Client Reviews

“I have had the pleasure of working with Karla on the Proofed blog, and I am consistently impressed by her ability to interpret briefs and adhere closely to style guides while using her creativity to write engaging and interesting blog posts. Karla is a talented writer and editor who consistently delivers high-quality work that surpasses my expectations. I highly recommend her for any writing or editing project.”

– Hannah Orde, Content Manager at Proofed

I have been working with proofreaders for 20 years and I have to say that Karla, in my opinion, is the best proofreader and editor I’ve ever worked with. Her skills are exceptional and so is her ability to understand my needs. If you are looking for a proofreader or editor that cares about their work, listens to their clients and delivers on time, you will find Karla’s talents to uncover all of those small grammatical errors and typos exceptional. I look forward to working with her on another upcoming project.

– Paul Puckridge, The Success Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I had the pleasure of working with Karla when I was writing my first children’s book. She is incredibly knowledgeable, detail-oriented, and made the entire process enjoyable. I was impressed with her meticulous edits with such a fast turnaround. She took my work to the next level and turned it into something that I was proud to submit to literary agents. I am grateful for her expertise!

-Shannon Vallina, author of There’s a Bird in Your Hands!

I’m delighted to offer my full-hearted endorsement of Karla Hess and her proofreading services. Karla not only has a strong command of the English language and its rules, but also a firm grasp on what makes text appeal to a reader. Karla goes beyond the traditional polishing role of a proofreader in order to help her clients make their writing pop. If you’re looking for a real professional who understands good grammar, can ensure you have clean text, but is also willing to guide you creatively, Karla’s the absolute best.

-Heather Creekmore, author of Compared to Who? and The Burden of Better

I engaged the writing and editing services of Karla Hess for needs I had for both my business and for a community-focussed roundtable group. I have such praise for Karla! In each case, she focussed my haphazard ideas into concise, clear and accurate writing that was perfect for the market I was attempting to capture—all within our agreed timeframe. I was struck by Karla’s careful listening and her knowledge of how best to connect with my respective audiences.

When it came to the community group, I was attempting to summarise literature from both American and Australian academics, and Karla was particularly mindful and conscientious about differences in these dialects; she localised language seamlessly. I was previously at a loss and overwhelmed on how to deliver information to the diverse community group. Enter Karla! Through being detail oriented and respectful of the written message, she provided me with the confidence to know that my messaging was clear, structured, authentic, and would engage my audience successfully.

I will continue to use Karla again for her writing and editing wizardry! I cannot recommend her more highly.

–Holly Bidwell (Morpeth, NSW, Australia)