CollaborWrites is a one-person, personalized, free-lance proofreading, editing, and transcribing service directed primarily at doctoral students (but not exclusively). I started Collaborwrites informally while I was a full-time doctoral student, transcribing research interviews for my professors. A speedy typist, I enjoyed the flexibility and extra income transcribing at home provided. That effort quickly expanded to include proofreading manuscripts as well. Soon, I was editing my classmates' proposals and dissertations or transcribing their research interviews.
In the past four years, Collaborwrites has grown even more. My doctoral studies now complete, I have moved from editing and typing in my living room to editing and typing in an historic home in Denver's "Uptown" neighborhood. Whereas my initial clients were students and faculty from Colorado State University, I now provide editing and transcription services to students across the U.S. -- from California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, and Wyoming -- as well as abroad.
CollaborWrites offers a highly personalized service and therefore is not a "high volume" operation. My work with clients is collaborative: I interact with clients via email, phone, or in person. I "listen" to their experiences and discuss their research. As a counselor/psychotherapist (my other profession), I find that I am often "supporting" and "coaching" my clients as they make their way through the dissertation process. These relationships are mutually beneficial and from them the concept of "collaborwrites" -- which merges collaboration and coaching with proofreading, editing, and transcribing -- was born.
CollaborWrites focuses not just on proofreading, editing, and transcribing, but on the process and journey as experienced by each individual. I have on-going clients with whom I have worked for years as they navigate the doctoral process. Frequently, I start by transcribing a client's research interviews and stay with that client through to defense and publication. For those who want a collaborative or "team" approach, I'm a good fit.
