Overview

For 23 years, I have been editing books, both fiction and non-fiction, and have been managing editor for two websites and main editor for seven more. I have also edited other short articles and blogs. I am a native English speaker, proficient in both US and UK English.

I excel at finding all the little things that editing programs and even other editors miss, such as consistency issues and correctly spelled but misused words. And of course I find all the usual stuff as well. There’s very little I miss, so you can trust me with your masterpiece.

I am adept with all manner of editing programs, including Word, Scrivener, Google Docs and GatherContent. I have clients in the USA, Europe, Canada, Mexico and Australasia. I'm based in New Zealand but can work whatever hours are needed.

I can work with all genres though I like editing fiction better than non-fiction. Science fiction and fantasy are my favorites, because a good editor can greatly assist an author in developing his characters and the storyline.

You’ll notice I have few Amazon-published books at this time. The reason for that is I’ve usually worked with non-Amazon publishers who sell their books and reports on their own websites. Please ask for examples of those, including ones mentioned below under my work experience section.

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Fiction

Edited and proofread.

Edit all articles, reports, reviews and books before publication.

Three rounds of edits of this trilogy published on Amazon. (See below for the link.)

Edit all articles, newsletters, Alerts, and promotional material; preview all materials before they are published, to ensure formatting is correct.

Edit all articles and newsletters and preview them before publishing; communicate with subscribers; send out specialty reports; transact Bitcoin payments; oversee the subscriber databases.

Proofread all articles and newsletters; verify statements made in articles and newsletters; write the weekly specialty newsletter for Casey Club members, the "Casey Compendium."

Managing editor for International Man prior to its being incorporated under the Casey Research umbrella; communicated with authors for new articles; scheduled the publishing of all articles; edited all articles before and after sending them to proofreaders; moderated the website's forum.

Forbidden World

Vicki Wootton

When the colony ship Pacific Unity emerges from the interstellar portal, the colonists discover they have arrived in the wrong system. While the system does have an Earth-like planet, it is already occupied and their charter forbids settlement on inhabited worlds. After negotiating with the inhabitants, the Pacificans set up a temporary colony on a remote continent. They are confronted with ma... read more

When the colony ship Pacific Unity emerges from the interstellar portal, the colonists discover they have arrived in the wrong system. While the system does have an Earth-like planet, it is already occupied and their charter forbids settlement on inhabited worlds. After negotiating with the inhabitants, the Pacificans set up a temporary colony on a remote continent. They are confronted with ma... read more

The Breaking Dawn

Paul Rosenberg

The Breaking Dawn begins with an attack that crashes the investment markets, brings down economic systems and divides the world into two parts. One part is dominated by mass surveillance and massive data systems: clean cities and empty minds... where everything is assured and everything is ordered. The other part is abandoned, without services, with limited communications, and shoved fifty yea... read more

The Breaking Dawn begins with an attack that crashes the investment markets, brings down economic systems and divides the world into two parts. One part is dominated by mass surveillance and massive data systems: clean cities and empty minds... where everything is assured and everything is ordered. The other part is abandoned, without services, with limited communications, and shoved fifty yea... read more

Where Have all the Young Girls Gone?

Vicki Wootton

In the 2020s the female birthrate starts to decline. By 2059 only one newborn in twenty is female. This drop in the number of females in the population causes serious social upheavals: changes in sexual mores, the lives of both men and women, occupations, marriage traditions, commerce, and crime. By 2040, the year Julia is born, there is only one female birth for every five males. The situatio... read more

In the 2020s the female birthrate starts to decline. By 2059 only one newborn in twenty is female. This drop in the number of females in the population causes serious social upheavals: changes in sexual mores, the lives of both men and women, occupations, marriage traditions, commerce, and crime. By 2040, the year Julia is born, there is only one female birth for every five males. The situatio... read more

The Shooter Act

Turner Tomlinson

WINNER of the 2016 New Apple summer e-book award: thriller & suspense category."...a thrilling piece of fiction...the characterization was a delightful blend of the insane, the wealthy, the powerful....[Shooter Act] rises, peaks, and falls with breath-taking precision." – Readers' Favorite Book ReviewsA man has taken over terminal 4 in LAX. He’s pulled his gun out and forced everyone to take p... read more

WINNER of the 2016 New Apple summer e-book award: thriller & suspense category."...a thrilling piece of fiction...the characterization was a delightful blend of the insane, the wealthy, the powerful....[Shooter Act] rises, peaks, and falls with breath-taking precision." – Readers' Favorite Book ReviewsA man has taken over terminal 4 in LAX. He’s pulled his gun out and forced everyone to take p... read more