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As a writer, Victoria specializes in making complex ideas clear and accessible. Her expertise spans literature, memoir, photography, and film from the nineteenth century to the present, as well as contemporary digital innovation and technology. Her freelance writing includes: 50+ Google case studies, blog posts, and other marketing collateral about research in higher education 2017- present (see one example here and another here) As an editor, she helps professionals in specialized fields reach general audiences: editing a series of tactical business books for Sense and Respond Press, a publisher she helped co-found editing and proofreading for non-native English writers in academia and industry As a teacher and coach, she trains product managers in clear and concise business communications and helps memoir writers improve their drafts. https://www.victoriaolsen.com/from-life-image-gallery daily 0.75 2022-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61649e72d014972a71d1468b/199b8a40-5bd7-44e1-b313-e4145e56787e/Annie+My+First+Success.jpeg From Life Image Gallery Julia Margaret Cameron, Annie, January 1864. 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Courtesy of the collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61649e72d014972a71d1468b/0a77778c-3ba2-4d8c-8875-739a23501fe1/Shattered+column.jpg From Life Image Gallery Julia Margaret Cameron, "So Like a Shatter'd Column Lay the King," 1875. Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum Open Content Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61649e72d014972a71d1468b/3e74651b-abc9-49a0-a936-e618e05b9097/Marianne_North01+via+wikimedia.jpg From Life Image Gallery Julia Margaret Cameron, Marianne North, 1878. Collection of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61649e72d014972a71d1468b/12466a4a-f03e-42ad-a169-d283ff4aeba6/Ceylon+woman+with+water+jug.jpg From Life Image Gallery Julia Margaret Cameron, Untitled (Two Ceylonese Women with Water Jars), 1875. 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