Register of freelance publishing services (RST)
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Red Lettuce Communications (David Gardiner)
Tony Roberts
Mary Anne Robotham
Lyvea Rose
Patrick Ryan
Wendy M. Sargeant
Scribal Influence Publishing Services (Roslyn Copas)
Margaret H. Shand
John Sims
Jean L. Smith
Alison Stanford
George Bernard Sterling
Liz Thomas
Jane Todd
Dr Susan Turner
Red Lettuce Communications (David Gardiner)
Unit 2/21 Sapphire Court
Toowoomba Qld 4350
Tel: 07 4636 6154 (home)
Mobile: 0428 341 798
Email: info@redlettuce.com.au
Web site: http://www.redlettuce.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Substantive editing, proofreading, web content development, plain English rewriting, ‘entry-level’ desktop publishing service.
Special interests: Conference papers and proceedings, scientific and academic writing, family history, biography, corporate documents, general non-fiction books.
Experience: Proofreading of conference papers, ghost-writer of a scientific conference paper; editor of a family history book (included digital photo compilation); editor of training workbooks and environmental reports. General experience includes one year of freelance editing, two years copy editing corporate reports and 12 years writing and presenting scientific conference papers.
Other relevant experience: Self-published family history, website design, desktop publishing for book design, digital image processing.
Qualifications: Graduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing (USQ), Master of Natural Resources (UNE), Postgraduate Diploma in Remote Sensing (Curtin).
Special skills: Web content development, usability and accessibility design, HTML and CSS code validation, PDF document creation, InDesign desktop publishing, photographic editing/retouching.
Tony Roberts
PO Box 6331
Upper Mt Gravatt Qld 4122
Tel: 07 3343 1850
Email: tonyrobs@bigpond.net.au
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Editing, proofreading.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, computer skills, educational books (tertiary and above), history, languages, legal, mathematics, reference books, sciences, technical material.
Experience: Since 1990 editing university material: theses — mainly PhDs for students of non-English-speaking backgrounds. 32 years editing and proofreading military and aviation material.
Other relevant experience: Thirty-four years for government departments writing and editing technical reports and contracts.
Qualifications: BInf (Griffith), MCom (Inf Sys; Qld).
(Mary) Anne Robotham
PO Box 971
Coolum Beach Qld 4573
Tel: 07 5471 3880
Mobile: 0409 511 300
Email: annedits@yahoo.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Editing copy; proofreading; writing; reviewing and research for both texts and web sites.
Special interests: Corporate editing.
Experience: Teaching English at seconday level; lecturer/tutor at tertiary level in Buisness English and Communication; test setting, marking and evaluation; Research, report writing, editing and proofing for a number of government departments and small businesses; compilation and publication of highly confidential or secure material.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts; Diploma of Education; Masters of Communication, University of Sunshine Coast (current).
Special skills: Editing and proofing promotional and marketing materials, detail.
Lyvea Rose
1/9 Parkedge Road
Sunshine Beach Qld
Mobile: 0431 156 400
Email: lyvea_rose@optusnet.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Creative Coaching and Editing. Clear, helpful and penetrating feedback about your creative writing project. Find your writer’s voice. Understand the archetypes inside your characters, and how to get the most out of them. Develop or refine a story line or plot. A creative writing coach who understands the spiritual laws of creativity and success.
Special interests: Fiction, scriptwriting and poetry. Character and plot; the “character arc” of growth and development. The archetypes inside characters, and Chris Vogler’s model of the hero’s (heroine’s) journey, used by many successful film writers.
Experience: Scriptwriter for theatre companies in Melbourne and Canberra, including comedies and dramas. Adapting a novel for the stage for fourteen actors. I currently write for magazines in Australia and the U.S. I write a weekly column for my local paper, the Noosa News (astrology topics).
Other relevant experience: In addition to writing, I worked as a script consultant, actor and theatre director in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra for fifteen years. I was also a drama tutor — helping groups of students develop and produce their own scripts. I am also a professional astrologer, with a keen interest in people’s inner lives and personal development.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Counselling, UNE, 2001; Bachelor of Education (English and Drama) Deakin, 1989.
Special skills: Special combination of creative writing skills, teaching skills and communication/counselling skills (drawing out the real you and the best in you).
Patrick Ryan
26 Hillcroft Street
Mt Gravatt Qld 41222
Tel: 07 3349 7388
Fax: 07 3349 5630
Email: writeright@bigpond.com
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Editing, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, art books/the Arts, biography, business materials and papers, educational books (primary and secondary), fiction, history, reference books.
Experience: Editing curriculum documents, school magazines and text books; proofreading and copyediting business brochures and publications.
Qualifications: OAM, Bed, MLitt, M Ed Admin, FLCM, FACM, LLCM (TD), ATCL, Dip Ed Pub.
Wendy M. Sargeant
PO Box 656
Capalaba Qld 4157
Mobile: 0427 870 330
Fax: 07 3822 3054
Email: wendysargeant@bigpond.com
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Editing, copywriting, newsletters, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, children’s books, educational books (primary, secondary, tertiary and above), fiction, history, legal, technical material (business humour).
Experience: Manuscript assessor and instructional designer with The Writing School. Multi-award-winning author published in major newspapers and magazines. Editing educational manuals. Project officer and instructional designer for Global Education Project, United Nations Assoc. Information specialist for Australian National University.
Scribal Influence Publishing Services (Roslyn Copas)
PO Box 5362 SCMC
Nambour Qld 4560
Tel: mob 0407 133 626
Fax: 07 5448 8325
Email: rcopas@m140.aone.net.au
Availability: Part-time as negotiated.
Services offered: Editing, project management, proofreading, research, writing.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, archaeology, biography, educational books (secondary, tertiary and above), fiction, history, reference books, travel, web sites, women’s development.
Experience: 14 years experience in corporate writing and editing for the public and private sector, including business plans, tenders, reports, submissions, manuals and newsletters. 10 years experience editing education and training materials, including the business, health, community services and women’s development fields. 10 years experience writing, editing and publishing newsletters for specialist groups.
Qualifications: BA, Grad Cert PR, Grad Cert Arts (Writing, Editing and Publishing), Grad Dip Arts (Writing, Editing and Publishing) due for completion Dec 2004.
Special skills: Culturally adapting overseas training materials, developing publication styles for organisations and training others to use them, on-screen editing.
Margaret H. Shand
52 Rio Vista Boulevard
Broadbeach Waters Qld 4218
Tel: 07 5538 1423
Email: rinnes@onthenet.com.au
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Indexing, proofreading.
Special interests: Biography, educational books (secondary, tertiary and above), history, reference books.
Experience: History/geography teacher; school librarian/archivist (retired); indexing projects include historical and genealogical records, TAFE handbooks, doctoral thesis; proofreading projects include in-school publications.
Qualifications: BA, DipEd, Grad Dip Lib, Grad Dip (Local Applied History) UNE; registered indexer with the Australian Society of Indexers.
Special skills: Familiarity with 18th and 19th century handwriting.
John Sims
141 Lytton Road
Bulimba Qld 4171
Tel: 07 3399 5740
Mobile: 0412 189 372
Fax: 07 3399 5740
Email: simsediting@optusnet.com.au
ABN: 38 826 399 353
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Proofreading.
Experience: Since 1957.
Jean L. Smith
29 Hillrise Street
Aspley Qld 4034
Tel: 07 3263 3243
Email: robingsmith@optusnet.com.au
Availability: Part-time, weekends and after hours.
Services offered: Editing, newsletters, proofreading.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, languages (French), public administration documentation, technical material (transport related materials, reports, specifications).
Experience: In-house and freelance editing of course materials, procedure manuals, annual reports, specifications. Librarian (cataloguing); teacher (TAFE); Executive Officer (Public Administration).
Qualifications: MA (Hons) (English, French), Grad Dip Lib.
Special skills: Familiar with whole-of-Government concepts; plain English where appropriate.
Alison Stanford
Tel: 07 3374 0278 (home)
Mobile: 0414 513 233
Email: alisons22@bigpond.com
Availability: Part-time, flexible and negotiable.
Services offered: copy editing and proofreading of government documents and academic papers and theses. Prefer non-scientific material.
Experience: Over 30 years writing and editing government documents and publications including annual reports, speeches, media releases and commissioned research.
Qualifications: BA (UQ) majors in English, French and History. Diploma of Professional Writing (Editing and Proofreading).
Special skills: Converting complex text to reader-friendly prose. Working with writers whose first language is not English.
George Bernard Sterling
27/34 Dornoch Terrace
Highgate Hill Qld 4101
Tel: 07 3844 5802
Mobile: 0404 461 615
Email: georgesterling@hotmail.com
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Book design, design and layout, editing, photography, production, production supervision, project management, proofreading, public relations/promotions, research, writing.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, biography, children’s books, educational books (primary, secondary, tertiary and above), languages (English), legal, poetry, reference books, technical manuals and instructions; theses to PhD standard, university assignments.
Experience: Twenty years experience in the production of educational learning materials for publication. President, Society of Editors (Qld) Inc. 1997. 25 years with Queensland Department of Training and Industrial Relations. Business experience in retail. Principal teacher, Open Learning Institute of TAFE, South Brisbane (retired).
Qualifications: BA (UQ), FTCL (Lond), MACE, FRSA, FRGS, AIMM, JP.
Special skills: Clear presentation and writing; technical writing, book evaluation and design; effective presentations; a particular sensitivity to poetry.
Liz Thomas
13 Kelso Street
Wellington Point Qld 4160
Tel: 07 3822 2003
Email: liztom1@optusnet.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Design and layout, desktop publishing, editing, illustration, magazines, newsletters, production supervision, proofreading, writing.
Special interests: Children’s books, educational books (primary), natural sciences.
Experience: Writing and editing brochures, information sheets and signs for Parks and Wildlife agencies. Preparation of environmental education material. Concept development of educational materials, displays and brochures.
Qualifications: Associate Diploma Rural Techniques — Wilderness Reserves and Wildlife Strand, Bachelor of Education, Grad Cert Ed Pub (to be completed Nov 2004).
Jane Todd
15 Tulip Street
Maleny Qld 4552
Tel: 07 5435 2578
Mobile: 0412 747 034
Fax: 07 5435 2578
Email: janeedit@optusnet.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Copyediting, proofreading, indexing.
Experience: Eighteen years in aviation industry. Current technical writer with domestic airline. Council plans, annual reports.
Other relevant experience : Sessional tutor in Communication and Editing courses at University of the Sunshine Coast.
Qualifications: B.A. (Hons) Social Studies (HuU, U.K.)
Graduate certificate in Writing Editing and Publishing (Univ. of Qld.).
Special skills: Meticulous proofreading, common sense, prompt turnaround.
Dr Susan Turner
69 Kilkivan Avenue
Kenmore Qld 4069
Tel: 07 3878 1066
Fax: 07 3406 8355
Email: s.turner@uq.edu.au
Web site (newsletter): http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/old_site/wilson.hp//Paleozoic.html
Availability: Part-time, negotiable, 24-hour turnaround possible.
Services offered: Editing, indexing, newsletters.
Special interests: Annual/business reports, biography, educational books (primary, secondary, tertiary and above), reference books, sciences (geoscience, palaeontology).
Experience: 20 years academic and non-fiction technical editing, specialising in geosciences, especially substantive editing for non-English speakers. Desktop publishing, newsletters, proofreading, PowerPoint. 3 years with Online English. Current editor for Acta Geologica Sinica. Editor since 1989 of Ichthyolith Issues.
Qualifications: BSc (Spec Hons), PhD, Mus Diploma UK.
Special skills: Helping non-English speakers to improve their English.