Paul
T. Richard
Communication
Development Services
Writing and Editing
Since 1988, my writing and editing work has covered a broad range of subject matter and genres including technical writing and editing for social sciences, scientific research, wilderness recreation, travel writing, creative writing, essays, creative non-fiction, poetry, news reporting, advertising copywriting. Grantwriting has been a large part of my activities for several years, as welI.
I have researched and written on many subjects for newspaper and magazine articles, such as community development, environmental issues and community quality of life issues, land use and public land use and recreation, timber economies and tourism.
I can provide you and your project such services as simple as copyediting and proofreading and as complex and abstract as organizing your argument for the greatest impact. I can help you identify your audience and prepare a profile. This could include demographic research, analysis of spending patterns, for example. Oh, and don't forget the staples: news releases, news briefs, ad copy, etc.
Since about 2004, I have worked with several non-native English speakers in producing scientific research results and findings for publication in peer-review journals. Most are chemists and atmospheric scientists from China, Japan, India, Thailand, as well as the United States. If you are a researcher, or a graduate or post-doctoral student writing a thesis or dissertation I can help you imporve your English writing, thus makign your papers more marketable and more effective in contributing to you field of study.
Email me about your project, describe to me your challenge and we can go from there.
Most recently, i have been involved in writing about taijiquan, or tai chi, as it is widely known. Since I have practiced Chinese internal martial arts for about 10 years, it is a natural move to write about.
If you are also writing about martial arts, email me to help you develop a stronger product. As your editor I know I can.
To contact me, send an email with the following text in the subject line: Communication Development Services. Please don't send attachments. Briefly describe your needs and tell me how to get in touch with you. Of course you can always contact me at your convenience.
Current Projects
- Online editor of Taijiquan Waking Dragon Journal for http://www.durangotaichi.com & World Association of Chinese Internal Martial Arts (under development).
- Technical Editor, Atmospheric Aerosol Quaterly Review. Taiwan, Japan, and the United States
- Copyeditor, PhD. Dissertation in Neuroscience and cell therapy research (stem cells), University of Southern California.
Selected Past Projects.
Proposal, Grants, Contracts
- US Environmental Protection Agency, $15,000, Carbon Emissions Characterizations and Inventory Workshop, April 2006 (grant & contract received).
- National Science Foundation, $35,000, International State of the Science Workshop on Organic Speciation in Atmospheric Aerosols Research, April 2004 (received).
- US EPA, $20,000, International State of the Science Workshop on Organic Speciation in Atmospheric Aerosols Research, April 2004 (received).
- Western Governors Association, $10,000, Western Regional Air Partnership, Winter 2003 (received).
- Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, & Nat’l Exposure Research Lab, $20,000, Fall ’02 (received).
- National Science Foundation, $35,000, Carbonaceous Aerosols Workshop Series, June 2002 (received).
- Colorado State Historical Fund. Inventory and Plan to Preserve Historic and Traditional Places on the San Juan National Forest, Jan. 2001 (received).
- Four Corners Sustainable Forests Partnership. Assessment and Evaluation of Community and Forest Restoration Grant Recipients. Two separate proposals for the years 2000, 2001 (received).
- Redd Center, Brigham Young University. Southwest Seminars. March, 2001 (received).
- USDA Forest Service, San Juan National Forest. Public involvement in the revision of the Forest Plan. Several years on-going through 2004-05.
- USDA Forest Service, San Juan National Forest. Social Assessment of Communities affected by national forest planning in southwest Colorado. 2000-01.
- USDA Forest Service, Region 2. Recreation Strategy (A facilitation & publication contract. Research, write, edit, and revise).
- BLM San Juan Resource Area, Colorado. Alpine Loop Cooperative Management Strategy. Public involvement and data gathering project.