Expert Proofreading Services Online
Polish your writing with professional proofreading and copy editing.
Say What You Mean, Error-Free, in Your Own Voice and Style.
Get to Know Me.
Mary Payne's background includes a lengthy career in communications and marketing for non-profit groups in Washington, D.C. She also worked in the U.S. Congress. Beginning in 2015, she began an online business as a writer and copy editor for books, newsletters and business papers. She is professionally trained as a master proofreader, and especially enjoys working with book manuscripts. Also trained in medical transcription, she is familiar with medical terminology. Together with historians, Mary is also working on her own book related to her family's involvement in the Titanic disaster.
Why Proofread?
Error-free manuscripts get better reviews, sell more books, and attract more readers. Polished business writing is key to successful marketing. Perfect grammar and style mean higher grades for academic papers. A clean resume opens the door to better employment. Good writers rely on proofreading.
Some Notes About Proofreading Versus Copy Editing and More
PROOFREADING VERSUS COPY EDITING
Proofreading is the final step in editing. A trained proofreader catches spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors and ensures consistency.
Copy editing involves revisions to sentences focusing on good prose, clarity, eliminating awkward phrasing, excess wordiness, and repetition. If your document needs both copy editing and proofreading, we will provide you with a quote for combined services.
Customized Services
We offer proofreading and editing services to meet your unique requirements. You may only need a one-time document proofread. Perhaps you'd like to go further with full copy editing. And if you'd like assistance on an ongoing basis, we'd be very happy to work with you.
Wide Range of Documents
We proofread a wide range of documents including books, newsletters, magazine articles, academic papers, personal documents, business marketing proposals or reports, and more. No matter what you need, we can help.
A Word About Ai
The introduction of Ai is an exciting development for editors and proofreaders, but the trained eye of a human proofreader remains essential for more nuanced feedback to writers. Programs such as Grammarly can be efficient options for catching basic grammar and spelling errors, but they miss contextual errors, homophones and homonyms, naming errors, and tricky punctuation errors that require extra research. Trained proofreaders also understand the tone and voice of a piece of writing and work to preserve it. For these reasons, proofreaders who know how to use Ai effectively to supplement their expertise are more in demand than ever.
Please Contact Me for Your Writing Needs.
How Do We Get in Touch?
I work remotely from my location in central Florida. You can reach me by phone during normal business hours or by email at any time.
Mary Payne - Proofreader, Editor, Writer
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