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Handy hints for working at home
For those who are fairly new to working from home, here are a few articles with tips about how to work from home efficiently and productively, keep in touch with your work team, and stay work-lif...
Do you have what it takes to be a good proofreader?
To proofread at the high level needed for publications, a proofreader must have: a keen eye for detail and the ability to notice tiny errors training as an editor or proofreader; i.e. excel...
Recording and documenting oral histories
An oral history is a spoken or documented record of someone's memories of their own life experiences. Oral histories are handed down from generation to generation, or stories of someone's own life....
Positive outcomes of documenting life stories for people with PTSD
I have over twenty years' experience in documenting and producing self-published books of stories and oral histories of people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The sources of ...
Resumes – if they’re worth writing, they’re worth proofreading
Why is it important for someone to proofread your resume? Proofreading * your resume is particularly important if you intend to apply for jobs that require good writing skills or attention to deta...
Nobody’s perfect
Are you a freelancer or run your own business? If so, you probably want your work to be perfect - especially if, like me, you run a typing, editing and writing business. You probably also want to a...
Scribing dictation, minute-taking and report-writing – our clients
On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading scribes verbatim or summary notes (as required) and writes minutes and reports. We scribe dictation, interviews, meetings and discussions. Our method o...
‘Hold your head up high’ by Garry Chippindall (dec)
Garry Chippindall began writing his memoir in 1999 when diagnosed with cancer. He sought help from life story writer Sally-Anne Watson Kane (owner/operator of OTTEP), and began regular scribing ses...
Collaborative poetry editing
Poems are personal and subjective. The best way to edit someone else's poem, or collection of poems, is to edit it (a) not making actual corrections to the poem but, rather, suggest improvements or...
Buibere – volumes 1 and 2. Self-published oral histories of 22 East Timorese women, in Tetun and English
Acknowledgement Sally-Anne Watson Kane would like to acknowledge and thank her mentor, friend and bi'in, ita bo'ot Veronica Pereira, for the professional and cultural assistance and support she pr...