Overview
I have a passion for helping authors develop their manuscripts for submission to publishers, and I am able to edit at all levels -- substantive, copyediting and proofreading. I specialise in literary fiction, but am able to work across other genres, including academic writing and longform non-fiction.
I also have extensive experience as a book typesetter, so I can help with laying out self-published works. And I have experience reading manuscripts for publishing houses, so I'm able to help with query letters and otherwise packaging manuscripts for submission to publishers.
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Work experience
Self-employed
• soliciting new clients and work from existing clients (primarily Sydney poetry publisher
Puncher & Wattman)
• designing and typesetting books and documents for government
departments and publishing companies
• writing copy for advertising brochures, websites and government documents
• editing fiction manuscripts for authors
• editing research papers for university academics
Nou Hach Literary Association,
• facilitating a 4-week zine-making and creative-writing workshop series
• compiling a zine called Saturdays with short stories written by students
• editing Khmer short stories in English translation for Nou Hach Journal
• advising on organisational restructure of Nou Hach Literary Association
• advising on a US Embassy workshop series with visiting poets from Iowa University
• developing short stories and poems written by young Khmer writers in English
• restructuring content for the Nou Hach website,
• developing a novel manuscript
Wakefield Press
• all tasks listed in entries for Wakefield Press below, plus:
• liaising with authors and the publishers to facilitate contracts management
NMIT Melbourne
teaching the subject Publishing Principles and Practice
Express Media
• liaising with Express Media CEOs to oversee the artistic direction and production
of four issues of Voiceworks per year, including budgeting and planning for a
quarterly production schedule
• soliciting, selecting and structurally editing manuscript submissions
• briefing authors, editors and the designer to carry out specific content assignments
• providing structural and developmental editing to Voiceworks writers
• supporting Voiceworks writers in research, interview techniques, redrafting and
copy-editing their work
• coordinating a volunteer Editorial Committee to initiate marketing, media and
publicity campaigns
• delivering regular email updates to Express Media members using MailChimp
• events management – co-ordinating quarterly magazine launches and festival appearances
Wakefield Press
• structurally editing, copy editing, and proof-reading novels, short fiction collections,
memoirs and academic literature
• liaising with the publisher, authors, in-house and freelance editors and designers
• writing reader reports and back-cover blurbs
• coordinating with publicists, marketers and interstate authors
• designing and typesetting page layouts for publication
• collating and typesetting a bi-monthly catalogue of new-release book titles
Seaview Press
typesetting and editing books for self-publishing clients
Portfolio
