Jackie RAYMOND

Jackie RAYMOND – Editor

Nonfiction Christian copyeditor for authors, ministers and business owners, aka the Corset for Flabby Writing® w/over 15 years' experience.

Overview

I'm Jackie, the Christian editor for nonfiction authors, ministers, speakers and business owners. I will tighten up any flabby writing so it becomes powerful prose and align your message to your readers.

I provide a safe pair of eyes and hands with over 20 years' editing experience. As the Corset for Flabby Writing®, I will ensure your writing will still be able to 'breathe' and your readers will still recognise your voice. Your manuscript will be as error-free as humanly possible.

I am a Christian and Kingdom entrepreneur of African Caribbean heritage, and I proofread both in US (CMoS) and UK (NHR). I specialise in editing nonfiction books in the children's, business, educational, inspirational and self-help niches. I also do devotionals.

If you don't write in these genres, I'd still love to hear from you! With over 30 years’ newspaper publishing experience, you can be confident of receiving a premium service for your nonfiction book. I work diligently and thoroughly, and I can help make your writing even better.

The author/editor relationship is an important one, so it's vital we're a good fit for each other. I normally like to jump on a quick Zoom call beforehand to get to know you and to hear about your book.

I welcome manuscripts of less than 40,000 words, so please get in touch to find out more. I tend to get booked up in advance, so if your manuscript isn't quite ready yet, still drop me a message to plan ahead.

I'd love to hear from you.

God bless

Jackie

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Business & Management Inspirational
Fiction
Children's
Languages
English (UK) English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Nov, 2017 — Present
I am the Christian copyeditor for authors, ministers, speakers and business owners. My background, skillset, and 30+ years' experience of the UK newspaper publishing industry will help make your nonfiction book or magazine the best it can be. I will take care of shaping any flabby writing into powerful prose, so you can have an inspirational or business book to be proud of.

Reach PLC (formerly Trinity Mirror Newspapers)

Sep, 1986 — Jun, 2021 (over 34 years)
Production Controller responsible for: - liaising with Advertising, Editorial, Distribution departments to check information for Trinity Mirror national titles, eg. Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The People - communicating info to print sites in the UK and abroad - dealing with queries from internal departments and external print sites regarding production - preparing editorial/pre-press system (ContentWatch and page pairer) for night production team I expanded my role to include checking early editorial and advertising pages (including preprints), ensuring they are complete and correct before transmission to the print sites. My role was further developed to include responsibilities for proofreading pages for the main Mirror magazines. This role also included resolving out-of-hours queries with the printers.

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