In 1993 Pat Hadley-Miller started her editorial business as a part-time venture while completing her degree program and working as a job-placement counselor for a nonprofit organization. In 1995, armed with a degree in English from Rutgers University, Pat took the plunge into full-time freelance copyediting, proofreading, and writing, and incorporated the business into The Write Word Inc.

Profile

Relevant Experience (Project Highlights are listed below Profile)

Freelance, 1993 to present
Edit, Copyedit, or Proofread  Fiction and nonfiction books, Web sites, travel publications, science, technical, and medical articles, all manuscripts, business docs, academic and SMT materials. 

In-house positions, 1986–1993
Network services assistant for nonprofit computerized library services organization. Edited and/or wrote articles for monthly technical bulletin. Helped train librarians on computers. Wrote profiles, marketing materials, and provided career consulting for clients of corporate and nonprofit job-placement organizations.

Education
University of Pennsylvania
Professional development classes in copyediting and writing 

Rutgers University
BA English, 1995. Concentration: Journalism 

Memberships
Board of Trustees, Rutgers Alumni Association 
Editorial Freelancers Association

For Fun
Member subscriber: Philadelphia Orchestra, Walnut Street Theatre.
Movies, theater, and books

Project Highlights

Copyediting / Proofreading

Technical Assessing Competitive Intelligence Software; The Accidental Webmaster; Pathways in Nursing; The Extreme Searcher's Handbook; The Accidental Systems Librarian; The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide; Planning for Side Effects: How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet; Software for Indexing; Annual Review of Information Science and Technology; Naked in Cyberspace, 2nd edition; Net Crimes and Misdemeanors; Statistical Methods for the Information Professional; The Invisible Web.

History Underground Railroad; Lewis and Clark Expedition; Boardwalk Empire; Old and Historic Churches of New Jersey; Down Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Spiritual Sacred Portals of the Mind: A Soul's Journey to Inner Knowing.

Fiction The Loneliest Leprechaun; Over the Garden State and Other Stories; Wrong Beach Island. 

Travel-Related Gold Guides, in print from 2001 to present (USA and international; currently working on 2009 books); Road Guides USA 2001, 2002, and Around [various cities] with Kids series; special editions such as Thirteen Colonies, Great American Vacations, and How to Take an African Safari; Pocket Fodor's for Fodor's Travel Publications, a Division of Random House, Inc.; The Encyclopedia of Cheap Travel; Wonderwalks; Natural Wonders of the New Jersey Pines and Shore.

Business Succeeding as a Super Busy Parent; Work Smart and Succeed; Super Searchers Make It On Their Own; Information Professional's Guide to Career Development Online; Business Statistics on the Web; Internet Prophets; newsletters; annual reports; comprehensive manuals and handbooks.

Political One Party Country

University Press Topics include history, theater, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and women's issues.