www.luciaterra.ca Modified: November.04.2012

Writing

We can help you with the following:

Academic
Coaching for better writing, papers and essays for courses, articles for publication, Curriculum Vitae, proposals for scholarships and grants, school applications and workshop and course materials

Non-Academic
Coaching for better writing, résumés, curriculum development, personal life stories or biographies, goals and mission statements, brochures and newsletters, short stories, poems, non-fiction articles for magazines and non-fiction books and book chapters

Editing

Our services include:

Manuscript Evaluation: After analyzing your manuscript for strengths and weaknesses we provide you with a brief report with suggestions for improvement.

Proofreading: We check text for minor, mechanical errors, such as spelling mistakes, typos, or small deviations from a style.

Copy & Stylistic Editing: We correct grammatical errors, word usage, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure. We check the internal consistency of facts, look to clarify meaning, eliminate jargon, polish the language, and do other non-mechanical editing.

Structural Editing: We reorganize a manuscript to improve clarity in content and structure.

Rewriting : We create a new manuscript, or parts of a manuscript, on the basis of content and research supplied by the author.

Editing services do not include research or writing of original material. For that service go to Research.

Do you have a question? Would you like to discuss an idea or a project? Contact us and we will be happy to explore the possibilities with you.

What our clients say about us ...

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"Lucía has worked as our senior editor and writer for the past five years. Her work is of the highest quality and always goes above and beyond our expectations. She has consistently delivered materials ahead of deadlines which is a rare and welcomed surprise in the publishing world! We highly recommend Lucía's work as an editor, writer, and language expert."

Kelly Garboden, publisher/founder
Think English & Think Spanish Magazines

"Lucía is very organized and creative. Her personal experience and light-hearted approach allowed her to write and capture just the voice we needed for our women's networking guide."

Erin O'Byrne, manager
Connect to Success Mentorship Program, YWCA

"In every case, you captured exactly what the essay had tried to say, but in a much more compelling, elegant, and correct fashion."

Kurt Shaw, director
Shine-A-Light

"Thank you very much for your hard work. I have been very pleased with your conscientious effort, as well as your accessibility, promptness, and regular and clear communication. I wish to express my gratitude for your assistance, and for your willingness to do this within imposed time constraints. I believe that the word limit was achieved and that the writing and overall arguments are clear now!"

Gail Thakur, Ph.D. candidate

"Excellent service and good advice. Lucía helped me with my application essays, giving me insights into how to be more engaging and persuasive."

Lucía Alzaga, graduate student

"Thanks for the excellent communication and fast response to the emails."

Rochelle Hollis, undergraduate student

"As the managing editor of Living + Magazine, I was impressed with how quickly Lucía adapted her writing to the editorial style of the publication, and how expertly and confidently she wrote on a wide range of topics -- in an area (HIV/AIDS) with which she had little previous familiarity. When I assigned an article to Lucía, I knew she would deliver top-notch work every time: well-researched, well-articulated, and informative."

Jeffrey Rotin, editor
Living + Magazine

"We hired her at the YWCA to help us write a handbook on networking for women entering or re-entering the workforce. She provided insight, in-depth understanding of cross cultural communication and the business environment. She helped make the handbook culturally sensitive, relevant and useful. She generated good ideas and discussion and delivered a well-written first draft. I recommend Lucía to anyone looking for help with writing a user-focused document, such as a manual or brochure."

Merissa Myles, marketing & communications, YWCA

"I highly recommend Lucía as an editor and translator. Not only is she easy and enjoyable to work with, but she is a great writer who is insightful, articulate, and efficient!"

Farrah Little, Librarian

"Dear Lucía! Friday we had to present the class about anorexia and bulimia. Now I can tell you that I got the highest mark and until now, the only one in the class and I am very happy. Thank you so much for your help! Your work helped me a lot."

Silvia Penner, high school student

"Lucía's ability to put herself in your place and do the editing from that point of view is remarkable. She also speaks several languages, which I feel is very important, because English is not my first language and she is capable of figuring out what I meant to say without changing the meaning. It has been a very warm collaboration."

Gabriella van Rij, author
We Open Doors

"Lucía Terra has worked with me on a contract basis since October, 2010. She's contributed in many meaningful ways in that time. Among other tasks, she's researched and written internal documents for the communications team [...] written newsletters and other documents for our safety/customer satisfaction department, [...] created several pieces of site copy for the website, and has acted as an editor on newsletters, site copy, and blog posts.

In each of her projects, Lucía has been timely and responsive to direction. Most importantly, she is also a highly skilled writer and researcher. Her international background and general sensitivity to language have been of great use for our particular audience. As an added bonus, she's a friendly person who is very easy to work with. I highly recommend Lucía, and have had a wonderful time working with her."

Meredith Hutcheson, Member Communications Coordinator
CouchSurfing International (CouchSurfing.org)

"Thank you for your wonderful help and assistance and for being soooo supportive. A brief guidance from you = more than multiple lectures from a prof!"

Lorraine Ho, university student

"Our clients often need editing and translation services. Needless to say, the freelancers we use must be a cut above because their work reflects on us. Lucia Terra is a cut above the cut above. She delivers on time and on budget, but more importantly, our clients are always impressed with her work. Look no further than Lucia Terra Communications."

Aaron Fultz, Technical Editor, SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.

"From the first day I started working with Lucia she was personable and has a high level of integrity. The work has been more than on time and she worked painstakingly on editing my book with me. She has the ability to understand what it is that you need and then just does it. I would endorse Lucia to anyone, she is fast and efficient."

Gabriella van Rij, author and radio host, 'With All My Might'




Top qualities according to clients: Personable, On Time, Expert, High Integrity, Good Value, Great Results

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