Hello:
As a Yale graduate with many years’ experience as a professional editor/proofreader of books, journal articles, web content, and other media in a wide range of topics, I’m writing with great interest in your advertised request. I believe that I’m an excellent fit for your needs, so in lieu of subjecting you to a lengthy cover letter, I’ll try to convince you of this fit by referring you directly to my resume (pasted below). I’m highly qualified, detail-oriented, reliable, and affordable.
Thanks for your consideration, and I hope to hear from you.
Sincerely yours,
Kate Johnson.
KATE JOHNSON
EDITING AND PROOFREADING SERVICES
• Articles, books, manuals, reference works, textbooks, websites, and other media
• Subjects from biosciences, medicine, and healthcare to humanities and how-to
• Style requirement proficiency (in-house, Chicago, AMA, APA, others)
• Electronic files and hard copy
• Yale ’86, BA, psychobiology
EMPLOYMENT
2006–present Freelance Editor and Proofreader Lisbon, CT
2003–2006 Editor (off-site) - Basic Health Publications Columbus, OH/Laguna Beach, CA
2001–2003 Associate Editor - Science Editors Company Peace Dale, RI
1999–2001 Junior Editor - Biology Editors Company Peace Dale, RI
1993–1999 Assistant Greenhouse Manager - Schartner Farms Exeter, RI
1988–1993 Research Assistant - Brown University Sleep Research Laboratory Providence, RI
1986–1988 Research Assistant - Yale University Psychophysiology Center New Haven, CT
REFERENCES
• Vanessa Spann, Healthy Travel Media
• Roy Vartabedian, Designs for Wellness Press
• Art Ludwig, Oasis Design
• Norman Goldfind, Basic Health Publications
SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS
Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island: An Annotated Checklist
Builder's Greywater Guide
Championship Gymnastics: Biomechanical Techniques for Shaping Winners
Create an Oasis with Greywater
CueCards: PENChart, Provider Central, and Front Desk
Digestive Wellness for Children
Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreaming
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Hydrogeology
Fundamentals of Polysomnography and Sleep Disorders
Getting Well, Staying Well
Gorgeous Skin for Teens
The Guide to Pressing Seaweed
Healthy Travel
Introduction to Polysomnography: A Manual for Research Apprentices
I Want Healthy Kids
Journey to the High Southwest
Kansas: Off the Beaten Path
Laundry to Landscape
Myelopathy, Radiculopathy, and Peripheral Entrapment Syndromes
The Natural Pharmacist
The New Create an Oasis with Greywater
Overcoming Sleep Disorders Naturally
Patients Beyond Borders: Korea Edition, Malaysia Edition, Monterrey Edition, Singapore 2nd
Edition, Taiwan Edition, Thailand Edition, Turkey Edition, and World 2nd Edition
Patients Beyond Borders Focus On: Asan Medical Center, Barbados Fertility Center,
Bumrungrad Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, and Kameda Medical Center
The Power of Nutrition with Enzymes
Principles of Ecological Design: Integrating Technology, Economics, and Ecology
ProMetabolics: Your Personal Guide to Transformational Health and Healing
Rawsome!
Rhode Island's Foliose and Fruticose Lichens
Scavenger Hike Adventures: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
SuperCharge for the Winning Edge
To Find the Way of Love: The Purpose of Our Existence
Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds
Weight Success for a Lifetime
Your Body Speaks—Your Body Heals: A New Dimension in Nutritional Healing