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Hours: 80 192
Assignments: 11 17

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Location:
Winchester, United States (GMT-05:00)
English Skills: (self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
September 12, 2007
Last Worked:
October 24, 2008
oDesk Ready:  
Yes
 
 
 
 

Dave Robinson - "Putting your ideas into words" Dave Robinson, writer and editor - Freelance Technical Writer, United States

I put your ideas into words. A writer writes, and a professional writer writes with the client in mind. I've written professionally for years in many fields from the technical to the imaginative. Whether I'm writing or editing an e-book, creating a manual, revising or ghostwriting your novel, or even posting to a blog I keep one thing in mind: Presenting your ideas to the reader. My job is to write transparently; to use words so that the reader only notices what I'm saying, not how I'm...
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Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
68922 12/2008 - Present $600 writer $222 (fixed-price)
50781 07/2008 - Present Blog and Article wrtier $42 (3 hrs @ $16.67)
30915 03/2008 - Present Documentation for new Product $67 (4 hrs @ $16.67)
31577 06/2008 - Present content writer $525 (32 hrs @ $16.67)
6441 07/2008 - Present Technical Writer $263 (12 hrs @ $22.22)
See All Tests Taken (6 items)
oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
English Test (Sentence Structure) 5.00 99% TOP 10% 1st Place! 04/17/2008 11 min
Call Center Skills Test 4.00 98% TOP 10% 09/27/2007 13 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification 4.10 97% TOP 10% 04/17/2008 19 min
MS Word 2007 Test 3.80 97% TOP 10% 03/04/2008 42 min
Windows XP Test 4.50 95% TOP 10% 09/27/2007 6 min
Job Category Interests

Writing
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
Writing - Editing and Revising 5 yrs 5.0 2008 I can take your words and polish them to better reflect your thoughts, using my skills as a conduit for your ideas.
Writing - Fiction 10 yrs 4.0 2008 I not only write original fiction but I am also a professional ghostwriter.
Writing - Non Fiction 5 yrs 5.0 2008 I am experienced in writing opinion, research, and sales pitches.
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
No Certifications
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
08/2004 05/2007 West Teleservices Team Lead / Team Lead I worked as a Call Center Team Lead as well as front line call agent on both the international and resolution desks.

Skills:
Call Handling
Problem Resolution
Defusing Customers
Bill Analysis
Quality Evaluation of other people's calls
01/2006 06/2006 Falcon Software System Administrator / Independent Contributor Falcon Software is a web development company in Victoria BC.  I was responsible for maintaining, upgrading and monitoring both desktop computers and servers.

Responsibilities included:
Software installs
Website transfers from one server to another
Hardware repair and upgrades.
06/2003 10/2003 Fictionauts Fiction Editor / Independent Contributor As Fiction Editor at Fictionauts, my duties involved vetting and editing submissions as well as selecting stories for inclusion in the web magazine.

I was also involved in communicating with contributors, accepting and rejecting submissions as well as advising of possible changes they could make to stories that would better fit them for acceptance.
Other Experience
Writing
In October of 2006 I took a Master Class in fiction writing in Vancouver BC.
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
No Education
  • Project Title: Short Story - Oh Hell
  • Attachment: Short Story - Oh Hell.doc - 32.5KB
  • Completed: 08/05/2008
  • Category: Writing > Other - Writing
  • URL: none
  • Description: This is a short story I wrote which grew out of a writing exercise at the 2006 Master Class on writing genre fiction at V-Con in Vancouver BC.  The purpose of the exercise was to illustrate character and setting through active description and the opening was very well received by the instructors who included Barbara Hambly, Alma Alexander, and Matt Hughes.

    Enjoy.
  • Project Title: Editing an eBook
  • Attachment: Editing_Sample.doc - 26.5KB
  • Completed: 04/17/2008
  • Category: Writing > Copywriting / Editing
  • URL: none
  • Description: I polished and edited an eBook for publication.  Here is a sample showing the kind of edits I made to improve the flow and general readability of the original.
  • Project Title: Sample Blog Post
  • Attachment: Making_Money_Pajamas.doc - 29KB
  • Completed: 04/17/2008
  • Category: Writing > Blog / Article Writing
  • URL: none
  • Description: This is one of the posts I made on a blog called "oDeskinsider" which can be found here.
  • Project Title: Writing an eBook on Bad Breath
  • Attachment: eBook_Excerpt.doc - 26.5KB
  • Completed: 03/04/2008
  • Category: Writing > Other - Writing
  • URL: none
  • Description: This is the opening for an eBook I wrote on the subject of Bad Breath and various remedies.  The book itself came to 50 pages or 15,000 words.
Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
50781 07/2008 - Present Blog and Article wrtier $42 (3 hrs @ $16.67)
30915 03/2008 - Present Documentation for new Product $67 (4 hrs @ $16.67)
31577 06/2008 - Present content writer $525 (32 hrs @ $16.67)
6441 07/2008 - Present Technical Writer $263 (12 hrs @ $22.22)
42846 08/2008 - Present Entertainment Writing / Ghost Writing $744 (30 hrs @ $22.22)
28480 05/2008 - 08/2008 Informal-yet-informative blogger to write about freelancing/outsourcing $481 (29 hrs @ $16.67)
49054 08/2008 - 08/2008 Web Writer - Marketing Expert $41 (2 hrs @ $22.22)
53709 08/2008 - 08/2008 Adult Dating Niche Blog Articles $107 (5 hrs @ $22.22)
14893 07/2008 - 07/2008 iPhone Web Developer (NOT SDK App developer) $59 (3 hrs @ $22.22)
49222 07/2008 - 07/2008 Website Copy Writer $33 (2 hrs @ $16.67)
28480 04/2008 - 04/2008 Editor/copy editor with quick turn-around needed for ebook $461 (28 hrs @ $16.67)
28480 02/2008 - 03/2008 Informal-yet-informative blogger to write about freelancing/outsourcing $258 (23 hrs @ $11.12)
28480 01/2008 - 02/2008 Informal-yet-informative blogger to write about freelancing/outsourcing $120 (11 hrs @ $11.11)