Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Art of Tying Words Together



As a young girl, it always interested me how words tied together.  Guessing, that is why I was drawn to reading and writing early in life.  In my elementary school years I loved to compose poems.  It was a relationship that grew and has spanned over sixty years.  Writing articles, short stories and poems is a passion that is truly a gift from God.  He has never allowed me to turn off the “word switch.”
Now that I’ve started over again, after retirement, it seemed a good idea to “step up” my love of words and turn my eyes toward helping others get their works published.  Because of my background in customer service and my love for the “art of words,” I will strive to give people my personal touch, along with dignity, respect and compassion for the author’s written word.  Those words are tied together in a very personal way for each individual writer and their work becomes a special part of my life as I get inside the characters of the project and travel the many journeys and through exciting adventures one can only read in books.  


So I say, “Welcome” to the many authors I have yet to meet and I hope I may be a beneficial tool to assist you as you move forward to accomplishing your publishing dream.  

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Monday, September 10, 2012

Jumping aboard the "Word Train"



 The “word train” arrived at my depot when I was very young.  I enjoyed writing poems and reading at an early age.  My dad was a “word man” and was pleased with his vocabulary.  He, in turn, decided that it would be beneficial to challenge me with new words frequently.  I was told to look up a word, spell it correctly and learn the definition.  “But Daddy, if I don’t know how to spell it, how shall I look it up?”  I asked, innocently. “Ah, that is part of the challenge, my dear daughter.” And thus, “The game’s afoot!”  As they say!
Years passed and my attraction to the written word grew and in elementary school I became friends with imaginary people like, Nancy Drew, Sherlock Holmes and Tom Sawyer.  My parents presented me with a complete classic library when I was around ten or eleven.  I overcame my battle with reading comprehension and Dyslexia (which wasn’t even a recognized disorder) as I matured and moved into junior high school. 
Always a fan of diaries and journaling, it was apparent that my love of words was not diminishing, but increasing.  Thus, a “word girl” was immerging and she morphed into a bookworm.  I read mysteries, history of fascinating characters like Davy Crockett and George Washington and fantasies, as well. 
In my professional surroundings, I worked in customer service environments and like a “moth drawn to a flame,” my love of reading and writing proved beneficial.  I was editor of a quality assurance newsletter at an airline company, an assistant editor of a financial paper, and as time moved on, various online newsletters and magazines requested and published my lifestyle articles and trusted my proofreading abilities, as well. 
Summary of freelance and job related experience:
Economic Research Newsletter – Assistant Editor
American Airlines Affiliate (TSR) – Editor of the Quality Clips Newsletter
AMR (Training & Consulting Division) – Typed and Proofed documents/itineraries/expense reports/Consultant Resumes
Southwestern Diabetic Foundation – Camp Sweeney – contributor – various articles
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation – National Foundation – contributor
Southwest Airlines – Charitable Contributions Department – Composed and edited reports assigned by my manager – Promoted to Project Manager for various reports and responsible for their accuracy
Boy Scouts of America – Information Services Division – Co-edited and contributor to the “Insider” division newsletter
www.55-alive.com – Online magazine – contributor
N.E. Times – Local newspaper – contributor
Destiny in Bloom – Online magazine – contributor
My Purpose Now – Online magazine – contributor
Texas Blaze – Local newspaper – proofread various projects and contributor

My mission:
To use my God-given skills to help authors achieve their dreams by presenting the most accurate copy of their manuscripts for publication, with knowledge and integrity.

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