Editor, wordsmith, and consultant for hire.

Need some help with words? Poke around!
There are many words here to choose from.

Here's one: xenodochy.

 

 

Rita O'Connell: Doer of Things

I do many things for a variety of clients. My specialties are listed below, but I'll be honest, I'm generally pretty useful and very happy to help you with the things you need help with. Just ask!

That said, here are the areas in which I have quantifiable professional and/or academic experience:

Writing and Editing

So you have something brilliant to say, but need a little help saying it in the most sparkling and economical fashion? With experience creating and editing copy for

• Grants
• Websites & blogs
• Social media
• Advertising & marketing
• Speeches
• Resumes
• Theses
• White papers
• Manuscripts (of all shapes and sizes)
      and even
• Greeting cards, 

I'm here to help you say what you want to say, even if you didn't know you wanted to say it.

Communications Consultation

I offer affordable consultations for individuals and organizations who want to reinvigorate their communications and outreach efforts. Whether you communicate in person, online, or on good old-fashioned paper, we'll work together to share your brilliant work with the world.

Developing a new program? I'll help you work out the details. Starting a new marketing campaign? Let's finesse the words together. Doing so much research your eyes are starting to cross? I quite sincerely love to read long academic papers, and tell you which parts YOU need to read. Writing a book/poem/card/letter/facebook status? Whether it's sincere, pointed, or hilarious that you're aiming for, I can help you strike exactly the tone you want.

With many years of experience managing professional theaters and organizing large events, I'm also quite good at helping you plan and execute outstanding events.

I specialize in providing services to nonprofit organizations, but will gladly consider multi-million-dollar corporate contracts as well.

  

 

Contact Rita@RitaOConnell.com,
and we'll get started today.

 

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Here's what people are saying:

  
"Thank you for a fantastic copyedit!"
– Tom Claffey, author, Searching for C.W. McCall

"Before working with Rita, I was too tall, awkward-looking, and incredibly loud. After working with Rita, I was still too tall, awkward-looking, and incredibly loud – but with an expertly-edited Master's thesis!"
– Jesse O'Connell, unbiased older brother

“I was the midwife for Rita’s birth. She was a colicky baby, but damnit could she collaborate well with others.”
– Caroline Azano, Education Director at Trinity Repertory Theater   

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coming soon: links and stuff!

 

GRANTS

I have written, co-written, and edited grant proposals to federal agencies (e.g. HRSA, ORHP, NEA, USDA), state agencies (NM CYFD, New Mexico Arts, NM Department of Health), and local agencies & private foundations (Kresge, McGaw, the Rural Policy Action Partnership, Taos Community Foundation), just to name-drop a few.

 

ARTICLES AND SUCH

A small sampling of recent articles.

 

MARKETING: PRINT AND RADIO COPY

With Gizmo Productions, we've been getting out the word about Holy Cross Hospital's great local health care.

 

PRESS RELEASES

Whether trying to drive traffic to your website or to an event, an old-fashioned press release is often the way to go.

 

RESUMES

"Will work for money."

 

  

CLIENTS INCLUDE 

• Holy Cross Hospital (Taos)
• The Wisdom 2.0 Conference
• Taos Portraits
• The Society of the Muse of the Southwest
• Gizmo Productions Web Design
• The Paso a Paso Network
• Independent authors & graduate students

 

Hoping to hire me to work on something that you don't see here? Just email me – there's plenty more where this came from!