Karen Fraase is accomplished in all of the aspects of the print and online editorial processes and specializes in general writing, all forms of editing, and process development and values clarification consulting.
Karen Fraase
Karen Fraase specializes in content strategy, development, all forms of editing—acquisitions, copyediting, developmental, fact checking, indexing, permissions, production, project, and proofreading—information design and architecture, and process development and values clarification consulting. As an acknowledged expert in American Psychological Association (APA) style (both fifth and sixth editions), she is currently focusing her time and attention on all facets of the editorial process for print and online publications with a specific concentration on the copyediting, developmental editing, fact checking, production editing, and proofreading of PhD candidate dissertations.
Experience
1979 - present ARTS & FARCES LLC
Co-founder, partner, publisher, and external and client relations director
Saint Paul, Minnesota-based ARTS & FARCES LLC is a multifaceted publishing and professional services business specializing in editorial services, content strategy, information design and architecture, usability and human factors, and general business and technology consulting.
In continuous operation since 1979, the firm’s clients range from solo practitioners and successful startups to major design firms and Fortune 100 companies.
2004-08 Association of Dialysis Ethics
Advisor to the board of directors
Education
1974-79 West Georgia College
BA humanistic psychology
Publications
- ARTS & FARCES internet; ARTS & FARCES, 1993 - present
- Toward a user experience strategy; ARTS & FARCES, 2010
- Information Eclipse: Privacy and Access in America; ARTS & FARCES, 1999 (general nonfiction; editor)
- Internet Membership Kit series (2 volumes); Ventana, 1994 (best seller, first suite of Internet productivity software with national connectivity; internal editor)
- Internet Tour Guide series (3 volumes); Ventana, 1993-94 (international best seller, multiple translations; first non-UNIX-specific Internet books; internal editor)
- Guide to the Macintosh Underground; Macmillan, 1993 (with Bob LeVitus; internal editor)
- Rapid Reference Guide series (15 volumes); Irwin, 1992-93 (no-nonsense, 100-page guides to leading computing productivity applications; internal editor)
- Structured Publishing From the Desktop: Frame Technology’s FrameMaker; Irwin, 1992 (first book about FrameMaker; internal editor)
- Groupware for the Macintosh: A Complete Guide to Collaborative Computing; Irwin, 1991 (networking guide in the era when networking meant a long printer cable; internal editor)
- Farallon MediaTracks: The Ultimate Training Tool; Irwin, 1990 (guide to Farallon’s computer training software environment; internal editor)
- Hypermedia series (3 volumes); Scott Foresman, 1988-89 (introduction, methodology, and reference guides to using hypertext; internal editor)
Videography
- Various independent videography productions and documentaries; 1979-82, various underwriters and self-financed productions
- Strange Apples: Creativity in Special Populations; 1980-82, underwritten by West Georgia College
- The Meaders Family: North Georgia Folk Potters; 1979-80, underwritten by the Georgia Council for the Arts, Georgia Humanities Council, and the Smithsonian Institution
Selected additional related professional activities
- Contributing editor, Cyberspace Settlers Guide (internet publication), 1995-96
- Editor, ARTS & FARCES Review (online publication), 1984-87
- Contributor, OWL Int’l. Introduction to Guide project (electronically-distributed hypertext publication), 1987
- Contributor, Minnesota Creative Source Book, 1988
- Contributor, MacTV 2.0, 1988
- Participation in League of Women Voters studies, 1982-99:
- Minnesota Judicial Election Study
- Saint Paul Public School Choice
- Saint Paul Mayor’s Task Force for Mentally Ill
- Minnesota Education Study
- National Security Study
