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I have 32 years of composing, editing and proofreading not only my own professional proposals, but those of my colleagues. My wife is a published author of children books and I proofread her work as well as a novel series in which I am currently writing. My long term goal is to transition from landscape design to proofreading, editing and writing fiction.