Editing

Editing involves working closely with the text, to help you, the author, say what you want to say while never losing your ‘voice’. An editor won’t change your style, but can suggest ways to enhance your final product and make it clear, concise and readable.

I’ve edited books, papers, dissertations, biographies and autobiographies, as well as poetry, business information and websites.

You’ll find me in these directories:

CIEP (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading) 

PTC (The Publishing Training Centre)

ProCopywriters (the alliance of commercial writers)

Featured in / contributed to:

Contributed to: Why Editing Matters Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, 2020

Being Freelance: NEOTW Award number 9, 2019

ProCopywriters: member spotlight, 2018

The Perfectpreneur, 2018

Top five fiction editors in Scotland, 2016

Guest posts:

Bookmachine 2017

• Fact Checking: Vital or a waste of time?
• Stop the race to the bottom, value your writing services
• Anonymity and the copy editor

Bookmachine 2016

• 10 reasons why being an editor sucks
• How to work with freelancers: 8 tips for publishers
• Imposter syndrome: 5 steps to kill the monster

Bookmachine 2015

• Top 5 tips for Freelancing in 2015

Bookmachine 2014

• 5 tips to break the freelance famine

Client List:

Lily Publications (including: Isle of Man Government, Rushen Heritage Trust, many of the Island’s chefs to create three popular cookery books showcasing the Islands culinary expertise)

Ferry Publications (including: working closely with Cunard, Brittany Ferries, P&O, Irish Ferries, Northlink)

Sandstone Press

The Literary Consultancy

Whitefox

Bookmachine

Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)

Dunnet Bay Distillers

Private businesses and authors

Examples of work:

Below is a very small, representative selection of books I’ve edited. Some old, some not so old.