Customer Testimonials

What our customers say.

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—James, an academic editing customer

What started out as a business relationship quickly advanced to a respect for a person whom I found out to be honest, sincere, hard-working, and always available to assist when needed in an emergency.

—Harvey Abrams

In my opinion, you went well above and beyond the call of duty. The work was accomplished quickly and with minimum involvement by me. The finished product is outstanding. Your instantaneous comprehension of the technology is amazing.

—John Hastings

…his experience and insight into not only the marketplace, but the macro-level market as well, helped me immensely in assembling the tools I needed for success. His writing was always an asset in delivering a consistent sales message, and I would highly recommend him to anyone.

—Robert McAnally

…a very hard worker with exquisite attention to detail. He learns the products he works with inside and out in order to provide the best information possible. Because of his vast experience with a variety of tools and products, he can bring a new level of insight when documenting.

—Robin Marsack

…the ability to quickly grasp the detailed complexities of a given product and is able to relay that information in a way a layman could easily understand. …a great gift for translating product features into solid benefits that can easily be marketed. I appreciated his easy demeanor and his dependability.

—Scott Smith

…brings much to the table; first his technology understanding and ability to grasp complex technologies was excellent, second, his passion he brought to the job drove a very high-level of quality in his efforts, and finally, his work ethic was such that he stayed well ahead of his deliverable deadlines.

—Jeff Weiss

…developed and maintained a web site that housed sermons and talks given at Trinity Fellowship Church since 2000. His work is well organized and clear to the user. He is a good communicator.

—William Crutcher

Working With Us

Thoughts on working with a writer.

Writing is a Profession

While writing is difficult, we love our work. We help improve communication among people.

Writing is similar to any other profession. It requires training from experienced professionals.

What We Do

Research, organize, outline and write without requiring supervision.
Write, edit and revise content styled to your needs and the interests of your audience.
Use whatever stylebook your project requires, or the Associated Press Stylebook when you have no preference.
Keep you informed about status, production issues and time schedules.
Research for eight or 10 hours a day.
Write up to six hours a day, with exceptions.
Edit up to eight or 10 hours day.
Bill up to 10 hours a day,cwith exceptions.

How We Bill

We bill hourly.
We never do fixed-cost work because research and revisions turn us into donors.
We never—or almost never—bill more than 10 hours a day because we never—or almost never—work more than 10 hours a day.
If your bill seems high—it almost never does—ask us. We log our work.

Academic Writing

We edit academic papers at an hourly rate.
We tutor and coach students at an hourly rate.
We never research and write for students, no exceptions, ever.

Software

Writing is not about word processing and publishing software.
Hire a writer for research and writing skills, never because of specific software knowledge.
New software is easy to learn.
We know a half-dozen or so word processor, a dozen or so text editors, some publishing software, HTML and CSS, plus TeX and its friends.