Writing, Editing & Consulting
Nicole Zickefoose
Providing writing, editing, and consulting services - connecting your message to the right audience to make a powerful impact.
Providing writing, editing, and consulting services - connecting your message to the right audience to make a powerful impact.
My Story
I loved digging into literature and writing classes in college. During my MA, I focused on Plains authors with stories that bore a shared experience to my Iowa farm-girl roots.
My favorite punctuation marks are the em dash and the semicolon, and I have a strong aversion to passive-voice sentence construction. In my free time, I love to read and play Words with Friends (nerdy, I know). When the Minnesota weather allows, I run with my dog - an English Coonhound, Tucker; I taught him the “no bark” command, which means that I have incredible superpowers. (If you have a hound, you’ll get that.)
I would love to talk about the details of your project. Learn more about me here.
Offering writing services to clients, including resumes/cover letters, grant proposals/RFPs, and follow-up reports.
Offering editing services for projects, including thesis/dissertations, manuscripts and books, and presentations.
Offering consulting services to help your business define a content process flow or delve into fundraising with an expanded grant portfolio.
An editor, versus an online text editor, is a better choice if you want the ability to ask questions and receive specific feedback about your content. I wrote a blog post about working with an editor; check it out here.
“Nicole has provided editing and technical writing services to our company for more than two years. She has a keen attention to detail, as well as a knack for clear and concise language, but does not lose sight of the big picture. We certainly plan to continue leveraging her skills well into the future.”
- Nate Thompson, PhD, VP of Psychometrics at Assessment Systems
“Nicole has been offering her services to faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students at the Durham School and we have been extremely happy with the feedback she provides. She is consistently comprehensive and thorough when providing feedback.”
Melissa Hoffman, PhD, Associate Director of Operations at the University of Nebraska, College of Engineering
“Working with Nicole for the past few years, MICC has significantly enhanced our grant proposals and increased the number of corporate and foundation funders. Collaborating with members of our organization, Nicole ensures our proposals represent the needs of our community and the impact of the funding on our mission. Nicole is more than a grant writer, she is a key member of our development team.”
- Ben, Director of Development at Minnesota Independence College & Community