What I’m Working On
To give you an idea of the types of projects I can help you with, here are some projects I’ve worked on this year:
Transcribing an oral history. I’m currently doing this project for a family member who spent years of visits to relatives recording stories and conversations. She has typed up summaries of the recordings, but now I’m doing a near-verbatim transcription. This will enable various family members to have better access to the information they need to complete personal and family history projects, as well as helping the younger generations get to know the elders better. This has been a fun project to work on as I know these people personally. It has required some effort getting accustomed to accents, but it has been well worth it!
Copyediting a welcome book for a rental house. This project was a great, short project. This client had written a welcome book for her second home in Hawaii in preparation of having visitors stay unaccompanied. This booklet contained information on caring for the house and yard, finding resources in the local community, and basic requests for those who visit. I was able to help this client maintain consistency throughout the document, look for missing items that a potential visitor might like to know more about, and cleaning up typos and punctuation. Now I need to visit Hawaii.
Editing a 300-page personal history. I spent several months doing a full, comprehensive edit on a personal history. This edit was extensive, including several full passes, streamlining the formatting, as well as all the usual copyediting tasks. This manuscript consisted of journal entries, letters, and commentary. Much of the text was written by the subject of the history with gaps filled by her children. It was a challenging project to nail down formatting for all these different voices within the text.
As you can see, I work with a variety of materials in my editing and transcription work. I love being in a position to help people take what they have and make it better. Contact me today to get started with your project.
I’m offering discounted rates for projects booked during October and November 2020!
