About Me
Introduction
I’m an Australian citizen who has worked as a technical writer and related careers since 2004. In between cycling and doing creative writing for fun and working for a tech writing company, I run my business to help people use words as weapons, feather dusters and light bulbs (for the aha! moments). Well, weapons might be going a bit far, though I did help to write instruction manuals for a weapons system.
I live in Canberra, but I have interstate clients who work with me by email and the phone. Alas I have not mastered telepathy yet, but it’s on order.
Memberships
Apart from getting newsletters and emails from these people, I am listed as a member of the following professional organisations:
Qualifications
So, how do you know that I’m any good? Well qualifications are a start…
- University of Canberra: Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing ….also studying for a Graduate Diploma. Units in editing, creative writing, scriptwriting and poetry.
- Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training: so I can write training doco…gosh I can even do the stand-up and talk bit if you’re not keen.
- University of Canberra: Bachelor of Industrial Design: almost completely irrelevant, but it proves I can stick to something for four years (literally…we used a lot of Araldite).
- Australian National University: Bachelor of Arts (one year) I loved that my film studies lecture was to watch a film, but realised writing essays all the time wasn’t my cup of tea (and I like my tea).
How I work
If people call me a witch, then it’s not because I use a magic wand to write and edit. There’s a little more magic that goes into your job.
Writing
I can…
- research and reference for information-based writing (eg health articles/blogs)
- publish to WordPress and supply HTML versions for webpages
- produce graphic montages to accompany articles
Editing
I can…
- edit your document online using track changes
- edit your document on paper using proofreader mark-up
Both
- I have a back-up hard drive in case my Mac crashes in a frazzle
- I store hard copies in plastic folders
