Dar's Corrections  The right word for the right occasion

Hey there!  Glad you found me!

Ever wonder if that article, book or short story is ready for publication? Do you have a meeting or interview recorded and just don't have the time to type it up? Are your official office documents--the items that represent your company to your clients--crooked from over copying? Do you have an event coming up that requires an address?

Then, you've come to the right place.  I can help with all of these things, leaving you and your staff with time to do other things, and peace of mind that you have someone reliable working on this for you.

What I Do

• Full line-by-line editing
• Proofreading
• Transcription of recorded meetings, interviews, classes (microcassette, CD/DVD or digital recording)
• Speechwriting
• Document duplication and design
• Newsletter and pamphlet writing and design
• Website content writing and editing
• Letters: cover, query, form

Editing Experience

• Acquisitions Editor and Project Manager, Content and Copy Editor for Lachesis Publishing (Nova Scotia, Canada) 
• Editor, Rebel ePublishers
• Proofreader, Glass House Press
• Content Manager, Headroom Learning LLC
• Editor of educational materials for Archipelago Learning
  
• Editor of Write! On, bi-weekly e-bulletin (The Word Guild)
• Member of the Editors' Association of Canada

Transcription Experience

• 6 years as a transcriptionist for an oral surgery firm
• 2 1/2 years as freelance transcriptionist for The Micronutrient Initiative, Ottawa
• Content Manager for UrbanCowgirl.com

Newsletter/Website experience

• SEO Editor and copywriter for Element SEO and TheSearchGuru.com
• SEO content writer for WebPromoSEO (Toronto)
  
• Edited website content for BasicBlack Bookkeeping
• Wrote content and designed Fall/Winter 2006 Newsletter for Senator Terry Stratton
• Wrote content for Senator Terry Stratton's website (terrystratton.ca)

Speechwriting Experience

• Speechwriter on health care-related issues for Senator (Dr.) Wilbert Keon, Cardiovascular Surgeon and Founder of the Ottawa Hospital Heart Institute

e-mail ME Today!

Please contact me should you have any questions that have not been addressed here.

Darlene Oakley: darlene@darscorrections.com