Register of freelance publishing services (LMN)
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Vicki Law
Gay Teresa Lesina
Lexi Publishing Services (Kylee Bristow)
Limetree Productions
Marion Joy Lockwood
Kate Lovett
Ginny Lowndes
Sonja Main
Karyn Markwell (Markwell Publishing)
Margaret McDonell
Alison McGlashan
Rhonda McPherson
Juliet Middleton
Jill Morris
Milena Morrow
Sue Nelson
Jenny Nunn
Vicki Law
13 Chater Street
Carina, Qld 4152
Tel: 07 3398 1774
Mobile: 0414 962 536
Fax: 07 3398 1071
Email: vicki.law4@bigpond.com
Availability: Part-time
Services offered: Editing, proofreading, indexing.
Special interests: Pharmaceutical and English history.
Qualifications: Completed editing, proofreading and indexing courses.
Gay Teresa Lesina
20 Templar Crescent
Bentley Park Qld 4869
Tel: 07 4045 0465
Mobile: 0438 752 731
Fax: 07 4045 0465
Email: gay.lesina@tropicnet.aunz.com
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Proofreading, copyediting and writing.
Special interests: Medical/dental, tourism and hospitality.
Other relevant experience: Airline, hospitality and tourism.
Qualifications: Advanced Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing) (Australian College of Journalism), Diploma of Proofreading and Editing (Australian College of Journalism).
Special skills: Registered nurse — general and midwifery qualifications (Queensland).
Lexi Publishing Services (Kylee Bristow)
PO Box 691
Samford Qld 4520
Work: 0448 029 444
Email: info@lexipublishing.com
Web site: www.lexipublishing.com
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Corporate writing, editing and publishing services for small and large companies, non-fiction writers, students and government departments. Includes government publications, corporate documents, educational resources, advertising and marketing material, academic work, non-fiction books, web content and more.
Special interests: Plain language
Experience: Our editors have worked in a range of writing, editing and publishing areas, including education publishing, government publishing, corporate communications, marketing, academia and online publishing.
Qualifications: Kylee Bristow (Proprietor and editor): Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Literary Studies and Economics; Graduate Certificate of Arts (Writing, Editing and Publishing)
Special skills: Corporate editing and writing.
Limetree Productions
24 Kent Street
Red Hill Qld 4059
Tel: 07 3369 9735
Email: limetree@dodo.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Editing, project management, proofreading, writing.
Special interests: Educational books (tertiary and above), history, sciences (psychology, social sciences), scholarly journals, manuals, workbooks.
Experience: Copyediting scientific journals, conference proceedings and abstracts; structural editing of textbooks, academic monographs and manualised psychological intervention programs.
Qualifications: BA (Psych) UQ. Grad Dip Communication, QUT.
Special skills: Rewriting, on-screen editing, working with academics.
Marion Joy Lockwood
6 Newlyn Court
Alexandra Hills 4161
Tel: 07 3824 2056 (home/work)
Email: editable@bigpond.com
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Proofreading and editing.
Special interests: Botany, history, fiction — adult and children’s, educational books, biography, Christian literature.
Relevant experience: Teaching English and Social Sciences for many years, teaching in primary schools, working with plants.
Qualifications: BA; BEd studies; Dip Ed; Cert Hort; qualifications in proofreading and editing.
Kate Lovett
12 Leander Street
Chapel Hill Qld 4069
Tel: 07 3378 4126 (home/work)
Mobile: 0438 784 216
Fax: 07 3378 0168
Email: k.lovett@optusnet.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Complete publishing services: writing, editing, production.
Special interests: Children's and educational.
Experience: More than 30 years in educational and trade publishing.
Other relevant experience: Teacher trained; Publishing Officer for ARA (now ALEA).
Qualifications: Teaching.
Special skills: Meeting deadlines; producing work of the highest quality on paper or electronically.
Ginny Lowndes
PO Box 1444
Beenleigh Qld 4207
Tel: 07 3807 6874 (home), 07 3807 6874 (work)
Mobile: 0407 108 419
Email: ginny@ginnylowndes.com
Website: http://www.ginnylowndes.com
Availability: Full-time or part-time.
Services offered: Editing, writing, rewriting, information design and project management, structural editing, script writing, script editing, research.
Special interests: Film, television, theatre, the Web and print, script editor, story editor, story development.
Experience: Film, television, theatre, the Web, print and music, research.
Other relevant experience: Script assessment, manuscript appraisal, script editing and development and structure of script, character development.
Qualifications: Dip. Book Editing & Publishing (Mackay), Cert. IV in Assessment and Workplace Training, Master of Arts (Griffith University 2005).
Special skills: Lectured in story and script editing and writing for film and television (drama and comedy) and the Web. Trainer (in-house). To write and edit corporate material into plain English including office and how-to manuals. Researching.
Sonja Main
94 Stagpole Street
West End, Qld 4810
Tel: 07 4724 1186
Mobile: 0438 177 412
Email: sonjamain@yahoo.com.au
Availability: Part-time, or full-time with sufficient notice to rearrange current employment.
Services offered: Proofreading and copy editing.
Special interests: Public health, nutrition, policy writing, logistics.
Experience: Formulation, writing and proofreading of aircraft maintenance-related contracts, standing operational procedures, logistics policy, academic papers and proofreading of newsletters for a small business coach.
Qualifications: Diploma of Editing and Proofreading (Australian College of Journalism); Bachelor of Economics (UTas); Graduate Diploma of Health Promotion (Curtin University); Masters of Public Health, majoring in Nutrition (UQ).
Karyn Markwell — Markwell Publishing
Tel: 07 3829 5580
Mobile: 0438 628 519
Email: markwellpublishing@gmail.com
Web site: www.markwellpublishing.com
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Writing, editing, and other publishing services. Specialise in serving Christian and Jewish businesses, ministries and organisations.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts, English (The University of Melbourne, 2004); Copywriting Diploma (The Victorian Institute of Copywriting, 2002); Professional Editing Diploma (The Australian College of Journalism, 2002).
Special skills: Hebrew
Margaret McDonell
Email: mmcd@uqconnect.net
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Substantive and copy editing, proofreading, indexing, researching, writing.
Special interests: Autobiography and life writing (especially Indigenous), non-standard Englishes, academic writing (humanities and social sciences).
Experience: Substantive and copy editing of life writing. Copy editing and proofreading fiction, non-fiction, reports and academic writing. Indexing scholarly texts and trade books.
Other relevant experience: Workshops on and individual tuition for academic writing. Attended 2004 Residential Editing Program, Katoomba. Three-month residency with Penguin India (Aug-Oct 2005).
Qualifications: Graduate Diploma of Publishing and Editing, Griffith University, 1999. Master of Philosophy, University of Queensland, 2004 (thesis topic: cross-cultural editing).
Special skills: Interest in and experience with cultural considerations of the editing process.
Alison McGlashan
8 Kruse Place
The Gap Qld 4061
Tel: 07 3300 6231
Fax: 07 3300 6531
Email: geoff.mcglashan@uq.net.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Editing, proofreading.
Special interests: Children’s books, educational books (secondary), fiction, history.
Experience: Teaching in secondary schools in Australia, United Kingdom and Canada. Devised work programs and work units to enable students to communicate effectively in writing and orally.
Qualifications: BA (UQ), Teaching Cert (NSW).
Special skills: Editing tertiary theses and student drafts. Possess thorough understanding of written genres and how to communicate effectively, observing conventions of syntax and punctuation.
Rhonda McPherson
GPO Box 1195
Brisbane, Qld 4001
Tel: 07 3870 2329
Mobile: 0419 626 908
Email: rhondamac@gmail.com
Availability: Fullt-time or part-time.
Services offered: Structural editing, copy editing, proofreading, typesetting/composition, book/journal layout and design, project management, bibliographic/referencing styling (e.g., APA, MLA), Microsoft Word document design and layout.
Special interests: Tertiary/academic publishing.
Experience: A trade-qualified compositor in Queensland since 1985 with 11 years experience in printing and publishing in the newspaper industry, 3 years bureau/design studio and marketing experience in Victoria, 4 years experience in my own commercial graphic design and digital copying business in Brisbane CBD, and 4 years experience editing and overseeing the production of a variety academic journals.
Qualifications: Graduate Certificate (Writing, Editing and Publishing), The University of Queensland; Trade certificate (Qualified) Compositor (Qld).
Special skills: A comprehensive understanding of the pre-press requirements in the printing and publishing industry, and the skills required to problem solve and expedite projects to completion.
Juliet Middleton
‘EditWrite’
95 Six Mile Creek Road
Postmans Ridge 4352
Tel: 07 4630 3341 (home) 07 5460 1754 (work)
Mobile: 0401 244 844
Email: middletons@iprimus.com.au
Availability: Part-time
Services offered: Editing, proofreading, writing.
Special interests: Theses, non-fiction, health.
Experience: Twenty-four years as a journalist/sub-editor; six years as director of writing, editing and proofreading consultancy.
Qualifications: Journalism cadetship.
Special skills: Clear, concise and creative communication.
Jill Morris
‘Book Farm’
8 Rees Lane
Maleny Qld 4552
Tel: 07 5494 3000
Fax: 07 5494 3284
Web site: www.greaterglider.com.au
Email: jillmorris@greaterglider.com.au
Availability: Part-time as needed, weekends included.
Services offered: Editing, production, production supervision, project management, proofreading, writing.
Special interests: Art books/the Arts, children’s books, educational books (primary, secondary, tertiary and above), fiction, poetry, plays, reference books, sciences (esp. zoology).
Experience: Founding Director 20 years ago of Greater Glider Productions; package-published three series for Curriculum Corporation; freelance editing several projects for adults and children; hundreds of manuscript consultancies (all fields).
Qualifications: BA, Dip Ed; Senior Honorary Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast.
Special skills: Publishing and marketing consultancies; children’s books; all editing.
Milena Morrow
12 Market Parade
Terranora NSW 2486
Tel: 07 5524 7733
Fax: 07 5524 2623
Email: milrob@iprimus.com.au
ABN: 56 143 866 720
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Copy editing, structural editing, proofreading, formatting, graphic design, design and illustration, manuscript assessment.
Special interests: Reading and creative computer designs.
Qualifications: Accounting Diploma, Desktop Publishing (Sydney Institute of Technology); Copy Editing & Proofreading (Australian College of Journalism).
Special skills: Microsoft Office and Internet research.
Areas of expertise: Annual reports; biography; children; children's education; family/local history; fiction; journals; manuals; marketing and public relations; media and journalism; newsletters and magazines; general non-fiction; personal development/self-help; lifestyle/health; theses.
Sue Nelson
24 King Street
Cooran Qld 4569
Tel: 07 5485 2723
Fax: 07 5485 2822
Email: cooranmt@microed.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Editing, magazines, newsletters, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Fiction, natural therapies, traditional Chinese medicine.
Experience: Creator of clinic newsletter (content, interviews, layout and design); writer of tourist resort profiles; practising acupuncturist for 14 years; lecturer in massage and acupuncture subjects for four years.
Qualifications: Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing (USQ), Bachelor of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Jenny Nunn
PO Box 333
Corinda Qld 4075
Mobile: 0412 047 009
Email: nunnjm@gmail.com
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Structural and copy editing, proofreading, researching, writing.
Special interests: Health, education, English as a second language.
Experience: Writing, structural and copy editing for a variety of government and non-government organisations; editing theses; tutor in Business Communication, Griffith University; workshops on business and academic writing.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Speech Therapy, postgraduate courses in communication.
Special skills: Working in partnership with writers; fitting writing to the audience; attention to detail; knowledge and understanding of a range of areas.