I love interviewing interesting people and writing case studies and articles about their work. I’m currently having a ball writing for Cradle Coast NRM in Tasmania, contributing articles about sustainable farming for their newsletter, Across the Paddocks.
Proofreading geology papers for scientific journals
I’ve been proofreading scientific papers for a geology lecturer since 2006. Not the same papers. That would be a really long editing job. My client keeps me on retainer and I work when required.
Red Jelly – various wordsmithing tasks
I’ve been working with Hobart marketing company Red Jelly, writing copy for corporate newsletters and editing documents. My bent for all things technical or scientific is allowing me to help lots of their clients. I confess I love the variety.
Newsletter about natural resource management
I had a great time writing the Winter 2011 edition of NRM South‘s newsletter. It’s aimed at people who work in the natural resource management area. All of the topics were fascinating and I enjoyed talking to people whose work
Preventing the spread of freshwater pests and pathogens
In 2009 I did a structural edit and proofread of a freshwater field hygiene document for NRM South. I reviewed existing material and proposed graphical summaries to explain key concepts to the main audiences. I also drafted text and concepts
Profiles about Tasmanian science and technology researchers
I love writing case studies and profiles! In 2007 I interviewed a slew of Tasmanian science and technology researchers for the Department of Economic Development and wrote promotional articles and press releases about their work.
Geology magazine
I wrote profile pieces and articles for the Ore Solutions magazine for CODES at the University of Tasmania for several years. This magazine is professionally printed and distributed to hundreds of mining industry professionals every few months. It’s CODES’ primary
Content writing for promotional CD ROM
This CD ROM was a promotional device intended to attract potential postgraduate students to CODES at the University of Tasmania. I worked out a useful structure for the information on this CD and wrote the content. It was intended to
Profiles of Tasmanian researchers
This profile was one of about 50 written for the University of Tasmania’s annual Research Report. With Bruce Ransley, I interviewed researchers from across the faculties and wrote about their work so it could be easily understood. We wrote the
Gorse manual
Yes, that’s right, Gorse. I did a comprehensive structural edit, copy-edit and proofread of this manual about the best practice in gorse management and eradication. The client was the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. This job had