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DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING AND CO-WRITING: Editing of two books on Hawaiian history: structure, text, footnotes and bibliography. Co-writing and editing (credited) of La Dolce Vita University, published by Travelers Tales and winner of the Silver Prize for Best Travel Guidebook Book of the Year (2018) from the North American Travel Journalists Association. Contributing of twenty more essays to the second expanded edition published in 2021.
COPY EDITING: Copy editor for Oxford University Press books and bibliographic articles in their Oxford Scholarship books, American National Biography, Oxford Handbooks Online, and Oxford Bibliographies Online divisions. Commentary, annotations, and bibliography copy editing, proofreading, and pre-coding for HTML/XML. Proficient in six styles (CMoS, Hart’s, APA, AP Manual of Style, Vancouver, Harvard Oxford Bodleian) along with Oxford house styles, and am also aware of Canadian/British spellings.
EDITORIAL ADVERTISING PROOFREADING: Ogilvy: Applying for different clients different style style guides (as well as trademarks), including CMoS, Associated Press, and individualized stylesheets. Proofreading and tracking successive iterations of visual and text materials including banners, PowerPoint, comps, decks, studio mechanicals, and proofs. Legal and copyright-related querying.
GENERAL PROOFREADING: Legal, financial, advertising and pharma proofreading for Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, OneWorld, Ipsos, and (formerly) Make-Up Art Cosmetics (M.A.C) MacZine, Addison Design (KimberlyClark), The New York Times, and o2KL, as well as Stony Brook University. Rated “Expert” in the U.S. English Proofreading Skills Test, Chicago Manual of Style. Over ten years of experience in the AP Manual of Style. Also experience in AMA Manual of Style.
FILM DEVELOPMENT WORK: Critiquing and developing books and spec scripts for film production (Los Angeles, New York).
TUTORING AND WRITING INSTRUCTION: One-on-one mentoring sessions and review notes on screenwriting, prose writing, research techniques, editing, grammar, punctuation, and spelling including editing and guided rewrites.
ASSISTANCE FOR SECOND-LANGUAGE SPEAKERS: Editing and guided rewrites for catalogs, marketing materials, and other manuscripts.
SEO CONTENT AND PRESS RELEASES, WRITER/PROOFREADER: Healthcare-related web content for a legal firm (confidential), and construction-and-real estate firm-related product launches and marketing.
PUBLICITY WRITING: Linn Nishikawa and Associates, Hawaii. Topics included real estate, environmental projects, and healthcare and public hospital programs. Radio ads for Maui No Ka Oi Magazine. Brochures, print ad copy and newsletters for Gilbert And Associates, Hawaii