by Graham Hayman | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
No, I’m not serving virtual burgers and chips to go! I’ve just made my “fast editing” service more attractive to businesses professors and students. For quick edits of documents up to 20 pages I’m offering very competitive rates. Please...
by Graham Hayman | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
I am now offering proofreading, at $4.00/page. Send me your academic articles, business documents, or book manuscripts (fiction or non-fiction). Files I work on: MS Word (.doc and.docx), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf).
by Graham Hayman | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
You might get a bit lost while I’m working on new content and page navigation, but you can always use the Contact Form on the site (go here), or call / text 250-335-3334....
by Graham Hayman | Aug 18, 2016 | Editing, Uncategorized, writing
Just to let you know, for a few weeks the site will be reduced to this blog page and the Home page. I’m still taking on work, though! All the basics about hiring me to write and edit for you are still on the Home page. As always, I try to find ways that authors...
by Graham Hayman | Oct 26, 2014 | business, marketing
It’s taken me years to discover a lesson about marketing (and about life), from this childhood experience. You shouldn’t wait, before overhauling your marketing plan. Even if your product is a market leader, and your company’s brand identity is well respected, you...
by Graham Hayman | Oct 21, 2014 | business, inspiration, meditation, reading, relaxing, stress, writing
If you want to relax, chill out, cool, or kick back, read these few lines as prescribed. You don’t need to know about meditation to achieve a meditative state. Reading my very short poem will bring you intensely into the present moment, when sensory awareness...
by Graham Hayman | Oct 6, 2014 | Editing
Styrofoam language–redundancy–is growing. I hate verbal packaging. Something I see daily; “What that means is [that]…” Examples from the press Toronto Sun: “What that means is Spencer only needs one win at these Olympics to make it into the medal round.”...
by Graham Hayman | Oct 4, 2014 | Editing, writing
This project started when my sister gave me the folder of my father’s memoirs of World War 2 a few years ago. He was a prisoner of war from November 1941, when he was captured in Libya, to early 1945. Written in his clear hand about 40 years later, the documents need...
by Graham Hayman | Sep 23, 2014 | Editing, literary, Reviews, Uncategorized, writing
Many lovers of drama and literature will know that in his old age, American playwright Eugene O’Neil could no longer write, due to illness. He found that writing longhand with pen on paper was essential to his creativity. I wonder if he was able to dictate functional...
by Graham Hayman | Sep 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
This post has links to research on the dollar value of editing. I want to help editors (like me!) to market their services and justify their rates. I’ve also included some expensive “headline” examples. Adrienne Montgomerie’s followed this issue much longer than I...
