In 2001, I moved to the Missouri Ozarks to a little cottage in the Mark Twain National Forest. I came with my three dogs, two cats, a 24-foot U-Haul, and a dream—to become a writer. With dedication and hard work, I can say, “I made it!” The journey to get here includes passing Long Ridge Writers Group, Breaking into Print course, a membership into the National Books Critics Circle, and an undergraduate program at Southern New Hampshire University—for which I am still enrolled (2014). I plan to continue through to my master’s degree in creative writing/fiction. Last year, I was invited to join Alpha Sigma Lambda. This year I was honored by being chosen to join Sigma Alpha Pi’s National Leadership Society and Sigma Tau Delta. I also won a ProWritingAid writing contest for a free lifetime license for their editing software.
May 2014—My latest achievement was being accepted into the Southern New Hampshire University’s Millyard Creative department where I am writing for their website Be a Social Entrepreneur for a four-month period and editing their students’ success stories. (Be a Social Entrepreneur has since been retired.)
Now that the internship is finished with Southern New Hampshire University, I’m going to further my freelance career by editing and writing both fiction and non-fiction stories. So, stick around, and see what I come up with next.
December 2015— The bachelor’s is under my belt. The new journey begins in the master’s program at SNHU in creative writing and English.
December 2018—I have completed my master’s in creative writing and English, and what I have learned throughout this very long educational journey is that I enjoy editing much more than I do writing.
2019 to Present—I have been editing off and on since 2014. In 2017, I joined Upwork.com where I am a top-rated editor, focusing on academic work: dissertations, capstones, journal articles, etc. I also edit for businesses, novelists, authors of nonfiction, and whatever else falls across my keyboard.
You can find me at https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/dianewalters4.
I am currently a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA).
Reviews
Pamme Boutselis—Supervisor at Southern New Hampshire University
“Diane Walters is the rare individual, who has a knack for creative ideas and unbelievably close attention to detail. She’s an excellent writer and editor, and is quite comfortable in providing proactive outreach for valuable source material for her writing.
Diane’s compassion is evident in the words she writes. She not only empathizes with the subjects she writes about, but also provides a fully fleshed portrait so others may connect and relate too.
She is a professional. She understands the importance of deadlines, of adhering to the needs of a client and writes without ego, focused on delivering a finish product that resonates with the reader. She ‘gets’ the value of words, and the way they interact to present the most compelling messaging.
What’s particularly great is that Diane values her ability to write and edit, and never forgets the pleasure it brings to her personally. Quite simply, she loves what she does and it shows.”
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Diane Walters - Writer 