Overview
I aim to ensure your message is clear, logical and accessible to your readers. I achieve this by checking the elements of style, grammar, vocabulary, structure, illustration, layout and overall suitability of the language for the particular target audience. If required, I will evaluate the structure of a text, its length and the use of headings. My approach to editing involves making changes when there are small errors, through to suggestion for larger changes when these can improve the clarity of your message. At all stages of the edit I seek to preserve the author's style and voice, and no changes in wording are made without the author's approval (although I might try hard to convince them otherwise!).
Services
Non-Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Editor of 'Hold On!' Saving the Spotted Handfish, by Gina Newton, nominated for the 2021 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, Children's Book Council of Australia.
Certifications
- Accredited Editor, Institute of Professional Editors, Australia & NZ, since 2016
- Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing, 2013
- Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education (Science, Biology, Chemistry), 2000
- Master of Agricultural Science (Animal Science), 1989
- Registered teacher with the Victorian Institute of Teaching, since 2001
Work experience
Self-employed
Department of Education, Victoria
Victorian State Government, Departments of Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources.
Department of Planning and Environment, Victoria