Louise Julig

Current

Copyeditor at Smooth Jazz News
Freelance writer at San Diego Family Magazine
Freelance writer and copyeditor at Louise Julig Writing and Editing

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Past

Writer and copyeditor at Surf City Times
Adjunct Professor at University of San Diego
Engineer at SPAWAR

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Education

University of California, San Diego
Georgia Institute of Technology
Clark High School

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Writing and Editing

Louise Julig’s Summary

Crafting a clean, concise, well-written piece that’s a perfect fit for its audience gets me jazzed; I aim to always give readers a memorable story while leaving the writing transparent. I love talking with people to find out what makes them tick, discovering what’s interesting about every place I go and spreading the word about good things in my community and beyond.

My professional ethic is to deliver clean copy on time and to give the same attention to detail to every piece, from short blurbs to in-depth features. I also have an obsession with hunting down and eliminating grammar, punctuation and usage errors and rewording confusing copy. I love making editors' jobs easier and giving clients exactly what they need—even if they can’t fully describe what that is just yet.

I'm interested in writing for print and online periodicals, business clients needing letters, articles, brochures,web material or copyediting, and am available for guest blogging.

I'm active on Twitter (@ThoughtsHappen) and here on LinkedIn. I also publish a personal blog called Thoughts Happen, at www.thoughtshappen.net.

Louise Julig’s Specialties:

Business writing and periodical articles tailored in content and tone for the target audience, extremely clean copy with no grammar or spelling errors, and editing that retains the tone and intent of the author while improving readability. I specialize in profiles, arts and culture pieces, local interest and business material.

Louise Julig’s Experience

Copyeditor

Smooth Jazz News

(Entertainment industry)

November 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

I copyedit magazine content from raw articles to full layouts for correct grammar, punctuation, and consistent style as well as pagination and the myriad of details that need checking on a magazine.
Freelance writer

San Diego Family Magazine

(Writing and Editing industry)

April 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)

I have written over two dozen articles on topics such as the arts (dance, Hawaiian culture), health (are your kids getting enough calcium?), schools (start a book exchange), travel (California's misisons) and more.
Freelance writer and copyeditor

Louise Julig Writing and Editing

(Writing and Editing industry)

August 1997 — Present (12 years 5 months)

I specialize in profiles, regional (So Cal) interest, family topics, travel, the arts and the environment. I have been published in AAA Westways, San Diego Family, Encinitas Magazine, Western New York Family and ComputorEdge, among others. I also do freelance business writing and copyediting
Writer and copyeditor

Surf City Times

(Newspapers industry)

September 2004 — June 2005 (10 months)

I was a copyeditor and regular contributor to the now-defunct biweekly Encinitas newspaper Surf City Times.
Adjunct Professor

University of San Diego

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2001 — May 2004 (2 years 9 months)

Taught Engineering Communications technical writing course to senior engineering students for four semesters at USD
Engineer

SPAWAR

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

February 1991 — June 1998 (7 years 5 months)

I designed and developed software for auditory and visual perception experiments used in testing displays for Navy systems. Worked with 3-D audio equipment (Crystal River Convolvotron), LabVIEW software, MATLAB and MathCad, as well as programmed Macintosh computers in C.

Louise Julig’s Education

University of California, San Diego

MSECE , Electrical and Computer Engineering , 1993 — 1995
Georgia Institute of Technology

BSEE , Electrical Engineering , 1985 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Society of Women Engineers, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, Co-op program, Glenn Hall, Area II
Clark High School

1982 — 1985

Additional Information

Louise Julig’s Interests:

writing, running, tennis, meditation, volunteering at school and community (Newsletter editor, Author Day coordinator, Running Club coordinator, PTA historian, Playground Partners volunteer, classroom volunteer, Girl Scout Troop Treasurer)