dot the i’s and cross the t’s (idiom):
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to take care of every detail, even minor ones
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to be thorough and precise
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complete the task while paying attention to the details
Here are some things clients have shared about working together:
"Tara Solomon, thank you for all the copyedits, proofreading, and suggestions that improved this book."
Dr. Natalia Zhikhareva
"Tara is a fantastic developmental editor and proofreader. She is thorough, patient and insightful; a pleasure to work with. Her expertise and encouragement throughout this whole process has done wonders for me."
G. Anthony Birkenhead
"Thank you to my editor, Tara, for her clear voice, editing expertise, and for assisting me with my vision and voice as an author."
Deborah Provencher
"Awesome work! Tara was punctual, professional, and very thorough when proofreading the print-ready files to make sure they matched the proofread Word document and were ready for publishing. I highly recommend her proofreading service." —Shamirrah Hill
"I would like to acknowledge the fine work done by the editor of this book, Tara Solomon. She has been most helpful! She has made the book look very professionally done from first to last page, including the book cover. Thank you, Tara, for guiding me on this exciting journey!!" —Colin Eckstrand
"I am so pleased with the editing work done on my book and thoroughly impressed by your meticulousness. In particular, the effort you went to ensuring all the details, including street names, dates, etc. were all correct. Thank you!" —M.E.
"I knew my book was full of spelling mistakes when I sent it to Tara, but wow! She caught every other mistake I didn’t know I made. I’m so glad she worked on my book!" —Laura Henning
"I gave my memoir manuscript to Tara after a friend had some work edited by her. He spoke so highly of her kindness in guiding him along, that I thought she could do the same for me. Not a minute have I regretted that decision. She makes it so simple and comfortable and it felt wonderful to read my book. My friends and family love the stories of my life. I couldn’t have done it without Tara’s help during this process." —Ellen
"She definitely knows how to spot the errors! My business had some issues with a manual that had been translated badly and Tara corrected all of them so that the manuals are now actually useful." —Amrik M.
Here are a few of the books I've had the privilege to work on:
Other work includes: