I am a meticulous, quality-oriented writer, copyeditor and proofreader with more than forty years experience writing, editing, and proofreading documents of all kinds, from business contracts and proposals to comprehensive emergency response plans, policies and procedures manuals, in-house software user instructions, academic papers, fiction and nonfiction manuscripts, and newsletters for religious and nonprofit organizations.I hold degrees in English and Business Administration from Marymount College of Kansas, where I graduated with highest honors and was awarded the St. Thomas More Medal for excellence in English. As a student at Marymount, I was a peer tutor in accounting, business communications, freshman composition, creative writing, and academic writing. I also worked as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader for college faculty, staff, and students.After working more than forty years in the public and academic sectors, I recently retired and decided to continue offering my editorial expertise to individuals and small enterprises as a full-time freelance writer, editor, and proofreader.I have extensive experience with most of the popular style sheets and manuals, including Chicago Manual of Style, APA, MLA, Turabian, Merrian-Webster, and AP, and I can adapt quickly to the client's custom style sheets.My priority goal is to provide clients with high-quality, reasonably-priced editing and proofreading services that reflect the highest standards for their organizations..