmania Visiting Journalist program, and tourism newsletters (Tourism Tasmania's Natural State News). I interview, write and edit for websites (Strategic Intent, Brand Tasmania, Ultra106five) and for small Tasmanian businesses including the Art of Tea (packaging copy) and Biscottelli (packaging copy and corporate profiles).
Examples of work: Editing: DIER Southern Region Transport Strategy Background Report 2006-08-28; Strategic Intent e-newsletter, May 2005, December 2005, July 2006; Art of Tea packaging copy 2006. Writing: Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service 2006 Publications Review; 2005 and 2006 Tasmanian Tourism Awards Submissions for Wrest Point Hotel and The Strahan Village; Tasmanian travel itineraries for Australian and International media for Tourism Tasmania's Visiting Journalist program; e-newsletter interviews and articles for Strategic Intent and Brand Tasmania.
Special skills and interests: Entertainment, arts and tourism.
Relevant memberships: Tasmanian Writers' Centre.
Qualifications: BB (Tourism and Marketing).
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Janice Bird
215 Warwick Street, West Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: 03 6234 6569
E-mail: birdj@aapt.net.au
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, writing, research.
In-house experience: Proofreading, copy-editing & assessing manuscripts for Turnstone Press and Lloyd-Luke Medical in London; administrative/promotional work including writing PR/fundraising materials, speeches, newsletters, magazine articles, reports; proofreading and copy-editing in-house documents.
Freelance experience: Since 1999, editing/proofreading biographies, fiction and non-fiction books, guides, manuals, plans, newsletters, annual reports, brochures, education kits and theses; writing fundraising material, newsletter articles, reports and summaries. Freelance editor and proofreader for Lonely Planet Publications since 2005.
Examples of work: Newsletters: Australasian Epidemiologist; Tasmanian Conservationist. Books/manuals: J Storch Plastic Surgical Nursing Practice. J Triffitt Back in the Driver's Seat. V Thorp Restoring Wetlands and Waterways. Tasmanian Environment Centre Marine Debris Education Kit. Environmental Defenders Office Environmental Law Handbook. Wilderness Society Wild Heritage: Tasmania's Natural National Estate Areas. Reserve management plans for Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. Numerous Lonely Planet travel guides, from Paris and Lebanon to the Northern Territory and Yucatan. Writing and research: Threatened Species of South East Tasmania leaflet; ‘Charity Begins at Home’ 40° South 12.
Special skills and interests: Nature conservation, travel, architecture & the arts, literary fiction.
Relevant memberships: Society of Authors, Tasmanian Writers' Centre, Arts Law Society. Past member Fundraising Institute of Australia.
Qualifications: BA (Hons) Literature (Essex).
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Philip and Mary Blake (Write On)
Phone: 03 6265 2598
Fax: 03 6265 1798
E-mail: pblake@ozemail.com.au
Services provided: Editing, writing, proofreading, PR, promotions and research. Philip is also a regular tutor ('Writing in Plain English') for the DPAC Training Consortium, and teaches copywriting to TAFE Graphic Design students.
In-house experience: Senior writer, Leo Burnett Advertising 1982-85.
Freelance experience: Self-employed since 1985.
Examples of work: Editing: Enterprising Ways to Teach and Learn (4 Vols). Enterprise Briefs. Author: Paul Kearney. Video writing/producing: Targa Tasmania Video 1996/7/8. Writing: Secret Tasmania (New Holland Publishers, 2002). Tourism Tasmania Annual Report 2007. Proofreading: All TCE papers 2006/2007.
Special skills and interests: Annual and business reports, educational books (primary, secondary), technical matter—can write just about anything. Specialise in car and motorcycle journalism.
Qualifications: BA, DipEd. (Philip), BA, DipEd., Dip.Lib. and Inf.Studs. (Mary)
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Eleanor Carpenter
376 Sommers Bay Road, Murdunna TAS 7178
Phone: 03 6253 5740
Fax: 03 6253 5739
E-mail: sommerhawk@bigpond.com
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, desktop publishing and on-screen editing.
In-house experience: Moscow Tribune.
Freelance experience: British Medical Journal Books; RACGP (Tas); newsletters for various overseas embassies; a medical history.
Examples of work: Editing: Glaucoma (BMJ Books); Dying to be Healthy; Moscow Tribune (Russia); RACGP 2003 convention brochure. Design/publishing: Hardship Post (Bangladesh); Australian Embassy Newsletter, PR China; British Embassy Newsletter, Moscow; Health Briefs and Medical Monographs.
Special skills and interests: Biography, history, medical and health-related sciences, humour, travel/tourism.
Relevant memberships: Formerly SFEP (UK).
Specialist software used: Adobe Photoshop, Steadman Medical Dictionary.
Qualifications: DipJournalism (SubEd), London; Essential Editing, Open University, London.
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Katherine Collins
15 Tamar Avenue, George Town 7253
Phone: 03 6382 2016
E-mail: eandkcollins@bigpond.com
Services provided: Technical writing and editing, specialising in education and training materials. Writing grant applications.
In-house experience: Education Officer (Special Projects) and Consultant (Grant Applications) Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture, Yanco, NSW. Lecturer (Physical Geography) Edge Hill University College, UK.
Freelance experience: Grant applications for South George Town Primary School. User Guide and Short Course for Rio Tinto Aluminium. Adult Education tutor.
Examples of work: Editing: VSI Caster User Guide (Rio Tinto Aluminium), Wildtimes, the magazine for Wildcare volunteers. Writing: Researched, wrote and edited modules for the distance learning courses ‘Commercial Meat Chicken Management’ and ‘Commercial Layer Management’. The documentation for Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture’s successful application for the 1998 NSW Training Provider of the Year. Many grant applications to government and non-government funding bodies on behalf of Murrumbidgee College, community groups and schools. Electrical Drawings Short Course, Rio Tinto Aluminium. Other: Wrote and delivered a short course on submission writing for Adult Education.
Special skills and interests: grant applications, educational materials, customised training course content, sorting-out documents so that they work better and are more user-friendly. I enjoy working with technical staff or subject specialists to develop documents or training courses that are effective and appropriate to the target audience.
Specialist software used: MS Word, Dreamweaver
Qualifications: PhD, BSc Geography, Certificate IV Workplace Training (Category 2)
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Neil Croll (Gwylata Consulting)
Box 2002 Kingston DC, Tasmania 7051
Phone: 03 6229 4684
Mobile: 0417 572 473 (preferred)
E-mail: neil.croll@bigpond.com, gwylata@bigpond.com
Services provided: Editing, writing, proofreading, research.
In-house experience: Coordination of a Postgraduate Diploma course from face-to-face to text-based distance education mode.
Freelance experience: Working with several overseas students on research theses over 10 years.
Examples of work: Editing: Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing (distance education course). Writing: Two book chapters, two conference papers, two journal articles, three theses, many educational packages. Design/layout: Emergency Management Manual, Goulburn Valley Health. Other: Supervision of higher degree theses by overseas students.
Special skills and interests: Health sciences, health policy, theology, research theses, tertiary education, technical material.
Specialist software used: Adobe Pagemaker, Open Office.
Qualifications: Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Bachelor of Theology, Graduate Diploma in Community Health, Graduate Diploma in Health Administration, Master of Health Sciences in Health Administration, Certificate IV in Assessing and Workplace Training, Certificate IV in Professional Writing and Editing.
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Elizabeth Dineley (Edit This)
8 Esplanade, Lindisfarne TAS 7015
Phone: 0401 018 203
Fax: 03 6243 8195
E-mail: editthis@netspace.net.au
Services provided: Manuscript assessment, structural editing, copy-editing, proofreading. Working with authors from first draft to publication.
In-house experience: Corporate profiles, business reports, , proofreading for government departments and agencies. Pro-bono work for Arts Tasmania in assisting new authors with development of manuscripts.
Freelance experience: Freelance editing and proofreading since 1995.
Examples of work: Manuscripts that have been published and/or accepted by publishers include: Disguises (tbp 2007) John Biggs, Yenni (2005) Jenny Williams, Wind Chimes In My Mind (2006) James Espion, The Twin Paradox (2007) RB Shelby, Dreams Come in Sizes (tbp 2007), B Burnett.
Special skills and interests: Contemporary fiction, memoirs, romance, military, science fiction, thrillers.
Qualifications: BA, Associate Diploma of Editing and Proofreading.
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Rasa Dunlop
2 Diamond Drive, Blackmans Bay TAS 7052
Phone: 03 6229 8254
Mobile: 0419 298 254
E-mail: rasa.dunlop@yahoo.com.au
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, desktop publishing, indexing and rewriting where necessary to make things simpler and/or clearer.
In-house experience: Department of Police and Emergency Management - proofreading and editing Police Gazette, Strategic Directions Framework, Business Plans, also indexing (and writing parts of) annual reports. Maintaining and contributing to the Department's internet site.
Examples of work: Editing: Strategic Directions Framework, business plans, annual reports, Police Gazette. Indexing: annual reports.
Special skills and interests: Annual reports, newsletters, in-house magazines, and websites. Turning 'weasel words' into comprehensible English and preventing 'weasel words' being used in the first place whenever possible. Fixing Word documents for people who don't know how to spell, write a coherent sentence or use formatting tools. Interests include foreign travel, photography, Fantasy and Science Fiction, and music - especially Classical and World Music. I lived in Japan and taught English for two years.
Qualifications: BA, University of Queensland, majoring in Japanese, with Chinese and French. Diploma, Teaching of English to Speakers of other Languages.
Specialist software used: FrontPage. Adobe PhotoShop, PDF, PageMaker. Squiz Matrix (web publisher).
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Kathi Eland
Phone: 0419 398 408
E-mail: e.eland@bigpond.com
Services provided: Editing, writing, research.
In-house experience: Previously Chief Executive, ELAN® Learning Options; Government sector roles managing communication. Positions have included: Communication Manager (CSIRO Marine Laboratories); Manager, Corporate Reporting (Dept of Education); Manager of Interpretation Unit (National Parks); Principal Curriculum Consultant (Dept of Vocational Education and Training).
Freelance experience: Clients include: government sector (e.g. Dept of Education, CSIRO, Australian National Training Authority, Huon Municipal Assn; large/small private sector (e.g. Hobart Pathology, Starwood Australia); industry/recreational associations (e.g. Tasmanian Trail Riders' Assn, Master Plumbers' Assn); specialist training organisations (e.g. Jenard Training and Personnel, ATIMOD, UK).
Examples of work: Editing: Department of Education Annual Report: Publication series from the Australian government's National Small Business Professional Development Program (including books, training resources, conference and promotional materials). Design/layout: Supervision/direction of processes, e.g. publications, displays, visitor centres. Writing: Reports ranging from: What Effect will Sea Level Rise Have? (National Greenhouse Project) to training-related literacy and equity issues for Tasmanian/Australian governments; original guidelines for Tasmanian auditors of training organisations: training resources for many industries from tourism to veterinary nursing to manufacturing; interpretation and community education (all media). Other: Project management such as Dept of Education Annual Report (state award winner in that year).
Special skills and interests: Structural editing and content analysis, government reports and documentation, vocational education and training (including online learning), business procedures/operational manuals.
Qualifications: BAgrSc (University of Melbourne), GradCertEd (UTAS), Certificate IV in Workplace Training, Teaching Online (University of Southern Queensland program), Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults.
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Shauna Ellis
Phone: 03 6259 5634
Fax: 03 6259 5634
E-mail: ellis.sk1@bigpond.com
Services provided: Editing, writing, proofreading.
Examples of work: Editing: Catchword, Society of Editors (Tas) quarterly newsletter; honours and PhD theses; DHHS and Treasury Annual Reports (2007); The Rivers Run brochure; 2006 UNE International Prospectus; 'Billy Vincent – Bush Pilot', by Guy Nicholson (40° South, 2007). Writing: Rod & Fly promotional material; Roberts Wool Link, application for Tasmanian Export Awards. Proofreading: IT training manuals for P&O Ports; DHHS Health Plan (2007 and 2008); AQFT Excellence Criteria Users' Guide (DEST, 2007).
Special skills and interests: Agriculture; fiction/local history/biography; fly-fishing; annual reports.
Qualifications: BA (English/French), GradDip Editing and Publishing.
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Rebecca Headlam
7 Pitt St, Dodges Ferry TAS 7173
Phone: 03 6265 9119
Mobile: 0419 562 650
E-mail: rebeccaheadlam@westnet.com.au
Services provided: Writing, editing, proofreading, research.
In-house experience: Script writing, editing, dramaturgy and proofreading for Pivot Theatre Company from 1996–1999. Administrative Manager for TasDance from 2001–02. Work for both companies included writing and editing of successful State and Federal Government funding applications, newsletters, brochures, programmes, posters, press releases and submissions to various festivals and conferences.
Freelance experience: Dramaturgy for National Playwrights Conference 1993, The Round Earth Theatre Company 1998. Assistant Directorships with Playbox Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company, work included research and dramaturgy. He Died with a Felafel in his Hand touring production – Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2001.
Examples of work: Editing: Darling Oscar; The Matt and George Show. Writing: Minimum Wage; Strings; Cut Out and Changing State for Pivot Theatre Co. Design/layout: Pivot Theatre Co and TasDance newsletters, brochures and promotional material. Other: successful funding applications to Arts Tasmania, the Australia Council, Queens Trust, Long Paddock. Promotional material for TasDance and Pivot.
Special skills and interests: Literature, script writing, dramaturgy, press releases, theatrical reviews, arts funding, promotional material, education, theatre administration, improvisation and music.
Qualifications: BA, Communications (Theatre/Media), major in English; Dip Ed Secondary Drama and English.
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Maureen Holloway
73 Mt Pleasant Rd, Kingston TAS 7050
Phone: 03 6229 3269
Mobile: 0428 293 269
Fax: 03 6229 3269
E-mail: hollowayedit@bigpond.com
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, indexing.
Freelance experience: Proofreading and editing of several journals, as well as annual reports, newsletters and articles for magazines.
Examples of work: Proofreading and editing of Scene Kingborough/Huon Valley, Scene South East, Australian Fruit Grower.
Special skills and interests: Travel, spirituality, community organisations. I enjoy assisting organisations and writers achieve professional and accurate documents.
Qualifications: BA (Literature/Philosophy); Dip Theology; Dip Publishing
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J. Ann Hughes
90 Molle Street, Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: 03 6234 2995
Mobile: 0404 428 414
E-mail: mollestreet@netspace.net.au
Services provided: Editing, proofreading and research.
Freelance experience: Proofreading and editing of reports, newsletters and annual reports, particularly for community organisations.
Examples of work: Co-editor of Words on paper: Newsletter of Papermakers of Australia.
Special skills and interests: Annual & business reports, art books and/or the arts, legal, languages: Italian and French.
Relevant memberships: Paper and Book Arts Guild, Alliance Francaise, Societa Dante Alighieri
Qualifications: BA, DipSocStuds (Melbourne), GradDipLib (Tasmania).
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Impress: clear communication
Suzanne Cooper and Bruce Ransley
PO Box 395, Lenah Valley TAS 7008
Phone: 1300 78 60 30
E-mail: info@impress-cc.com.au
Website: www.impress-cc.com.au
Services provided: We're writers, editors and idea generators with a passion for plain English. We provide creative ideas tailored for the intended audience, and specialise in science and technology writing and editing.
Our clients include Roberts Ltd, University of Tasmania, Rio Tinto, Department of Economic Development, Quill Australia, Dobson Mitchell & Allport Lawyers, Croger Associates, DPIW, DTPHA, Transend, Dytech, getbusi and numerous other Tasmanian businesses.
Examples of work: Available from website.
Qualifications: Suzanne has a BSc (Hons) in geology, a background in science and technology and is a skilled technical writer and business process analyst. Bruce has a BSc in biochemistry and life sciences and has worked in diverse areas such as commercial diving, mining and training.
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Jaime Miller
107 Clarence St, Bellerive TAS 7018
Phone: 03 6244 7156
Mobile: 0408 056 219
E-mail: jaime.miller@gmail.com
Services provided: Editing, writing, proofreading
In-house experience: Managed annual reporting process and issuing of product disclosure statements for financial services company. Work included writing, editing and proofreading for all brochures and marketing material.
Freelance experience: Edited proposal, letters and website text for communications, design and consulting company. Also edited children’s fiction.
Examples of work: Editing/writing – brochures, forms, annual reports, product disclosure statements, website material and general correspondence for Australian Wealth Management Limited. Also edited children’s story, Tasmanian traveller.
Special skills and interests: Fluent in German and conversant in French. Experienced in annual reports and finance documentation. Interested in travel, education and languages.
Specialist software used: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project
Qualifications: BA (Honours), Postgraduate Certificate in Copyediting for Books, Reports and Journals
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Rani Milne (Rani Writes)
PO Box 523, North Hobart TAS 7002
Phone: 03 6228 2079
Mobile: 0411 069 551
E-mail: rani@raniwrites.com.au
Services provided: Editing, writing, proofreading, research, web writing (including keyword optimisation), publication management, formatting and document design.
In-house experience: Public Affairs Office (National Oceans Office), Journalist (Australian Associated Press), copywriting (Doubleday Australia).
Freelance experience: Copywriting for internet search engines, writing website content, editing government and non-government reports, publication management, writing advertising copy, proofreading advertising material, writing and editing case studies and educational material.
Examples of work: Editing: Sullivans Cove Waterfront Authority International Design Competition Brief, website, 2008 activity statement, annual reports; Aurora Energy website; University of Tasmania's Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood publications, Australian Antarctic Division's Classroom Antarctica website, Launceston City Council's website. Writing: SEO pages for Melbourne IT; web articles for Aurora Energy's warm.com.au, auroraenergy.com.au, apayg.com.au; web content for Advaya clothing, Just Frames and Hobart Zebras, University of Tasmania's Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood species brochures.
Special skills and interests: Strong web writing experience, website content audits and rewrites, skilled researcher, love advertising and general copywriting.
Specialist software used: Dreamweaver, Cybernews, Adobe Premier 6.5, Publisher, Frontpage.
Qualifications: BA (University of Sydney), AAP Cadetship (Journalism), Master of Creative Writing (University of Canberra), Master of Internet Communication (ongoing).
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Sharon Moore (In a Word)
102 Summerleas Road, Fern Tree TAS 7054
Phone: 03 6239 1388
E-mail: smoore5@bigpond.com
Services provided: Editing, writing, proofreading.
In-house experience: Researching, writing, editing and supervising production of Federal and State government reports and publications in environmental management areas: Antarctic Division, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Parks and Wildlife Service, Public Land Use Commission (now called the Resource Planning and Development Commission).
Freelance experience: Proofreading, editing and supervising production of community newsletters; copy editing short fiction, creative non-fiction, memoir, academic reports and theses (environmental management and sciences). Basic layout of non-fiction manuscripts and family history. Writing and researching non-fiction stories.
Examples of work: Editing: Feeble Fables and Fairy Tales, self-published by multi-media artist Michael Buckley; environmental management and science theses/reports; editor: TNPA News, newsletter of the Tasmanian National Parks Association, and The Local Green, newsletter of the Hobart City Council Greens councillors; family history book; memoir.
Writing: Management plans and reports; articles and essays, e.g. “The Trees of Antarctica”, Island, Winter 2005. Design/layout: Organising/supervising layout and production of community newsletters; basic layout of manuscripts and family history book; supervising layout and design of government publications, such as management plans and discussion papers.
Special skills and interests: Environmental management and conservation; creative non-fiction; memoir.
Relevant memberships: Tasmanian Writers' Centre, Fellowship of Australian Writers (Tasmania).
Specialist software used: Advanced Word; basic photo and picture-editing software.
Qualifications: BA LLB, Master of Environmental Management, graduate certificates in Professional Writing (including editing), and Journalism and Media Studies.
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Caroline Mordaunt
Phone: 03 6229 5335
E-mail: c.mordaunt@trump.net.au
Services provided: Editing, writing, proofreading.
In-house experience: Seven years in UK publishing houses and magazines, including Hutchinson (editorial assistant), Conway Maritime Press (editor), The Field magazine (sub-editor) and Designers' Journal (assistant editor). Eighteen months in the University of Tasmania's Distance Education Unit editing and collating study materials for distance education students.
Examples of work:Editing: Books for Tasmanian Government Printer, including Guiding Lights, a history of Tasmania's lighthouses; The Discovery of Tasmania; Island Summers; Musters. Books for UK publishers, including, Nicholson's London Guide and other guidebooks; Seamanship in the age of Sail; Merchant Ships. Frank Cass journals including European Security, North African Studies, Review of International Affairs, Ankara Papers. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.
Writing: Numerous articles for The Field magazine; numerous articles for the Southern Star; articles for the Department of Primary Industries, Water and the Environment.
Special skills and interests: Academic journals, the arts, children's books, tertiary education, history, reference books.
Qualifications: BA (Hons) English; Grad. Secretary Linguists' Diploma (French).
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Catherine Munro
13 Arthur St, Scottsdale TAS 7260
Phone: 03 6352 2527
E-mail: catherine.munro@bigpond.com
Website: http://users.bigpond.net.au/catherine.munro
Services provided: Editing, writing, layout (MS Word) and indexing services, specialising in government documents.
In-house experience: Fourteen years in the public sector, the last nine years as a senior policy officer. I have written Cabinet Minutes, one White Paper, drafted legislation and provided advice to all levels, up to the Premier.
Freelance experience: A freelance editor and writer since 2001, offering editing, writing, layout and indexing services to government agencies. I have edited annual reports, submissions to parliamentary inquiries, staff manuals, Green Papers, website text and have drafted complex correspondence. I have indexed a number of publications and done layout work in MS Word.
Examples of work: Editing: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Annual Reports 2000—01, 2001—02; Living NSW: A Biodiversity Strategy for 2003—07 (NSW National Parks); NSW Threat Abatement Plan: the invasion of native plant communities by bitou bush/boneseed (C. monilifera) (NSW Dept of Environment & Climate Change); Best Practice Guidelines for the Control of Bitou Bush in NSW (NSW Dept of Environment & Climate Change); Koala Recovery Plan (NSW Dept of Environment & Climate Change). Design/layout: Conservation Management Plan for the Kunderang East Pastoral Station (NSW National Parks); Review of the Financial Industry Complaints Service 2002 (La Trobe University). Writing: NSW National Parks web pages for 38 national parks; assisted with drafting of the City of Sydney Cultural Diversity Strategy 2008—10. Indexing: Community Relations Report 2007 (NSW Community Relations Commission); The General Practice Workforce in Australia Report: Supply and Requirements to 2013 (Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee).
Special skills and interests: Use of contemporary language appropriate to our culturally diverse society; can also employ appropriate style for official documents to the highest level. Particular expertise in issues surrounding cultural diversity and environmental and ecological issues.
Specialist software used: MS Word, I have all versions from Word 97 through to Word 2007, Sky Index indexing software.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Biology, Sydney University; Diploma in Book Editing & Publishing, Macleay College.
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Dr Margaret Nelson
9 Shoobridge Street, Glebe TAS 7000
Phone: 03 6231 6698
E-mail: peggy.nelson@bigpond.com
Services provided: Editing and proofreading, specialising in scientific research in biochemistry, immunology and haematology. I have a particular interest in helping students, particularly those whose first language is not English.
In-house experience: I am recently retired from active scientific research, my latest position being with Southwest Sydney Area Health Service as a Senior Scientist in the Institute of Haematology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. My working life was spent in scientific research, producing papers in order to obtain funding from research bodies such as NIH and NHMRC. I have published over 80 papers and book chapters during the course of my career. Writing, editing and referencing have been largely my responsibility, occasionally with help from co-authors.
Examples of work: I have refereed numerous papers for the editors of international journals, and edited many so that they might be acceptable for publication. First published as sole author in Nature in 1961, continued to publish in various scientific journals up to 2004, including Biochim, Biophys, Acta, J.Biol.Chem, Immunology, Haematologica.
Qualifications: MSc (Hons), PhD.
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Mrs Lorna O’Brien (authorserv.com)
30 Brady Street, Midway Point TAS 7171
Phone: 03 6269 2700
Mobile: 0405 791 694
E-mail: lorna@authorserv.com
Website: www.authorserv.com
Services provided: Editing, desktop publishing, production management and language correction. authorserv.com provides a full range of presubmission services for authors including language correction and manuscript presentation, as well as copy editing services for publishers and prepress production suppliers.
In-house experience: 1979–1989 copy editor Elsevier Science, Ireland.
Freelance experience: 1989 – date working on various journals and books for Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Blackwell Science, Taylor & Francis, Princeton University Press.
Examples of work: Editing: life sciences, environment, fish, archeology, economics etc. List is very wide ranging and can be provided by email on request.
Special skills and interests: Science, journal articles, books, theses, technical reports.
Specialist software used: Word, Photoshop, Acrobat
Qualifications: BSc Biochemistry (Glasgow)
Memberships: European Association of Editors
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Mrs Suzanne Pennicott-Jones
22 Utiekah Drive, Taroona TAS 7053
Phone: 03 6227 9120
Mobile: 0427 315 530
E-mail: plumeconsultancy@bigpond.com
Website: www.plumeconsultancy.com.au
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, research
Examples of work: Young Children Learning support material for early childhood educators; the Revised Kindergarten Development Check.
Special skills and interests: Memos, letters, brochures, annual reports, books, education
Qualifications: M Ed, Graduate Cetificate in Educational Leadership, Certificate in Editing and Proofreading
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Stephanie Pfennigwerth
18 Romilly Street, South Hobart 7004
Phone: 03 6223 6791
Mobile: 0428 170 906
Fax: 03 6223 6791
E-mail: stephpf@ozemail.com.au
Services provided: Editing, writing, research, proofreading, indexing, interpretive signage and website content.
In-house experience: Structural editing, copy editing, copy writing, research, indexing and proofreading for companies including Simon and Schuster Australia, CCH Australia and Reader’s Digest magazine.
Parliamentary Liaison Officer/Project Officer, Australian Antarctic Division: Ministerial briefs, conservation management plans, environmental impact assessments, brochures and website content.
Shark Bay World Heritage Area Community Education Co-ordinator, WA Department of Environment and Conservation: interpretive signage, brochures, articles and presentations.
University of Tasmania: research, writing, editing, indexing and website content.
Freelance experience: Books, newsletters, interpretive signage, academic papers, brochures and website content for clients including Weldon Owen, Law Book Company, Launceston City Council, University of Tasmania, Nursing Board of Tasmania, State Library of Tasmania, Encyclopaedia Britannica Online and the WA Department of Environment and Conservation.
Examples of work: Editing: Numerous works including More Than One (Lindsay Simpson and Andiee Paviour); Desperately Seeking Screentime: The Australian Guide to a Career in Television (Bryan Smith); So You’re Going to Be a Dad (Peter Downey); Reading Popular Physics: Disciplinary Skirmishes and Textual Strategies (Elizabeth Leane). Writing: Animal Kingdom (Weldon Owen/Time-Life Books); ‘A Perfect Ark’ 40° South 46 (Spring 2007); ‘Antarctica in the Australian Imagination’ Polar Record 38 (2002) (with Elizabeth Leane); Disease in Antarctic Wildlife: An Assessment of Risk (Co-operative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment); Little Guides: Dogs (with Paul McGreevy, Weldon Owen); Home Reference Library: Cats (Weldon Owen/Fog City Press).
Special skills and interests: Natural and cultural history, Antarctica, arts and crafts, health, zoology, education. I am a skilled researcher and ‘generalist’ writer and editor willing to tackle just about any subject!
Specialist software used: Microsoft Office. I also have some experience with Quark Express and InDesign.
Qualifications: BA (Communications) (First Class Honours); Bachelor of Antarctic Studies (First Class Honours)
Relevant memberships: Interpretation Australia Association, Tasmanian Writers’ Centre
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Wendy Powell
Phone: 6234 3364
Mobile: 0412 223 071
E-mail: Wendyp@iname.com
Services provided: Editing, writing, proofreading, research.
In-house experience: Oxford University Press (Academic Division): Editor; Reader’s Digest: Senior Editor on a dictionary project; South African Museum: Editor of their scientific publication.
Freelance experience: Cambridge University Press – editing and writing for educational projects; writing, editing and research for Reader’s Digest; editing and rewriting materials for the website of the Association for Progressive Communications; Pascal Press; Murdoch Books; Allen & Unwin; Struik Publishers.
Examples of work: Editing: The Annals of the South African Museum; Beginning Reading; Excel Revise in a Month; Physical Education; Apartheid City in Transition; A Garden for all Seasons. Writing: Reader's Digest: Southern African Word Power Dictionary; Your Medical Questions Answered.
Special skills and interests: Education, academic publications, reference books, learning materials, children’s books, fiction, annual reports, scientific texts, communication of complex subjects, grammar and language, Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL), complex 4-colour illustrated books, magazines.
Qualifications: BA (English & French) English Honours, Bachelor of Education, Graduate Certificate in Education, Library Science Higher Diploma.
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Merridy Pugh
Mobile: 0400 186 170
E-mail: merridypugh@bigpond.com
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, writing, research, desktop publishing
In-house experience: Assistant Editor, Leatherwood Publishing Pty Ltd; Editorial & Publishing Officer, National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies; staff writer, Tasmanian Hospitality News; desktop publisher and tutor, Computer Science Department, University of Aarhus, Denmark; desktop publisher, Island magazine
Freelance experience: Since 1993. Recent corporate clients include the Australian Maritime College (editing and formatting study guides); AUSSI Masters Swimming (editing and formatting training manual); De Groots Media (restaurant reviews, copywriting); Skeers-Jerrim (website content creation, populating, proofreading and testing); and Digital Graffiti (proofreading).
Examples of work: Editing: academic theses, study guides, training manuals, websites, magazines, books, reports, journal articles. Design/layout: AMC study guides; Salamanca Arts Centre exhibition signage; magazines/journals e.g. Leatherwood, Island, Youth Studies Australia; brochures, business cards, logos, resumés. Writing: Website content e.g. www.heritagehighwaytasmania.com.au; Best Restaurants of Australia online reviews; articles (RACT Motor News, Bride Tasmania, Tasmanian Hospitality News, Leatherwood); Youth Studies Australia journal abstracts and reviews; media releases, general copywriting. Proofreading: Open Wide Come Inside by Peter Richman. Research: internet and onsite research into recycling, Glenorchy City Council.
Special skills and interests: Academic theses and research, education materials for distance students and international students, plain English usage, websites, art, literature, health.
Specialist software used: Word, InDesign
Qualifications: BA Hons (English Literature), Dip Ed, Grad Dip Psych Studies
Relevant memberships: NT Writers' Centre
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Dr Wendy Pyper
GPO Box 804 Hobart 7001
Phone: 03 6232 3675
Mobile: 0419 652 407
E-mail: wpyper@optusnet.com.au
Services provided: Editing, writing, research and proofreading, specialising in science, health, agriculture and the environment.
In-house experience: Editor Australian Antarctic Magazine; Communication Officer, CSIRO Livestock Industries.
Freelance experience: Associate Editor Ecos magazine, freelance science writer since 1999.
Examples of work: Editing: Australian Antarctic Magazine (AAM), Ecos magazine, Taking Stock newsletter. Writing: more than 300 articles in various magazines and newsletters including Ecos, Natural Health Review, Today's Life Science, Australasian Science, ABC Science Online, Wildlife Australia, 40° South, Lab News and Thinking Bush.
Special skills and interests: Science, health, environment, agriculture, Antarctica, outdoor pursuits.
Specialist software used: Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Photoshop.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Microbiology, PhD in Medicine, Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
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Alison Savage
PO Box 917, Devonport TAS 7310
Phone: 03 6423 4314
Mobile: 0437 344 314
E-mail: info@alisonsavage.com.au
Website: www.alisonsavage.com.au
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, indexing, writing, research and training.
Freelance experience: Editing and proofreading of trade journals, travel books and biographies for Allen & Unwin Publishers, publicity material development (prospectus folders, brochures, web content) for educational organisations, general editing and indexing for local businesses and government departments.
Examples of work: Provided on website.
Special skills and interests: Outdoor pursuits, biography, education (primary, secondary and tertiary), history, art, fiction, children's books.
Specialist software used: InDesign.
Qualifications: BA (English/Linguistics), Grad Dip (Outdoor Education), Dip Ed (English), Diploma (Publishing and Editing).
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John Sexton (The Corporate Storyteller)
Phone: 03 6245 1018
Mobile: 0402 080 907
E-mail: secko@ozemail.com.au
Website: www.corporatestoryteller.com.au
Services provided: Writing and training.
Freelance experience: Twenty years advising on reports, brochures, letters and other important documents for major companies and government departments.
Examples of work: As a writer I have been published in Charter, The Australian and 40° South.
Special skills and interests: I like to help people make their important documents work better – and feel happier with both the process and result. I work one-on-one as a coach with individuals, and I hold workshops on effective writing. I also enjoy working with managers on the strategy of communication, especially on complex issues. As a chartered accountant with an English degree and varied business experience, I speak most of the business languages – from operations, marketing and finance to legal, insurance and investment.
Qualifications: BA (Hons English), Chartered Accountant.
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Kenneth Singh
13 Karoola Road, Lindisfarne TAS 7015
Phone: 03 6243 7719
Mobile: 0400 317 258
E-mail: knsingh@bigpond.net.au
Services provided: Editing texts for clear and concise expression, correcting grammar, spelling and punctuation, structuring documents for coherence and consistency.
In-house experience: Writing and editing brochures, handbooks and course notes for adult and continuing education (University of Sydney); creating learning materials for international students (English for Academic Purposes); editing theses (Macquarie University).
Special skills and interests: Given my strong background in TESOL, I can edit and adapt documents intended for speakers of languages other than English. I also have expertise in writing and editing instructional materials.
Qualifications: MA, Dip.Ed. (University of Sydney), Diploma in Book Editing & Publishing (Macleay College, Sydney), Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training (TAFE Tasmania).
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Edith Speers
PO Box 52, Dover TAS 7117
E-mail: espeers@esperancepress.com.au
Website: www.edithspeers.com
Services provided: Editing, desktop publishing, writing, proofreading.
In-house experience: Ten years as editor and sub-editor with Esperance Press; two years sub-editing for Bush Telegraph newspaper.
Freelance experience: Sub-editor for Southern Exposure newsletter.
Examples of work: Editing: all Esperance Press titles, including seven perfect-bound books. Design/layout: all Esperance Press titles. Writing: Widely published and prize-winning author of poetry and short fiction. Indexing: A Writer's Tasmania (EP 2000); Female factory, female convicts (EP 2005)
Special skills and interests: Science
Qualifications: B Sc (Hon. Biochem)
Relevant memberships: Fellowship of Australian Writers, Tasmania
Specialist software used: MS Office, Adobe Pagemaker
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Elizabeth Spiegel
GPO Box 729, Hobart 7001
Mobile: 0409 986 158
E-mail: elizabeth@spiegelweb.com.au
Website: www.spiegelweb.com.au
Services provided: Web editing, from a site report (analysing the strengths and weaknesses of your site's content, structure and compliance with standards), through to a structural edit.
In-house experience: Website publishing (including writing and editing) for the Australian Taxation Office since 2000.
Special skills and interests: I'm passionately commited to Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the web as a place where people can find information and make connections with one another. An accessibility edit can help you to avoid locking people out of your website just because they have a disability.
Qualifications: BA(Internet Studies), Grad Dip Editing and Publishing (in progress)
Relevant memberships: Guild of Accessible Web Designers
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Lian Tanner (Intelligent Editing)
8 Aragoon Street, Lauderdale TAS 7021
Phone: 03 6248 6255
E-mail: ltanner@tassie.net.au
Services provided: Meticulous and intelligent editing and proofreading, specialising in clear communication of ideas.
In-house experience: In-house editor for the Australian Script Centre from 2001–2008 (ongoing). This position involves compiling, copy-editing and proofreading the biennial Collection (a book and CD of the best plays received over the last two years), as well as general assessment and editing of scripts and other documents.
Freelance experience: Editing clients include the Arts Tasmania, the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services, the Cradle Coast Authority and the Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Association.
Examples of work: Editing: The '01 Collection, Collection #4, Collection #5, Collection #6 and Stand Alone: twenty contemporary audition monologues for young actors for the Australian Script Centre; the new Arts Tasmania website (proofreading); The Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Strategy (proofreading); The Cradle Coast Natural Resource Management Strategy (copy editing and proofreading); Keeping An Open Mind: a report on domestic violence and mental ill-health (structural editing and proofreading).
Special skills and interests: The arts, nature conservation, science, travel, educational books.
Relevant memberships: Australian Society of Authors, Tasmanian Writers' Centre.
Qualifications: BSc (UTAS), Associate Diploma of Performing Arts (TSIT).
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Tina Thornton (Academic Editorial Services)
PO Box 49, Huonville TAS 7109
Phone: 03 6264 2589
Mobile: 0408 894 690
E-mail: tina@academic-edit.com.au
Website: www.academic-edit.com.au
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, desktop publishing, writing and research; specialising in onscreen editing.
In-house experience: Curriculum documents, learning resources, teaching video productions and learning packages, educational research reports, editor for education monographs (Qld), conduct of writing skills workshops (Qld).
Freelance experience: Since 1999 self-employed (Academic Editorial Services) in Queensland (6 years), and Tasmania (2 years) editing and proofreading of theses and dissertations for international and national clients; editing academic journals and texts, government websites and reports; research and development of academic resources; revision of curriculum documents; editing and formatting of education texts; formatting of documents to meet publisher's specifications. Freelance editor for Australian Academic Press, currently Editor of Catchword (Society of Editors’ quarterly newsletter).
Examples of work: Available from website.
Special skills and interests: Academic writing, educational resources, structural editing, research applications and reports, health sciences, expertise with Microsoft Word and online submission of documents.
Qualifications: DipAppSc (Nsg), DipT (NseEd), BN, MEd (Curriculum), Post Grad Cert Editing (Macquarie).
Relevant memberships: Tasmanian Writers Centre.
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Janet Upcher
Phone: 03 6223 4605
E-mail: jupcher@bigpond.net.au
Services provided: Writing, editing, proofreading, translation.
Freelance experience: University dissertations; TCE Writers' workshop folios; various local writers' publications; 30 years' teaching at secondary and tertiary levels.
Examples of work: Editing: The Glow-worm Cave (children's fiction; author: Anne Morgan), Garrett of Van Diemen's Land (history - illustrated; author: Paul William White), various Tas. University dissertations and TCE Writers' Workshop folios; Early Childhood; (educational text-book; author: Ian Broinowski). Writing: Poetry (Island magazine; Canberra Times; Southern Review; Chautauqua Literary journal); Fiction (Cedar Award, 1996); Essays; Drama (National Award, 2001). Other: Translations (French - English), legal and agricultural material (e.g. Dept of Primary Industry and various law firms).
Special skills and interests: Annual and business reports, the arts, biography, children's books, secondary and tertiary education, languages (French translation), history, fiction, reference books.
Specialist software used: Adobe Photoshop.
Qualifications: BA (Hons), TTC, Cert. Ed.
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Sheelagh Wegman
Phone: 03 6223 1114
Mobile: 0438 568 364
Fax: 03 6224 6716
E-mail: thewegs@bigpond.net.au
Services provided: Writing, editing, proofreading, design and layout, desktop publishing to pre-press. I provide a 'package' for smaller publications.
Freelance experience: Production of regular special interest newsletters, concert promotional fliers and programs; editing of ARPA award-winning monthly newspaper for Anglican Diocese Tasmania, including online version; reformat of new bi-monthly Tasmanian Anglican magazine from June 2006; quarterly Scripture Union Tasmania news.
Examples of work: Provided on request.
Special skills and interests: A passion for enabling others to tell their stories; communication; music; film; foreign languages; biography.
Relevant memberships: Australian Religious Press Association (ARPA), Anglican Media Tasmania.
Specialist software used: InDesign, Photoshop, Microsoft Publisher.
Qualifications: B.A.
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Lynne F. Williams
2/24 Lanena Street, Bellerive TAS 7018
Phone: 03 6243 1003 (W)
Fax: 03 6243 1005 (W)
E-mail: deputyeditor@fortysouth.com.au
Services provided: Editing, writing/rewriting, proofreading, research.
In-house experience: Deputy editor (and proofreader), 40° South magazine.
Freelance experience: Editor, university zoology journals; PhD and Masters theses; research in French for University Fellow (all include proofreading); various history books.
Special skills and interests: Biography, tertiary education, history, reference books, zoology, psychology.
Qualifications: BA(Hons) Psychology, GradDipSpecEd.
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Gordon Yearsley (Ellipsis Editing)
Mobile: 0432 620 253
E-mail: gordon@ellipsisediting.com.au
Services provided: Editing, proofreading, book design.
In-house experience: Author and editor of a number of books on Australian seafood, author of numerous science papers and reports.
Freelance experience: Copyediting for a science journal.
Examples of work: Australian Seafood Handbooks, Australian Seafood Users Manual, copyediting papers in 'Marine and Freshwater Research'.
Special skills and interests: Science.
Specialist software used: QuarkXPress.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology.