What’s It Like To Work With real/brilliant?
Expected Results
When you work with us, you can expect high-quality copyediting and a strict adherence to the parameters of the project, including meeting or beating every deadline (often by as much as 30%), masterful interpretation of a house style guide, and absolute respect for the integrity of the writing.
When you work with us, you get a diversified background, with experience in a variety of subjects, including biography, business, current events, economics, fashion, history, medicine, politics, psych, social sciences, religion, and world affairs. You can assign a myriad of books to us, because we’ve got the experience. We’re the go-to editor for many projects that need rescuing.
When you work with us, you enjoy our specialized training in many publishing programs, including Acrobat 9 Professional (PDF), FileMaker Pro 7, Word 2008, and InCopy. real/brilliant can handle multiple projects at a time and will work with you to ensure that your deadline gets met every time.
When you work with us, you can rely on getting our highest standards for your projects. Our goal is to excel in our work and we endeavor to make your press look good. We esteem our client’s reputations higher than even our own, because our reputation is only as good as your success. And we do this time and time again.
When you work with us, you can rely on accessible, dependable freelance support for your tightest crunch time and deadline. If you need a hand, we promise a seamless experience from in-house to outsource. Your results will be struggle-resistant and on target.
Guiding Beliefs or Values
High quality and high standards are not optional. There is never a time when these requirements are not applied to my clients’ projects. And our clients pay happily for these without complaint.
A love for words guarantees top-notch results. There are many editors who want to sit in a room of dictionaries and argue usage until they are blue in the face. We don’t work this way. If there’s a better word, we pick it, but we don’t waste your time seeking the perfect word; we can find something that works just as well to keep the words flowing.
Experience is worth its weight in gold. We’re voracious readers, copyediting and proofreading well over 350 books in our 14 years. We’ve even written a few. We know books inside and out.
Confidence and competence work hand in hand. Even if we aren’t sure of a solution, we know exactly where to go to find it. Instead of trusting everything in print, we go look it up to make sure. We don’t know everything; we just doubt everything.
On time and on target every time. Deadlines are very important to us and we strive to beat them if possible, knowing that last-minute changes always occur. We work to find the best possible editing solution for your project and then we work that solution to make meeting your deadline the last thing you need to worry about.
Our Approach
We’re above all flexible. Different clients need different things. One size does not fit all. By looking at our service page, you can see that we have a variety of service modules that address a wide variety of issues. We approach each project with the same attitude. We manage the project to produce the sustainable results for your company with the least amount of struggle.Quick response is guaranteed. Nothing is more frustrating when you’re working with a copyeditor who will not answer their phone or return emails. We don’t just try to be responsive through every stage of the project, we guarantee your calls and emails will be returned in four hours or less.
Our Uniqueness
When you’re looking for a copyeditor or proofreading professional these days, there are a lot to choose from. What makes us different from any other copyediting or proofreading professionals or other editorial services firms?
We think the difference lies in our 14 years of experience. We've edited, writen, and researched many different kinds of publications: books, journals, magazines, web sites, marketing materials. We don’t demand that we only work on hard copy or only with Word's Track Changes. We can handle a variety of mediums for your edit, even if you just fax us something for a quick turnaround. We utilize many technological tools to make our jobs easier and we study industry publications and specialized newsletters to keep up on publishing trends. We can suggest new ideas and strategies for your own production department. We’re consummate professionals and our clients respect that and often utilize our vast experience on a regular basis.
Now that you have a better idea about the results you can expect by working with us, along with our approach and philosophy of working with clients, check out our Services page to learn about the specific services and programs we offer.