Dar's Corrections

 

 

The right words for the right occasion.

629 Van Buren St., RR3
Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0
ph: 613-258-9883

My Experience

This page presents some of my past and on-going projects and some samples, if I have them.

  • CopyEditing & Proofreading

    • Project Manager and Content and Copy Editor for Lachesis Publishing, Nova Scotia, Canada (www.lachesispublishing.com) (see Book Releases for titles)
    • Judge for 2008 Silicon Valley RWA Gotcha! Contest
    • Alternate judge EPIC 2009 EPPIES competition (annual award for e-published books)
    • Editor (on referral basis) for rebel e Publishers, South Africa
    • Edited website content for BasicBlack Bookkeeping (www.basicblackbookkeeping.ca)
    • Editor of the Space Opera and Time Travel storylines for The Magazine of Unbelievable Stories, working one-on-one with writers to get their stories ready for publication - since this Magazine has since folded I am preparing the leftover stories to be published as an anthology, one per storyline.
    • Editor for Dr. Vanessa S. O'Neal for her non-fiction book "Grant Me the Money"; ongoing work for book-length works, personal projects and articles for her e-zine
    • Edited a professional-level document for the Creators Copyright Coalition (Canada)
    • Proofread book for Sam Kucey (see transcription)
    • Proofread newsletter for Senator Donald H. Oliver, Senate of Canada

  • Transcription

    • Transcriptionist for the UrbanCowgirl.com (webinars and radio programs); I also organize the transcribed material into handouts and training scripts
    • 2 1/2 years of transcribing minutes of AGMs and board meetings for The Micronutrient Initiative (Ottawa, Canada)
    • 6 years of oral surgery clinical experience: office documents, treatment plans, letters to patients and referring dentists, personal correspondence, e-mails, minutes and agendas
    • Transcribed interviews for Sam Kucey for use in a book on Canadian Women's Soccer Team Coach Even Pellerud published 2005
    • Transcribed handwritten sermons from the 1700s
    • Transcribed handwritten Native/Government of Canada treaties from the 1800s
    • Transcribed letters for Senator Donald H. Oliver, Senate of Canada

  • Article Writing

    • Writer of content for dental service websites
    • Writer of women's health issues for empowHer.com
    • 3 articles published by the Salvation Army in The War Cry and The Salvationist (Canada)
    • Wrote three-way rewrites of article and "spun" for use on a variety of websites (on original content only)
    • Wrote 12-article series on Indoor Air Quality
    • Wrote 3 articles on snowmobiles and 2 articles on Motorized scooters

  • Website content writing/editing

  • Speechwriting/Ghostwriting

    • Ghostwriting pastoral book
    • Wrote speeches and Senator's Statments for Senator (Dr.) Wilbert Keon and Senator Terry Stratton; compiling information from research into an oral presentation

  • Document Duplication and Design

  • Newsletters & Brochures

    • Wrote, designed and proofread Senator Stratton's 2006 newsletter.
    • Designed sales brochure for personal use

629 Van Buren St., RR3
Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0
ph: 613-258-9883