Resume

As a freelance professional, I have managed my client accounts with diligence, innovation and professionalism. I assess each client's needs, plan each project, perform required tasks, and always respect the client's vision. Client projects have required leadership, team participation and/or support; creativity and flexibility; quick turnaround; research, organization and follow-through. I am self-motivated; able to translate goals into manageable steps; patient with clients and colleagues. Clients find me encouraging, pleasant and hardworking, thorough, quick and accurate, and sensitive to their project vision. I enjoy being teachable and quick to learn new skills and ways to improve.

Experience

Freelance publishing professional, June 2003 - present

  • Performed publishing services, including substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, fact checking, indexing, layout, web design and web maintenance for my clients, which included publishers, authors and business professionals.
  • Planned, managed and completed client publishing and organizational projects.
  • Managed accounts and marketing for my freelance business.

Partial List of Current Clients
Other Work
Professional Skills
Education

Partial List of Clients:

Marshall Cavendish 12/2004 - Present

  • For a publishing house, fact checked children's text books, including:
    o On the Coral Reefs
    o American Heroes: John Adams
    o Life in Ancient Egypt
    o Life in Elizabethan England
    o Secrets of the Supernatural.

Janet Lynn Eriksson 6-2003 - 12-2007

  • For an independent publisher, performed substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, fact checking, indexing, layout, web design and web maintenance.
  • Edited numerous digital books including Dance in the River and Choosing Love
  • Edited articles for Reflections online magazine
  • Proofread print book manuscripts including for T11 and Bail Bonds 101
  • Designed and implemented publishing guidelines for new authors.
  • Organized and directed a major transition in the client's publishing focus.
Kathryn Hinds 5/2006 - Present
  • For a published author, designed and maintain website.
Steve Cummings Oct 2006
  • For a business professional, edited a basic security assessment and organized client's office and files.
Stardate Publishing Apr 2005 - Dec 2005
  • For a publisher, Stardate, proofread John Cothran's A Search of African American Life, Achievement and Culture: 4/2005, 12/2005.
Sow Publishing Feb 2005 - Feb 2006
  • For a publisher, Sow Publishing, tested manual and created index for Using Quicken 2005…with High Speed; tested manual, created index and proofread Using QuickBooks 2005…with High Speed.
All That's Published Jun 2004 - Sep 2004
  • For a publishing service provider, proofread nonfiction books and wrote website copy.
Individual Clients
  • Proofread Ben Mack's Think Two Products Ahead 3/2006
  • Substantive edit for Cam Cairns's Sentinels (working title), 10/2005*
  • Substantive, copy edit, and forward of Howard W. Campbell's Direct Response: The Art Reid Story, 8/2005
Other Work

Assistant Cataloger at The Pitts Library of Emory University 1990-1996

Along with assisting the catalogers, I worked with the Rare Book Librarian, doing data entry for the Kessler Bibliography of Reformation Works, part of the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection.


Professional Skills

Computer
  • MS Office Suite
  • Quick Books
  • Quicken
  • Dreamweaver
  • Adobe Acrobat
Publishing
  • Work with galley copies and manuscripts in different states of readiness.
  • Examine manuscripts for consistency, clarity and accuracy in different genres and styles
  • research references to ensure accurate information.
  • Apply speed, accuracy, flexibility and creativity in different language styles.

Education

B.A. in English Georgia State University, 1990 Concentration in writing; Art minor

Writers Retreat Workshop, 2003, 2004
Founded by Gary Provost, WRW is ten days of "Boot Camp for Writers." The workshop concentrate on many aspects of novel writing and editing including pacing, characterization, and language use.

Donald Maass Breakout Novel Workshop, 2004
Based on his book, the workshop focuses on different ways to improve writing and storytelling.

* References found on the reference page All content on this web site is under copyright: © 2006 by Maria Boers Morris