Overview
I am a native-English freelance proofreader and editor based in the UK. With over ten years’ experience in proofreading and editing, I have helped charities, businesses, students, academics, and self-publishing authors to create high-quality documents. I enjoy working primarily in the humanities and social sciences with academics and non-fiction authors, as well as providing a wide range of services to fiction authors, among other clients.
Services
Non-Fiction
Education & Reference
Psychology
Certifications
- • Publishing Training Company’s “Basic Proofreading by Distant Learning”
- • Society for Editors and Proofreaders “Problems Proofreading”
- • Society for Editors and Proofreaders “Introduction to Copy Editing”
- • Society for Editors and Proofreaders “Editing for Non-Publishers”
- • Society for Editors and Proofreaders “Efficient Copy Editing”
- • Society of Indexers “Indexing for Editors and Proofreaders”
Work experience
Hodder and Stoughton
Jan, 2014 —
Present
Project Managing "All That Matters" books; a range of books offering an introduction into everything from God to water, emotions to international relations. In this role, I copy-edit or proofread the manuscripts, manage indexers, copy-editors and proofreaders, proofread e-books, and assist with the formatting of text.
Portfolio
Ex-comic and struggling Fair Trade importer loses nearly everything and goes wandering in search of solace, mangoes, and food for the soul. Eileen is off to Thailand, like many winters before. Then it was sun, sand and samples of souvenirs, but not now: she's ... read more
Has sexuality always scared us? Sexuality is the quality and expression of our sexual nature or instincts. The word may be an eighteenth century coinage, but as this brilliant new study by award-winning historian Louise Foxcroft shows, sexuality has fascinated... read more
"From the minute he was told, he knew it wasn't right. It was probably a joke. It was the strangest news he had ever heard, almost unbelievable." Jason Knight is told a huge family secret by his father. He is a warlock. Not accepting his new lineage, Jason tra... read more
Technology can be a wonderful thing. It can also be a curse when it overwhelms us. If your phone, computer or other devices are beginning to rule your life, then you need help. We don't have to be ruled by our machines. It's time for us humans to fight back. '... read more
What does your financial situation look like? ‘What’s Your Financial Game Plan?’ is the perfect ‘how-to guide’ that will assist you in developing a foolproof financial strategy for your situation, whatever that might be. It will open your eyes to the possibili... read more
