About the Writer / Editor

I am Patricia M. Redlin and I have over 25 years of experience writing and editing, turning words from ungrammatical, misspelled, and incorrectly punctuated paragraphs of dullness into interesting, motivating, persuasive (and correct) gems of enlightenment.

My Background as Writer / Editor and Proofreader:

I hold a BA in French from the University of Illinois (Go, Fighting Illini!) and an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird—the American Graduate School of International Management (we just called the school Thunderbird or AGSIM to avoid losing our breath).
 
My professional writing, editing and proofreading experience includes

• advertising writer and editor
   
• direct market writer
   
• sales promotion
   
• general market writer
   
• web site copywriter and editor
   
• English, French, German, and Spanish translation services
   
• fiction writer and editor
   
• technical writer, editor, and proofreader
   
• manuscript writer, editor, and proofreader
   
• document editor

I attended school and lived in Mexico (one year) and France (three months), and worked and lived in Germany for four years. I maintain my fluency in all three languages, but not all at the same time. (Never ask me to say something in German when I have just been speaking in Spanish. I may explode. Let me get back into my English brain first before asking me to go into another language.)
 
I have written over 30 short stories and I am currently working on three or four novels. (I get bored easily and switch from one to the other frequently.) One of these days I will finish one of the novels, get it published, and have a collection of my short stories published while finishing up my second novel. Then I will take a break for a year or so, but eventually get back to work on my other novels...all the while still converting all the wrong words into just the right words for my esteemed clients.

Why is this important to you?

I have been a wordsmith all my life. I know words and how to employ them effectively. Let me show you just the right words for your communications.