Writing,  Editing,  Publishing  &  Design

caring for people, process & product

 

 

Projects

 

  • DK (Penguin Books) Back Roads series, Australia: editor/writer, photographer.
  • Legal Editor - Thomson Reuters: research, writing/editing articles, website content; monthly newsletters, Intellectual property, Property & Conveyancing Law.
  • Wiley & Sons: copy-edit university text books.
  • Meredith, Annie: The Essence of Woman, ISBN 978-0-9586373-7-4 editing, layout and cover design, mentoring.
  • Qld. Fire & Rescue Service: editor/writer — web page content, editing, rewriting of training manuals and documents.
  • Proud, Helen: Women of the Silk Road, ISBN 0-9586373-5-0 (Gracemere Press) cover design, manuscript preparation, editing, lay-out, arrange printing and binding. This book is a compilation of 53 interviews with Uzbek women recorded in Uzbekistan in 2003 by author Helen Proud.
  • Fred Short: Afterwords, ISBN 0-9586373-2-6 manuscript preparation, editing, lay-out, arrange printing and custom binding. This book of poetry and essays was the third book of Qld. poet Fred Short. The project involved taking the manuscript through the editing, proofing, printing and binding stages of publication. This book was section sewn and custom bound.
  • DK (Penguin Books) Eyewitness Travel Guide, Australia: writer/researcher: 200 hotels and restaurants in Queensland and same in the Northern Territory.
  • Nicholas Mandikos: Nicholas Mandikos–beginnings — commissioned biography (Qld. architect), family history from interviews, lay-out, arrange printing and binding. 
  • Lleiss, Pat: Geodyssia – Pathways to Process, ISBN 0-9751542-0-6 writing, editing, consulting on book and card set. Worked on a series of projects over 3 years involving the writing of a book, brochures, cards and training papers on social ecology.
  • We'll Meet Again: The Story of Gwen & Allan Ramsay, ISBN 1-877-162-17-5 research and write. This book outlined the history of the Gold Coast and the building of the first private GC hospital, “Pindara”. It was published by Orca Publishing (2000), held at Southport Local History Library.
  • prior to 1999: Australian Broadcasting Commission,  Research assistant - Country Wide; Gardening Australia; Production Assistant/ News& Seven-thirty report.

Services

  • Professional writing
  • Professional editing
  • Publication design
  • Cover design
  • Photography 
  • Mentoring for self-publishing
  • Website and online content
  • Design solutions for projects.

Location

Most work can be conducted online.

Documents sent in Word format, PDF or InDesign.

 

News and Events

 

Jessica Syme: Writing & photography for 5 drives.

Noosa to Sydney; New England Tableland; Gold Coast hinterland; Mission Beach to Port Douglas; Sunshine Coast hinterland.