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Mighty Miss: A Mississippi River Experience

July 1, 2021

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After hanging in mid-air for a split-second, our canoe drops hard. Immediate primal fears, heightened by expedition tensions and summer’s heat, grip us. We are descending out of control and into the core of a forty-foot whirlpool. The bow bends as if to be ripped asunder. Did we cheat death on Winnie’s six-foot waves in near freezing waters and survive terrifying games of chicken played by towboat operators only to go down in a peril equal to Dante’s inner circle? Mighty Miss’ edge-of-death experiences mingle with portraits of sandy beaches; a Robinson Crusoe island; magnificent sunrises; close-up encounters with loons making their evening call; slam dancing carp, lips pulsating to pass brethren mosh-pit style; and fishermen and faith-filled river people sharing intimate and uplifting stories. The ecstasy of nature’s beauties and the excitement of survival make Mighty Miss a timeless and riveting Mississippi memoir.

April Michelle Davis was selected to complete the proofread of this manuscript, the last and very important editorial step immediately before publication. Her work is precise and detailed and entailed correcting the lingering mistakes before the book was printed. Every manuscript should be proofread by a professional proofreader such as April Michelle Davis!

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Making Tracks

June 1, 2021

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Ford is to automobile what Best is to tractors. Making Tracks: C.L. Best and the Caterpillar Tractor Co. is a complete picture of Clarence Leo Best and why he was driven to live up to his name–Best. Read about the little-known history of the name behind the success of the historical California company, the Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Best’s life was varied and intriguing; designing and building tractors, raising cattle, fistfights in the boardroom, lawsuits and hostile takeovers, and mining gold were a few of the experiences that punctuate the chapters of this brilliant life. Ultimately, Best’s improvements to the track-type tractor concept allowed the Caterpillar Tractor Co. to become the world’s road builder and so much more.

This story follows Best through his life, from working for his father through starting and operating his own company to being chairman of the board for the Caterpillar Tractor Co. for twenty-six years. To complete the profile of the man as well as the entrepreneur, the authors interviewed Best’s only son and were granted access to countless family photos and records.

April Michelle Davis worked with the authors while copyediting this manuscript. She corrected grammar and punctuation but also ensured consistency in logic and facts throughout to eliminate any possible confusion the readers may have. April Michelle’s knowledge and skills as a copyeditor are reflected highly on the authors’ credibility.

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Lethal Trajectories

May 1, 2021

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The year is 2017, and a crisis of cata­strophic proportions is in the making. A conflict over oil has brought China and Japan to the brink of war — igniting a global chain reaction; the Saudi Arabian government is over­thrown by a regime using oil as an economic weapon of mass destruction to blackmail the world. The chaos is compounded by terrifying new climate change information, a floundering global economy, and a terminally ill U.S. president. All the while, a small-town pastor tries to bring unity to her community — frightened citizens of Middle America — as gas prices skyrocket, the economy craters, and lifestyles around the globe change almost overnight. The clock is ticking as the two superpowers, China and the United States, decide whether to approach this perfect storm as friends or adversaries.

Mike Conley’s Lethal Trajectories explores a terrifying what if scenario based on extensive research and current geopolitical trends and world events. The conditions are ripe, and time is running out.

April Michelle Davis proofread this manuscript in the weeks before it was sent to the printer. Proofreading provides a last review of egregious errors, such as basic grammar, punctuation, spelling, and inconsistencies, and any other errors that were inserted during the design process. April Michelle’s years of experience as a professional proofreader and as the last set of eyes helped ensure accuracy and consistency of this manuscript.

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Inside the Sell Real Estate

April 1, 2021

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When it comes to selling or buying a home, what you don’t know can hurt you. With Ivy League educations, business and legal backgrounds, and over 20 combined years’ experience as REALTORS®, authors Hans Wydler and Steve Wydler share their in-depth knowledge of what can go right – and wrong – in your real estate transaction.

By exposing the unspoken secrets of buying and selling a home, Inside the Sell Real Estate levels the playing field between consumers and real estate professionals. Chock full of details, suggestions, and information on what to look for and avoid, this book will help you identify and select a great agent so that you can net a bigger return on the sale of your home and get the best deal on your next purchase.

As the saying goes, knowledge is power, so prepare to arm yourself as Hans and Steve take you “inside the sell”!

April Michelle Davis proofread this book the week before it was sent to the printer. She ensured consistency within the manuscript to easily share the material with others.

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Hot and Heavy

March 1, 2021

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In this fun, fresh, fat-positive anthology, fat activist and sex educator Virgie Tovar brings together voices from an often-marginalized community to talk about and celebrate their lives. Hot & Heavy rejects the idea that being thin is best, instead embracing the many fabulous aspects of being fat—building fat-positive spaces, putting together fat-friendly wardrobes, turning society’s rules into personal politics, and creating supportive, inclusive communities. Writers, activists, performers, and poets—including April Flores, Alysia Angel, Charlotte Cooper, Jessica Judd, Emily Anderson, Genne Murphy, and Tigress Osborn—cover everything from fat go-go dancing to queer dating to urban gardening in their essays, exploring their experiences with the word “fat,” pinpointing particular moments that have impacted the way they think and feel about their bodies, and telling the story of how they each became fat revolutionaries.

Ground-breaking and long overdue, Hot & Heavy is a fierce, sassy, thoughtful, authentic, and joyous collection of stories about unapologetically—and unconditionally—loving the body you’re in.

April Michelle Davis copyedited this manuscript to ensure that the essays written by the various writers were all consistent with one another in grammar and style. Copyediting is an important step in building the credibility of the author, and April Michelle’s knowledge and skills ensured consistency throughout the manuscript while allowing the authors of each chapter to share from their perspective.

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Hooked on Minnesota

February 1, 2021

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Hooked On Minnesota is a valuable guide to Minnesota’s great wonders-from the bustling Mall of America to the untouched wilderness at the Boundary Waters. Dick Hill’s insights into Minnesota’s good life make this a fascinating and entertaining reading experience. For all the times you want something to do, someplace to go, somewhere to dine, picnic, swim, or fish, Hooked On Minnesota is a true gift for residents and visitors, alike. It is the ultimate Minnesota souvenir for everyone’s coffee table.

April Michelle Davis proofread this manuscript, which is the last step in the editing process before printing the manuscript. April Michelle completed this important step within the two weeks allotted by the author and publisher, and she found some egregious errors that when corrected aided in the author’s credibility.

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Hatley: History of a Central Wisconsin Village

January 1, 2021

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This 150-page book spans the history of a village within Marathon County, Wisconsin. Hatley: History of a Central Wisconsin Village includes many black-and-white photos.

April Michelle Davis was hired to copyedit this manuscript, which proved challenging because of the many names of people within these pages. She ensured the consistent spelling of those names to improve the quality of this text.

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Good Fat or Low Fat: What’s Right for Health & Weight Loss

December 1, 2020

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What’s healthier? The olive oil-rich Mediterranean Diet or the low-fat, plant-based diet followed by former president and heart patient Bill Clinton? Does the Paleo diet help answer the question of good fat versus low fat? Is high saturated fat coconut oil really healthful?

Good Fat or Low Fat provides an easy-to-understand, science-based assessment of these and other important topics in healthful eating and weight management.

“Healthful” is explored in terms of multiple factors, including weight, inflammation and oxidation, cholesterol and blood pressure, blood sugars and cognitive brain function.

The report also provides five tips for using healthy oils, plus the very important six rules for keeping good fats healthy.

April Michelle Davis copyedited this report, preparing it for publication as a health resource. She ensured consistency within the report to reflect well of the author so that the information would be shared accurately with others.

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The Full-Fat Solution

November 1, 2020

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The Full-Fat Solution is your modern-day guide for selecting healthful “full” fats for your entire family. Long gone are the days of “low-fat” yogurt, dairy, salads, snacks, and dinners. Fat is essential, and healthful fats are a must for reaching your optimal health. Healthful fats found in leafy green vegetables, nuts and seeds, Greek yogurt, cold-water fish, and expeller-pressed oils can easily be incorporated into your family’s diet. Extensive scientific research has validated the benefits of healthful fats for glowing skin, shiny hair, strong nails, flexible joints, balanced hormones, a lean body, a healthy heart, and smart children. Let Karlene Karst, R.D., author, and mother, teach you how to select and cook with the best fats, and about the science of what they are doing for your body. Within four weeks of incorporating healthful fats into each of your meals and snacks, the benefits to your health will shine from within.

April Michelle Davis proofread this book. Once she was done ensuring the consistency and ease of comprehension within the manuscript, she turned back to page 1 to examine the text to write the index for the book.

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Epigenetics in the Age of Twitter

October 1, 2020

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Epigenetics, which attempts to explain how our genes respond to our environment, is the latest twist on the historic nature vs. nurture debate. In addressing this and other controversies in contemporary science in Epigenetics in the Age of Twitter, Gerald Weissmann taps what he calls “the social network of Western Civilization,” including the many neglected women of science: from the martyred Hypatia of Alexandria, the first woman scientist, to the Nobel laureates Marie Curie, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, and Elizabeth Blackburn, among other luminaries in the field. Always instructive and often hilarious, this is a one-volume introduction to modern biology, viewed through the lens of contemporary mass media and the longer historical tradition of the Scientific Revolution. Whether engaging in the healthcare debate or imagining the future prose styling of the scientific research paper in the age of Twitter, Weissmann proves himself as an incisive cultural critic and satirist.

April Michelle Davis proofread this manuscript in the weeks before it was sent to the printer. Proofreading is usually performed on a manuscript that has already been through developmental or copyediting and has already been laid out by a designer into page proofs. It provides a last review of egregious errors, such as basic grammar, punctuation, spelling, and inconsistencies, and any other errors that were inserted during the design process. April Michelle’s experienced eye for errors and her knowledge of grammar rules lend to the success of her clients’ books, and she delights in helping to make the authors shine!

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