Carpenter Doc is hitting the road and heading to our home-away-from-home in Florida until July 7. We’ll still be working, but our e-mail response time will be slightly slower. So, please be patient!
As always, you can contact us here or e-mail barbie@carpenterdoc.com.
This week marked our busiest week in nearly two years at Carpenter Doc! We worked with seven UCF Doctor of Nursing Practice students, helping edit and format their theses before today’s thesis submission deadline. Whew! Although we’ll continue to work with them after they defend and revise their documents, today’s deadline is a milestone for these upcoming summer graduates.
We work with many UCF graduate students since Orlando is our home, even though we’re in Lexington now. Here is a helpful link from UCF that guides graduate students when writing their thesis or dissertation: Formatting the ETD.
New clients often ask, “How long will it take you to edit my document?”
Although the answer varies depending on our workload, we can assure you that we’ll return your edited document in seven days or less. Needless to say, the longer the document and more intensive the edit, the longer the turnaround time. While we can often turn around short documents in 24 hours, we cannot guarantee a 24-hour turnaround on longer documents like research papers and dissertations.
We realize that your document must meet a deadline (and often a tight deadline if you’re a student), so we’ll work with your schedule. As we tell all of our clients, the earlier you can send us your document, the better. If you’re working on a multi-chapter document, consider sending us your chapters as you complete them, which will expedite the editing process.
So, while it is unrealistic to ask for a thorough, comprehensive edit for a lengthy document in 24 hours, we’re committed to helping you meet your deadline. But, please keep in mind that comprehensive editing is an intensive process, and we’re not willing to sacrifice the quality of the edit for speed. We simply would not be comfortable putting our seal of approval on a document (and charging you for the work) if we don’t have time to thoroughly edit it.
The end of the semester is always a busy time for Carpenter Doc, and the Spring 2010 semester has been no exception. In the last few weeks, we’ve edited eight dissertations and theses from students at a number of schools. Now, that the semester is winding down, and we have a little breathing room, we’ll get back to our regular blog posts!
If you’re graduating this summer and need an editor for your thesis or dissertation, contact us today!
Congratulations to our clients who are graduating in the coming weeks!
A large portion of our business (and one that we greatly enjoy) is working with graduate students on their theses and dissertations. Often, we receive inquiries from students who want to know what we can do for them. Here are just some of the services we offer for graduate students:
Grad students often feel rushed as they approach their defense deadline, which can leave little time for editing. Let us work with you from the beginning of your writing process, and we can edit your chapters as you finish them. Not only does this schedule allow you ample time for revision—it also improves your writing, allowing us to pinpoint common errors early in the writing process, saving you revision time.
So, whether you’re defending in a few weeks or a few months, contact us about how we can help. Professors at the University of Central Florida and Barry University encourage their students to use our service, which shows just how beneficial it can be!
Carpenter Doc is excited to debut our new website, and we want to take a moment to guide our clients and visitors through the new site. Check out some of our new features:
After years of working with clients across all disciplines, we’ve collected testimonials from past clients to illustrate the benefit of using an editor. Many thanks to those clients who offered their testimonials! If you’re a past client who wants to be featured on our site, simply e-mail Barbie today.
Get to know your editor better on our expanded About Us page. Our site now features a detailed biography of Barbie Carpenter, showing her broad editing experience.
Since we first launched our website in August 2008, we’ve expanded our editing abilities and edited a wider range of documentation. Our new contact form includes more document choices in an easy-to-use drop-down menu.
As you can see, our blog has a new look as well – one that is easier for you to read and search. Collapse the posts for an overview of our recent blog updates.
We hope you enjoy our new site! Thanks to our web designer, Drew Barontini, who has worked on this site for many months.
Barbie serves as a copy editor for Demand Media, which produces a variety of websites, including eHow, the web’s leading resource for how-to articles. Today, she is the company’s featured editor.
Check it out to learn more about your editor: Why Demand Media Works For Me
With another year—and semester—coming to a close, the team at Carpenter Document Consulting wants to thank our clients and wish all of you a happy holiday season. 2009 was an exciting year for us, as we worked with more clients than ever, including many doctoral students, professors, and business professionals. We look forward to continuing to work with our loyal clients and building our client base in the coming year. After the new year, Carpenter Doc will debut a redesigned website with more news and features for our clients to enjoy.
For those of you wrapping up end-of-the-semester projects and papers, we’re here to help. For the rest of 2009, we’re offering 20% off all projects. Contact us today!
Happy holidays!
It’s hard to believe that the fall semester is winding down! The holidays are just around the corner, and students are furiously writing their final papers and preparing for finals.
Carpenter Doc is ready to help! Until the end of the year, we are offering discounted rates for students. Let us help you with your final papers for the semester — make the last paper your best! Here are a few of the specials we’re running right now:
Contact us today for these special rates! Remember, if you write it, we can edit it!
Carpenter Document Consulting is growing, and we are making our mark on the Internet. In addition to our blog, Carpenter Doc also has a Twitter and Facebook account, which we update regularly. Here, we discuss the latest trends in writing, editing, and style and keep our clients updated on company news. Check out these sites, and follow us!