Overview

I offer three types of editorial support: publishing based, providing copy-editing and proofreading services for authors and publishers of both fiction and non-fiction; music based, editing and proofreading music; and business based, supporting companies with their corporate communications.
I've worked across Europe in industry and business consultancy since 1989 and have been an editor and proofreader since 2008. I've been freelance since 2011. ​I am a Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP). ​I did my editorial training with the Publishing Training Centre and qualified with distinction. I am Scottish but currently live in Devon. My clients are located all over the UK and Europe. I'm always interested in new projects, to which I bring a creative and flexible approach as well as a meticulous eye for detail.

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Fiction

Responsible for editing corporate communications.

Responsible for delivering improvement projects in the automotive, chemical, FMCG, food, energy and manufacturing sectors. Worked across Europe in operations before transferring to the analysis function as Business Analyst and later becoming European Resourcing Manager.

Worked in various language schools and with private students in London, Paris and Zurich.

Developed methods of eliciting and representing knowledge for the generation of expert systems.

Implemented SPC (Statistical Process Control) methodologies to manage quality in the manufacture of seamless tubes and casing pipes for use in the oil and gas industry.

International Companion to James Macpherson and The Poems of Ossian (International Companions to Scottish Literature)

James Macpherson's Poems of Ossian, first published from 1760 as Fragments of Ancient Poetry, w....

James Macpherson's Poems of Ossian, first published from 1760 as Fragments of Ancient Poetry, w....

The Dream Catcher Diaries

Alexander Patrick

Explore the world of the Dream Catcher - where only the deserving deserve to live.Everyone has a story to tell and this is the story of Matrix – the Dream Catcher. It begins in 2012 in a small cottage hospital in the Scottish Highlands. A boy with yellow eyes is born – destined to be an outcast – a god – a devil – Matrix. A man who will suffer more than any man and who will lead a revolution t... read more

Explore the world of the Dream Catcher - where only the deserving deserve to live.Everyone has a story to tell and this is the story of Matrix – the Dream Catcher. It begins in 2012 in a small cottage hospital in the Scottish Highlands. A boy with yellow eyes is born – destined to be an outcast – a god – a devil – Matrix. A man who will suffer more than any man and who will lead a revolution t... read more

The Dream Catcher Diaries 2

Alexander Patrick

To save the planet you must earn your place. Those who cannot or will not contribute should not take from the planet. This is a powerful and compelling argument in a world alarmed by massive over population, global warming and dwindling resources; it is an argument Alexander chooses to fight but knows he cannot win. No country wants a new god especially one who tries to stop progress. Matrix m... read more

To save the planet you must earn your place. Those who cannot or will not contribute should not take from the planet. This is a powerful and compelling argument in a world alarmed by massive over population, global warming and dwindling resources; it is an argument Alexander chooses to fight but knows he cannot win. No country wants a new god especially one who tries to stop progress. Matrix m... read more

Godchild (The Dream Catcher Diaries Book 3)

Alexander Patrick

It is 2053, six years after the Final Reckoning, six years since the ‘death’ of the Dream Catcher. The world is changing. The revolution has failed and the substrata are once again under attack. The Madison elite believe they have destroyed Matrix and the Brotherhood. They thought they had won. Yet unexpectedly, progressive has been slow. Harrison is sure he knows why. Madison failed to destro... read more

It is 2053, six years after the Final Reckoning, six years since the ‘death’ of the Dream Catcher. The world is changing. The revolution has failed and the substrata are once again under attack. The Madison elite believe they have destroyed Matrix and the Brotherhood. They thought they had won. Yet unexpectedly, progressive has been slow. Harrison is sure he knows why. Madison failed to destro... read more

The Striped Boy

Alexander Patrick

Imagine a world of purebloods inspired by an angry God. Imagine a world where to be different means to die.Tiger's father owns the largest arena in the province. It kills more mutants than anywhere else. Since she was a small child, she has watched them die with indifferent eyes – until the striped boy is brought into the arena.The striped boy throws her a simple stone; it becomes her most pre... read more

Imagine a world of purebloods inspired by an angry God. Imagine a world where to be different means to die.Tiger's father owns the largest arena in the province. It kills more mutants than anywhere else. Since she was a small child, she has watched them die with indifferent eyes – until the striped boy is brought into the arena.The striped boy throws her a simple stone; it becomes her most pre... read more

Billie's Kid: A true story about adoption

Steve Tucker

The paperback version of Billie’s Kid is available worldwide from the website: www.billieskid.comJazz musician Steve Tucker has always known he was adopted and has spent nearly fifty years tormented by thoughts of who he is, where he came from and whom he looks like. Like many adoptees, he embarks on a journey of discovery when he goes looking for his biological parents. His search does not le... read more

The paperback version of Billie’s Kid is available worldwide from the website: www.billieskid.comJazz musician Steve Tucker has always known he was adopted and has spent nearly fifty years tormented by thoughts of who he is, where he came from and whom he looks like. Like many adoptees, he embarks on a journey of discovery when he goes looking for his biological parents. His search does not le... read more

Coalburn During the War: World War II through the eyes of a young boy in a rural Scottish coal mining village

Daniel Smart

World War II through the eyes of a young boy in a rural Scottish coal mining village - by Daniel Smart

World War II through the eyes of a young boy in a rural Scottish coal mining village - by Daniel Smart

Productivity

Andrew Wilson

A simple and comprehensive guide to understanding productivity. This book will take you step-by-step through the fundamentals of the measurement and show you how to apply it in your organisation. Whether you are in a production or service-based environment, you will benefit from the author's 20 years of implementation experience, as he shows you how to deliver huge financial and operational be... read more

A simple and comprehensive guide to understanding productivity. This book will take you step-by-step through the fundamentals of the measurement and show you how to apply it in your organisation. Whether you are in a production or service-based environment, you will benefit from the author's 20 years of implementation experience, as he shows you how to deliver huge financial and operational be... read more

Judas Kiss: Dream Catcher Diaries IV (Volume 4)

Alexander Patrick

Martin Harrison is childless. He needs an heir: a man who will lead the Progressive Agenda, a man with no emotions except loyalty to the Madison ideal. He needs his own Dream Catcher, and he has found him in Mathew Fuller. As Mathew prepares for his future role, he meets Robbie and Adam for the first time. These two yellow-eyed men must face the new Dream Catcher and survive in a world that wa... read more

Martin Harrison is childless. He needs an heir: a man who will lead the Progressive Agenda, a man with no emotions except loyalty to the Madison ideal. He needs his own Dream Catcher, and he has found him in Mathew Fuller. As Mathew prepares for his future role, he meets Robbie and Adam for the first time. These two yellow-eyed men must face the new Dream Catcher and survive in a world that wa... read more

Truth Seeker (The Dream Catcher Diaries) (Volume 5)

Alexander Patrick

Elmscott is a world of lies, whispering walls and shadows that contain men with guns. And at the centre of this dark world sits Martin Harrison, a man defined by secrets, a man who has learned to keep his secrets close to his heart, even from his Truth Seeker, Mathew Fuller. Harrison does not trust his Dream Catcher. And his Dream Catcher does not trust him. Mathew also has secrets to protect,... read more

Elmscott is a world of lies, whispering walls and shadows that contain men with guns. And at the centre of this dark world sits Martin Harrison, a man defined by secrets, a man who has learned to keep his secrets close to his heart, even from his Truth Seeker, Mathew Fuller. Harrison does not trust his Dream Catcher. And his Dream Catcher does not trust him. Mathew also has secrets to protect,... read more