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Dick Hill - Editor
London, United Kingdom
Experienced London-based editor of fiction (novels, short stories, plays), biography, art and culture and personal statements.
Overview
Services
Languages
Non-Fiction
Certifications
- BA Hons (OU)
- SfEP (Advanced Member)
Awards
- Commonwealth Scholarship (Australia)
- CA Elliott Prize (Australia)
Work experience
Freelance editor
Variorum Text Services
Specialising in proofreading, copy-editing, transcription and project management
Freelance editor
Self-employed
Specialising in copy-editing and proofreading
Strategy and Partnerships Manager
Waltham Forest Council
Developing partnerships and joint projects with neighbouring borough
Chair of Management Board
Shape London
Chaired management board of a disability arts charity
Portfolio (10 selected works)
A List of Offences
Dilruba Z. Ara
When Daria is born with silver hair, the village gossips of Gulab Ganga predict a life of misfortune for the freakish baby girl. As a headstrong young woman, she marries the first handsome man she meets and moves with him to Chittagong. Trapped in a city household whose modern, irreligious ways represent everything that her traditional village home did not, Daria finds herself with nowhere to ... read more
When Daria is born with silver hair, the village gossips of Gulab Ganga predict a life of misfortune for the freakish baby girl. As a headstrong young woman, she marries the first handsome man she meets and moves with him to Chittagong. Trapped in a city household whose modern, irreligious ways represent everything that her traditional village home did not, Daria finds herself with nowhere to ... read more
Meeting Boudicca: Cartimandua of Brigantes encounters the Iceni Warrior Queen
C A Powell
Queen Boudicca is defeated. Her Iceni and other British allies are dead or fleeing from the vengeance of unmerciful Rome. The British rebellion is over. The beaten Iceni Warrior queen has gone into hiding and awaits her poison elixir which will aid her departure from life while the waiting druids wish to bury her in a secret place. However, before Boudicca can complete her final and drastic ac... read more
Queen Boudicca is defeated. Her Iceni and other British allies are dead or fleeing from the vengeance of unmerciful Rome. The British rebellion is over. The beaten Iceni Warrior queen has gone into hiding and awaits her poison elixir which will aid her departure from life while the waiting druids wish to bury her in a secret place. However, before Boudicca can complete her final and drastic ac... read more
The Black and Tan Summer
C. A. Powell
Ireland: Summer of 1920 Father John wanted to keep his village of Cafgarven free from trouble. However, the surrounding countryside was in the grip of a rebellion against Great Britain’s Crown forces. He found himself caught up in the horrid conflict of tit-for-tat murder when two individuals from either side of the struggle came to him for help. One was a Fenian rebel from a decimated flying ... read more
Ireland: Summer of 1920 Father John wanted to keep his village of Cafgarven free from trouble. However, the surrounding countryside was in the grip of a rebellion against Great Britain’s Crown forces. He found himself caught up in the horrid conflict of tit-for-tat murder when two individuals from either side of the struggle came to him for help. One was a Fenian rebel from a decimated flying ... read more
The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East (Library of Middle East History)
Under Seljuk rule (c. 1081-1308) the formerly Christian Byzantine territories of Anatolia were transformed by the development of Muslim culture, society and politics, and it was then - well before the arrival of the Ottomans - that a Turkish population became firmly established in these lands. But these developments are little understood, and the Seljuk dynasty remains little studied. Yet the ... read more
Under Seljuk rule (c. 1081-1308) the formerly Christian Byzantine territories of Anatolia were transformed by the development of Muslim culture, society and politics, and it was then - well before the arrival of the Ottomans - that a Turkish population became firmly established in these lands. But these developments are little understood, and the Seljuk dynasty remains little studied. Yet the ... read more
Changing Female Identities: Decisions and Dilemmas in the Workplace
Alicia E. Kaufmann
Changing Female Identities explores the influence of parental figures, the roles that women use as their models, and the diverse feelings that arise as a result of family mandates and emotions in relation to cooperation or competition among siblings.The authorbases her work on an empirical study of 500 male and female managers and looks at how basic educational values overlap with work attitud... read more
Changing Female Identities explores the influence of parental figures, the roles that women use as their models, and the diverse feelings that arise as a result of family mandates and emotions in relation to cooperation or competition among siblings.The authorbases her work on an empirical study of 500 male and female managers and looks at how basic educational values overlap with work attitud... read more
Handbook of Membrane Reactors: Fundamental Materials Science, Design and Optimisation (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy)
Membrane reactors are increasingly replacing conventional separation, process and conversion technologies across a wide range of applications. Exploiting advanced membrane materials, they offer enhanced efficiency, are very adaptable and have great economic potential. There has therefore been increasing interest in membrane reactors from both the scientific and industrial communities, stimulat... read more
Membrane reactors are increasingly replacing conventional separation, process and conversion technologies across a wide range of applications. Exploiting advanced membrane materials, they offer enhanced efficiency, are very adaptable and have great economic potential. There has therefore been increasing interest in membrane reactors from both the scientific and industrial communities, stimulat... read more
Handbook of Membrane Reactors: Reactor Types and Industrial Applications: 2 (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy)
Membrane reactors are increasingly replacing conventional separation, process and conversion technologies across a wide range of applications. Exploiting advanced membrane materials, they offer enhanced efficiency, are very adaptable and have great economic potential. There has therefore been increasing interest in membrane reactors from both the scientific and industrial communities, stimulat... read more
Membrane reactors are increasingly replacing conventional separation, process and conversion technologies across a wide range of applications. Exploiting advanced membrane materials, they offer enhanced efficiency, are very adaptable and have great economic potential. There has therefore been increasing interest in membrane reactors from both the scientific and industrial communities, stimulat... read more
Blame
Dilruba Z. Ara
Blame is about Laila and to some extent about Gita, from the ages of 13 in 1965 to 19 in 1971, when they are disowned by their families for having been raped during the liberation war. The place is East Pakistan - now known as Bangladesh. Apart from following Laila and Gita, the book also depicts the tensions between Muslims and Hindus, Pakistan and India, Urdu and Bengali, males and females; ... read more
Blame is about Laila and to some extent about Gita, from the ages of 13 in 1965 to 19 in 1971, when they are disowned by their families for having been raped during the liberation war. The place is East Pakistan - now known as Bangladesh. Apart from following Laila and Gita, the book also depicts the tensions between Muslims and Hindus, Pakistan and India, Urdu and Bengali, males and females; ... read more
Dick has 2 reviews
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Dick's work was through and, for the most part, accurate. He was easy to work with and completed ahead of schedule
N.S. Johnson, July 2017
Dick Hill was wonderful to work with. He managed to improve my short story Beneath the Mask while still maintaining my unique style as a writer. He is simply a marvelous editor.
Debra Froat, December 2016
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