User:MsEditor
I'm a freelance editor, proofreader, and indexer based in Toronto, Canada. As an editor, I specialize in scientific and technical materials. My favourite editorial activity is helping subject-matter experts communicate with nonspecialists, especially in the fields of medicine, science, and technology.
I discovered Wikipedia on December 23, 2004, and felt like a kid in a candy store. You'd think I'd get enough of making language correct, clear, and concise during my working hours. But no--it turns out I like to come here and do it for fun and for the public good.
External Links
[edit]Editors' Association of Canada (EAC): An outstanding resource. Scroll down the main page for the section(s) of links you're most interested in. For information about hiring an editor, scroll to "Are You Looking for an Editor?" If you think editing might be a nifty career, scroll to "Are You Interested in Becoming an Editor?" And if you're already an editor, scroll to "Are You an Editor?" and then to "Resources for Editors."
Society for Technical Communication - Toronto chapter: STC Toronto and its parent organization are great places to learn about technical writing and editing. I belong to STC SIGs on Canadian issues; indexing; scientific communication; and technical editing.
Edgewords: My own Web site (hand-coded), which is basically a giant business card listing every project I've worked on in my 20-odd years--some of them odder than others!--in this business. Experience not yet included on the site:
- specifics of my 15 years' worth of designing and teaching seminars and keynote addresses on writing, editing, and small-business topics for professional associations and for public- and private-sector groups
- samples of my writing and ghost-writing: training materials (e.g., user guides, procedures, seminar manual sections); newsletter articles (e.g., how-to pieces, interviews); marketing materials (e.g., promotional brochures, trade-show giveaways, book-jacket copy); book reviews; etc.