The Proofing Grounds
Professional
Copy Editing and
Proofreading:
Theses * Dissertations * Websites * Articles * Books * Manuscripts
Whether you are writing a thesis, dissertation, web page content, book, article, or a personal memoir, you want your copy to be concise and free of awkward prose, grammatical errors, and misspellings.
As an experienced copy editor and proofreader, I can provide you with perfect copy for your website and other editorial needs.
- I
have been proofing
theses and
dissertations since the 1980s for graduate students at the University
of Florida. I work with hard copy and/or attachments in Microsoft Word.
- I
have published
articles in Army
Magazine, Florida
Living Magazine, a U.F. newsletter
titled History
Speaks, and many other
periodicals.
- I
have researched and
written copy for
numerous World War II posters for presentation at public programs.
- I
have written and
narrated an hour-long
documentary titled I Just
Wanted to Live! about four
American
prisoners of war held by the Japanese.
- In 2009, I presented a paper at the 43rd annual Oral History Association Conference titled How to Produce a Low Budget Documentary: Giving Life to Death in Time of War.
Please contact me by
e-mail to discuss
your work.
e-mail: diane@proofinggrounds.com
phone: (352) 378-3726
