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Expert Profile: Catherine Van Herrin

Expertise:  I am a professional writer, editor, and proofreader with 23 years' experience. My specialty is copyediting and proofreading manuscripts. I am extremely detail-oriented. I use AP Style. I provide crystal-clear, clean grammar; and strict attention to style, consistency, flow, logic, accuracy, and spelling. No sentence diagraming or basic explanation of verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.

Experience:
BA, English. Twenty-three years' professional experience in editing, writing, and proofreading. Full-time freelancer. I provide crystal-clear, clean grammar; strict attention to style, consistency, flow, logic, accuracy, and spelling, and I work quickly and efficiently. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Speeches, Biography, Autobiography, Short stories, Novels, Medical journal drafts and articles, Art history, Headline/subhead writing/lead paragraphs, pulled quotes, book critiques/reviews, How-to (special circumstances only; inquire specifically}, Career, work/lifestyles, resumes, CVs, Health, Calendars/copy, Photography/copy, Metaphysical, astrological reports or copy, Family, historical summaries, self-publishing, Academic manuscripts [university level and above only], Self-help, holistic, spiritual, romance, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Ghostwriter/co-author [special circumstances only; inquire specifically], Consultancies, contributing writer, Op/Ed columnist, poetry.

Publications
Online e-zines; poetry presses; please inquire for details.

Education/Credentials
BA, English, University of Georgia. Graduate Study, English, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX

Past/Present Clients
Will provide full list of references upon request.

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User Comments
Thank you Catherine, it was very helpful!!!
(Luke on 09/15/08)
Dear Ms. Catherine Van Herrin, Thank you so much for helping. Dinocatty
(Dinocatty on 07/25/08)
Catherine, I thank you for your corrections.
(James on 07/23/08)
Thank you very much, Catherine, for your kind response. You are a really reliable expert. All the best.
(Luke on 07/22/08)
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Recent Answers from Catherine Van Herrin
2008-09-15  grammar/up to? Dear Luke, Good to hear from you again! It should be "grammatical structure." "Where are you up to" is really incorrect, but it's used sometimes, and you are correct; it means, "How far along...
2008-07-22  information Dear Luke, Should it be: 1. many information checks out OR 2. much information check out Many OR More/check out OR checks out??? -- I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT HERE, BUT...
2008-07-16  pronouns Dear Yee, Thank you for writing. You would say, "That is he," because if you turn the sentence around, you'd say, "He is the person I'm talking about" instead of "Him is the person..." etc....
2008-07-14  proofreading Dear Oppo, Here are your corrections, which I have made within the text: 1. Do you think TV and the Internet will one day make radio obsolete? I think this might not happen in the near future...
2008-07-08  "Anytime" or "Any time" Dear Sandy, Thank you for writing. Yes, you are correct. You would write, "Remove the earbud at any time." You can use "anytime" in sentence like this: "Jay said he'd be happy to help you....
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