Overview
I'm Jackie, the 'Corset for Flabby Writing®' Christian editor for authors, ministers and entrepreneurs of nonfiction books. I will enhance your writing and align your message to your readers.
I provide a safe pair of eyes and hands and I will pull your nonfiction manuscript into its best shape to ensure it is as error-free as humanly possible. Your writing will still be able to breathe and your readers will still recognise your voice.
I am a Christian and Kingdom entrepreneur of African Caribbean heritage, and 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.
If you don't write in these genres, I'd still love to hear from you! With over 20 years’ proofreading 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, and it's vital we're a good fit for each other, so 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 60,000 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
Fiction
Languages
Work experience
Self-employed
Christian copyeditor/proofreader – the 'Corset for Flabby Writing®' – for authors, ministers and entrepreneurs of nonfiction books/magazines. I use my faith, my heritage, and my 30+ years' experience of the UK national newspaper and magazine industry to make your book or magazine the best it can be.
Reach PLC (formerly Trinity Mirror Newspapers)
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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