Sharon Hurley Hall

I recently did some work for one of my long-standing clients. I’ve worked with her intermittently for three or four years. Here’s the testimonial she gave me:

“I hired Sharon for her editorial services. She delivered excellently and on time. She was very thorough as always. That’s why I keep going back to her. I have used her services a few times and will definitely use her again” – Shahida Rahman.

Thanks, Shahida.

No sooner had I pressed ‘publish’ on my last testimonial than the same client sent me an update. Here’s what he said this time:

Sharon, you have provided me the opportunity to focus on my core competencies and the things that I really like about what I do. Being able to outsource the editing of important documents has not only made me more efficient but has provided me with more time in my day to focus on the “nuts and bolts” of what I do and to remove myself from the minutiae of commas and semicolons. Thanks a million for helping me stay focused! – Darren Mason

I really love it when clients are happy and I’m looking forward to working with Darren for quite a while.

I recently got this testimonial from Martha Isaac, for whom I did some proofreading and editing work. Thanks, Martha.

I have avoided editors because having an editor somehow seemed to me to be relinquishing control of my work. However, Sharon showed me that an editor could gently work with you, picking up pieces of carelessness or oversight in construction and generally streamlining a text without intrusion.

The experience of working with her has changed my thinking, and I now consider her work as an editor a necessary stage of assistance in completing the writing project.

My first e-mail of twenty- five queries at the end of the first chapter was alarming, but it also set the tone for work, I anticipated similar or greater numbers at every interval and because she was so well organized and focused, the task of responding was pretty painless.

When I saw the final version, I felt very pleased, because she had transformed the appearance of the text into a neat and organized entity.

I will work with her again and I recommend her highly.

Martha Isaac