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Skills

  • Academic Editing
  • Poetry
  • Proofreading
  • Writing
  • Academic Research
  • Academic Writing
  • APA Style
  • Article Editing
  • Associated Press (AP) Style
  • Author
  • Book Editing
  • Book Writing
  • Chicago Manual of Style
  • Citations
  • Copyediting

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Services

  • Creative Writing

    $30/hr Starting at $1K Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    Will take your notes or drafts and rewrite a logical, fully developed book, fiction or non-fiction. Will write (and have written) operating instructions, game rules, training programs, novels, stories,...

    Academic EditingAcademic ResearchAcademic WritingBook WritingCourse Material

  • Copy Editing

    $30/hr Starting at $500 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    Will edit and proofread just about anything. Will take your manuscript and edit, revise, proofread to make a perfectly clean copy for publication. Will edit in detail any operating instructions, game...

    Academic EditingAPA StyleArticle EditingAssociated Press (AP) StyleBook Editing

  • Poems & Lyrics

    $30/hr Starting at $200 Ongoing

    Dedicated Resource

    Will take your notes or drafts and write/rewrite a fully developed poem or lyric, rhyming or non-rhyming. Will edit your poetry (I am a successfully published author and poet and I also teach poetry writing...

    AuthorDirectorIdeationLyrics WritingPoetry

About

An author-sensitive editor with a fine eye for detail and making exceptionally clean copy.

David E Navarro is a writer/editor extraordinaire. He is a professional medical writer/editor for a clinical research company, a tech writer/editor, author, poet, essayist, fiction/non-fiction editor, academic and research editor/scholar. Editing credentials include over 10,000 documents (business proposals, letters, manuals, resumes, papers, plans, articles, essays, brochures, full-length books (fiction / non-fiction), and more. Personal publications include 15 books and hundreds of essays and articles in journals, magazines and online. Ask for CV.

Degrees:
BS Interdisciplinary Studies (writing/research) Purdue University summa cum laude
AA Theology (biblical languages and texts) Way College of Biblical Research Indiana
AS Communications & Leadership Air University

Graduated summa cum laude from Purdue with highest score in program, top of class, perfect research papers and assignments, due to professional eye for detail.

Background:
Medical Writer/Editor, Clinical Outcomes Solutions, 2019-2022
Freelance Writing/Editing (multiple contracts) 2006-2022
Business Writer/Editor for financial institutions 2007-2017 (Way CU, 1st Capital, AlabamaOne CU, Schools First FCU, Banamex USA, Citi bank)
Business Writer/Editor for TW International Inc (Safety, DOT, OSHA, NFPA) 1995-2006
Technical Writer/Editor for DOD, 1982-1992

Books & Publications:
A Tree Frog’s Eyes, 2020
In the Praise of His Glory, 2020
Archway to Beyond, 2019
Early Childhood Learning, 2019
This Is the Way, Walk Ye in It, 2018
Dropping Ants into Poems, 2017
Sometimes Anyway, 2016
Dare to Soar, 2013
Between Life and Language, 2009

Work Terms

Multiple Available Terms (will negotiate):
1. Per project: an agreed upon set fee for a project, 70% paid up front.
2. Hourly: $28 an hour paid at every 10 hours of work.
3. Contract: Guaranteed contract period and agreed upon pay rate.
4. Employment: Hire me full time for exclusive 40 hours per week @ $25/hr.

Ask for CV and references. Highly professional and well-experienced writer and editor.