What They Say
Clients of Valarie Morris, President of Arroyo Writing, tell you about their experiences working with Valarie Morris on various types of documents.
Scientific Proposals
User Manuals for Radiation Therapy
BioWatch Software Documents
Manuals for Banks
Tutorial for College Campus
Scientific Proposals
"I particularly want to thank Valarie for her dedicated technical editing work. She is among the best editors I have ever worked with for so many years. I consider that I am lucky to have Valarie helped me. Many thanks Valarie!"
Yixiang Duan, Principal Investigator
Ph. D. Analytical Chemist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
"I want to let you know how valuable Valarie has been to our proposal writing effort. After Valarie's initial edit and rewording of the proposal, I knew we had a chance. Every iteration has significantly improved the document. I wanted to make sure that you knew we couldn't have done it without Valarie's help. I was hoping that she could help with another."
Kevin Mitchell, Project Leader
Ph. D. Physicist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
User Manuals for Radiation Therapy
"Valarie not only produced the highest quality documentation, she was a pleasure to work with as well. Valarie's dedication to getting the work done, on time and accurately, is second to none. She was absolutely determined in ensuring that she received the information needed from the many different, often difficult to get hold of, subject matter experts.
Valarie is excellent with respect to time management and prioritizing her activities to meet even the most unreasonable project deadlines. I have no hesitation in recommending Valarie and her work to anyone and would very much welcome the opportunity to work with her again in the future."
Gillian Sharp, Project Management Specialist — Workflow
MED OCS Professional Services, Workflow & Solutions
Siemens Healthcare
"The copy is tight; every word counts. Instructional/ procedural steps are clear and easy to follow. The format is clear, logically structured, and concise. You can find important information quickly. The index is useful, comprehensive, and appropriately cross-referenced."
Comments about the award-winning LANTIS User Manual written and edited by Valarie Morris from Judge of the Northern California Technical Publications Competition, sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication (STC)
BioWatch Software Documents
"Valarie's documentation and editing work reflects the best style and presentation practices available for software and software-based systems. Our recent collaboration on a documentation suite for a complex LANL system produced the best results I've seen in years. Our work was well-organized and often ahead of schedule."
Joe Longo, Software Engineer and Team Lead
N Division, Safeguards and Security Systems Group
Los Alamos National Laboratory
"It is my pleasure to give Valarie Morris the highest recommendation possible. Valarie was a late addition to our project to update a software package that had been deployed and used for five years, but that had never been documented. She wrote two user guides, and edited the developer guide and test plan.
Valarie's writing has a consistent style. It is clear, and easy to understand. She pays incredible attention to the details of the software, and doesn't miss anything that the user needs to understand. I have received many favorable comments from our users on how clear the step-by-step directions are in the user guides. The number of support calls that we receive has dropped dramatically."
John St. Ledger, Software Team Lead
Systems Engineering and Integration
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Manuals for Banks
"Valarie Morris produced an excellent user manual for a very complex software system. She also assisted other writers with computer-related procedures and graphics. Valarie is a highly competent technical writer who is also skilled in graphic arts. She has a strong technical background. She is well organized, a careful researcher, and is meticulous with details and follow-through.
I enjoyed working with Valarie and, along with our users, was very pleased with the work that she did on the project. She can be counted on to turn in a thoroughly professional piece of work on each and every assignment."
Faythe Vent, Editorial Consultant
California Federal Bank
"Ms. Morris produced several manuals of excellent quality, including two manuals for teller terminals and a company-wide user manual for a major loan system. Ms. Morris handled all tasks with intelligence and efficiency. In addition, her professional appearance and congenial manner made her a valuable asset to the office and to Cal Fed.
Diana Waggoner, Procedure Writing Department Manager
California Federal Bank
Tutorial for College Campus
"Dear Valarie: The office of Admissions staff is delighted to have been a part of the tutorial on Ambassador tours project. The results will be a great addition to our resources! Both the computer disc and guide booklet are of professional quality and we thank you and your students for the excellent work."
Katherine Jernberg, Assistant Director of Admissions
Mills College