1959-1965: Alumnus of UPCA,
now UP Los Baños (BSA major in Ag Edu, Civil Service Professional).
1975-1981: Typewriter-based Writer
and Editor In Chief of the technical
journal Sylvatrop of FORI (now
ERDB) of PH Department of Environment & Natural Resources.
2007-2014: Digital Writer From Home (WFH) for the India-based ICRISAT.
2019-2022: Digital WFH for the PH Department of Agriculture under Secretary William Dar.
No, you did not know that I am self-taught when it
comes to writing, editing and desktop publishing whether it’s popular or
technical in language. And yes, I began my mastery of English grammar and
composition in high school yet, in the early 1950s, or 60+ years ago.
In terms of technical edits, I began in 1975 at the Forest Research Institute (FORI) where I
became the founder & Editor In Chief of the monthly newsletter Canopy, quarterly technical journal Sylvatrop, and quarterly color magazine Habitat.
1959-84:
Typewriter Days.
1985: I began teaching myself digital skills.
You can do much if you have the attitude and aptitude. Note:
I was self-taught in writing and editing. My FORI days happened during what I call the Era of Dinosaurs – heavy-duty large
typewriters. What about quality of editing? Know that Canopy made FORI
well-known at UP Los Baños where it was based, and among American and European
forestry agencies through exchange publications, And because of Canopy, the
maiden issue of Sylvatrop already had a foreigner (from the University of
Ibadan) contributing a paper, on forest products.
Between my FORI years and today, I have edited countless BS
and Masteral theses, and PhD dissertations in Agriculture and related fields,
mostly from UP Los Baños.
I taught myself my digital skills for writing, editing, up
to and including desktop publishing (DTP). I often joke, seriously, that I must
be an excellent teacher because I taught myself who became excellent in his
writing, editing & DTP works!
If you look at the bottom image, that is a
picture of how & why I enjoy my writing, editing & DTP works – I have 2
monitors, the external & bigger monitor for editing, the laptop & smaller
monitor for viewing whatever, to entertain or inform me further. How can I
lose?
About the top image, ANN says, “The Top 10 Online Thesis
Editing And Proofreading Services” (Author Not Named, 14 May 2021, TrueEditors, trueeditors.com);
here’s a quote:
Even the most serious
students get chills when it comes to writing their [theses]. Temperatures will [rise]
high after having to work on a [manuscript] that will eventually be accountable
for the “partial completion” of your degree. [For better results], you must
submit your thesis to a professional thesis editing service [first].
Notice
the 5 [brackets] above? I Filipino edited the American editor! A digital one-man
band, I offer a complete set of editing & proofreading services. PM me on
Facebook for my email.@517
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