Proofreading Examples

Explore a featured selection of my proofreading work below. Please note: Many of these examples are "in process" to show what types of edits I am making. 

I Accept This Award on Behalf of All Women

I know award season has come to an end, but for the last 10-15 years I have been perfecting my award acceptance speech. This exercise has kept me sane on the treadmill, on long drives in the car and on those nights when the worry creeps in and the sleep is hard to come by.I decided that today, on International Women's Day, that I would share that speech with a few modifications.Oops, should probably start a little later on. . .I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for an incredible support syste

Dear Supernanny

Can I call you Jo? I don’t have to call you Supernanny do I?

Jo, have you forsaken me?

I remember those days, watching you on TV as I judged those other families.

What is so difficult about putting your kids in their own beds? Just don’t give them anything else to drink. Close the door and walk out of the room.

Oh, Jo. I wish I had known that it wasn’t that easy. I wish that I had known that the colorful chore charts only work for so long, that the tough love can take its toll when you’ve on

Are You Mom Enough?

I have to chime in here with my opinion of the Time magazine cover.

I am not going to comment on the article though, since I can’t access it online and because I have yet to see it on the newsstands.

What I really want to discuss is not attachment parenting, which is what the Time article focuses on and which is only one way to raise a child.

I don’t want to debate the breastfeeding vs. non-breastfeeding or the pros/cons of extended breastfeeding.

I don’t even want to talk about the “shockin