Experience
Jean Femia has 16 years of experience in all levels of edit, from proofreading to full content edits. She has worked with many writers, including non-native English writers, in a variety of fields.
As the sole editor for a software technical documentation department, she established writing standards for the department and edited the work of up to eleven writers. She currently edits and writes technical, marketing, engineering, and business documents; she also edits fiction and non-fiction.
Jean Femia holds a Certificate in Technical and Scientific Writing from San Diego State University (SDSU) and both a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). She is a Senior Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC).
Here are just a few examples of works Jean has edited:
Understanding Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs) in Industrial Automation, a white paper for Opto 22, 2006. Available online at http://www.opto22.com/site/documents/drilldown.aspx?aid=2813.
Renaissance Instructional Management System, a seven-volume set of software user's guides created by four writers, 1993. Winner in the Society for Technical Communication's International Technical Publications Competition.
High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes Assessment Study conducted by Dr. Janusz Supernak, San Diego State University Civil Engineering Department, 1991.
Bridges for Healing: Integrating Family Therapy and Psychopharmacology by Roy Resnikoff, M.D., a book published by Brunner-Routledge, Philadelphia, 2001.
SNAP Ethernet I/O, a marketing brochure, 2001. Winner in the Society for Technical Communication's International Technical Publications Competition.
"Somewhere Over Near Rainbow," a short story by Mary Putnam. Winner in the 2006 Erle Stanley Gardner Short Story Mystery Writing Contest.
What We Do and SNAP Applications, online technical demonstrations, 2005. Available online at http://www.opto22.com/site/le_demos_demo1.aspx and http://www.opto22.com/site/le_demos_demo2.aspx.
"Automating the Physical World with Linux" by Bryce Nakatani, a series of three articles published in Embedded Linux Journal, May/June 2001, July/August 2001, and September/October 2001.
"Personality Disorders: Combined Couples Therapy and Pharmacotherapy" by Roy Resnikoff, M.D., published in Directions in Psychiatry, vol. 23 by The Hatherleigh Company, New York, 2003.
A+dvantage 1.1 Step-by-Step Guide, a software user's guide, 1997. Winner in the Society for Technical Communication's International Technical Publications Competition.
Sweet Little Lies, a novel by David Putnam, 2004, unpublished.
