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PORTFOLIO AND WRITING SAMPLES

Meet Our Clientele

Browse the following areas to view a few highlights of Linda’s current and past experience. For more information on any area, or if you don’t see what you’re looking for, email linda@logosword.com.

Academic and APA Style

All types of academic manuscripts: undergraduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral
Turn your thesis into a book manuscript or article.

Recent projects :

Ongoing writing advisor and editor for university assistant professor
Substantive edit of master’s thesis on alcoholism research
Evaluation and substantive and copyedits of Ph.D. theses in education

Arts, Entertainment & Media

Editor, 1995-2003, Northwest Events & Lifestyle Review, Bellingham, Washington. 

  • Provided all editorial and typesetting services for this award-winning, 24-page arts and entertainment news magazine reaching over 45,000 readers monthly at 740+ major distribution points from Vancouver, British Columbia through Whatcom and Skagit Counties, Washington.
  • Each issue was packed with over 100 articles and columns featuring the latest in seasonal events in the areas of theatre, music, the arts, literature, festivals, health, cuisine, recreation, and the outdoors. Prepared a large centerfold calendar for every issue that listed the month’s events in a daily format.
  • Regularly interviewed and wrote articles about prominent persons and organizations
  • Wrote View From the Top, a regular column about the Mount Baker area 
  • Wrote reviews of Western Washington University's award-winning Summer Stock productions.  

(See Client Testimonials for publisher’s endorsement.)        

Extensive experience writing, editing, and analyzing press releases, all publicity materials, and Web site content. (For details, see the Promotion & Publicity section below.)

Former designer and editor, View ’95, 12-page, 3-color alumni magazine of the College of Fine & Performing Arts, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. Distribution: 4,000. Responsible for all layout, copyediting, and proofreading functions. Assembled, edited, and rewrote material received from the Dean’s Office, Facilities Manager, and Music, Theatre Arts, and Art Departments.

Business

Extensive experience preparing and promoting all types of business materials: brochures, fliers, advertisements, l etters, doc uments, m anuals, memos, newsletters, reports, speeches

Recent Projects :

Design and edit the Mount Baker Foothills Chamber of Commerce newsletter

Christian Ministry

  • Articles
  • Books
  • Booklets and pamphlets
  • Conference & seminar materials

Recent projects :

Education

Project Examples :

  • Ongoing writing advisor/editor for assistant professor of education / Ph.D. candidate
  • Writing consultant for education think tank 
  • Edit Ph.D. theses in education
  • Copyedit learning skills textbook project for grades 5-8
  • Copyedit high school book series on contemporary issues

Health & Social Sciences

  • Abstracts
  • APA Style
  • Undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral, and fellowship materials
  • Recent : Doctoral dissertation substantive edit, nursing disability studies 

Past experience includes :

B.A., Psychology; Master’s Degree work, University of Oregon

Research Assistant, Social Psychology, University of Oregon

Four years of part-time post-doctoral manuscript work, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA

International Clients

“Americanize” your writing!

Eliminate inappropriate words and phrases

Include American idioms and nuances

Convey your exact meaning in your résumés, documents, articles, Web sites, and correspondence

Past experience includes :

Four years working part-time with international students and scholars for a national organization. This includes being a main speaker at a 3-day international conference of students and scholars from 22 countries, and presenting a variety of seminars at different times.

Journalism

  • Editor, 1995-2003, Northwest Events & Lifestyle Review. Award-winning, 24-page arts & entertainment magazine that reached over 45,000 readers in Northwest Washington seven times a year. (See above under Arts, Entertainment & Media.)
  • Columns:   See View From the Top
  • Feature writer
  • Interviews:
    • Major political figures
    • Political candidates' bios (pdf of Sheriff Bill Elfo)
    • Community leaders
    • Artists, actors, and entertainers, including top voice-over artists
    • Reviews

Law

All types of letters and documents

Form & chart design

Trial transcription

Approximately 10 years of experience in the legal field, as legal secretary, legal assistant, and notary public, including the following areas of law: Corporate, management, business, personal injury, municipal, labor & employment, Elderlaw, estate planning, adoptions, name changes, litigation

Former legal assistant to major ABA section head

(See Client Testimonials.)

Literary:

Articles

Books

Author, The Dark Side of Karate (January 2004)

Book proposals (recent)

Publicist for and wrote winning book proposal for www.davidchain.com (Watson-Guptill Publications, 2006)

Critiques & evaluations

Fiction & nonfiction

Query Letters

Recent projects:

Book project manager and editor, Secrets of Voice-over Success by Joan Baker (Sentient Publications, 2005). Compilation of chapters by 19 top voice-over stars. Included interviewing six actors and writing chapters, rewriting, copyediting, proofreading, and final manuscript preparation for publisher.

Writing assistance, agent/publisher research, query letter and book proposal package for Austin W. Boyd, U.S. Navy Commander, Ret.

Political

Former designer, editor, and chief writer for the Washington State Watchman, Christian Coalition of Washington's state newsletter insert for the national magazine, The Christian American (35,000 distribution in Washington State). Interviewed and wrote articles on key state political leaders:

Senator Dan Swecker (click to read interview, large pdf)

Interviewed political candidates to create campaign materials:
Whatcom County, Washington Sheriff Bill Elfo (pdf)

Wrote fundraising letter that generated over $6,000 for nonprofit organization

Promotion & Publicity

  • Advertising
  • Brochures & Fliers
  • Fundraising Letters
  • Newsletters
  • Menus
  • Press Releases
  • Stationery & Logos

Recent projects :  

Created promotion package and campaign for SafeHouse Home Inspection Services, including press release, Web site, brochure, stationery, business cards, and layout and editing of quarterly SafeHouse Report on environmental issues affecting homeowners.Publicist for and wrote winning book proposal for davidchain.com.

Résumé Consultation and Preparation:

  • Over 30 years of experience
  • Résumé Consultation: $35/hour
  • Résumé: $50 first page; $25 each additional page
  • Cover letter: $35
  • Mailing services
  • Online portfolios

Web Site Content

Web site content writing and editing services.

“Lord . . . all that we have accomplished you have done for us.”
Isaiah 26:12