​​Professional affiliation and experience

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I'm a proud member of several professional organizations whose values align with my editorial business ethos ...
  • Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)
  • ​Partner Member of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)
  • Member of AIPP, Association of Independent Publishing Professionals
  • Member of ACES (The Society for Editing)
  • 30 years of publishing experience, including in-house roles with Williams & Wilkins and SAGE Publishing 
  • Edited or proofread 650+ books for independent authors and publishing houses, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, A Visit from the Goon Squad, and an anniversary facsimile edition of Dracula​ ​

​Training and CPD

Even experienced editors need to invest in professional development to ensure their skills are current and their clients' needs are met. Below is a selection of the training courses I've taken ...
  • Essential Proofreading – distinction awarded (Publishing Training Centre)
  • Editing Digital Products (Publishing Training Centre)
  • Fiction Editing (Copyediting masterclass)
  • Fiction Editing (CIEP conference workshop)
  • How to Write a Crime Novel: The Online Masterclass (The Writers Academy | Penguin Random House)
  • Indexing for Proofreaders (Society of Indexers)
  • Macros for Editors (CIEP conference workshop)
  • Sense and Sensitivity: Polishing Grammar while Preserving the Author's Voice (CIEP conference workshop)
  • Style Sheets (CIEP conference workshop)
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​​Awards, nominations and speaking engagements

I'm regularly invited to speak at international editing conferences, and have received industry-recognized awards for my teaching tools ...
  • Panelist: Meet the Editors – Editing Training Scheme (The Literary Consultancy in partnership with the Publishing Training Centre), 2020
  • Speaker: CIEP conferences, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Keynote speaker: Editorial Freelancers Association, Chicago, 2019
  • Finalist: Content Marketing Academy Awards, 2019 (Podcast of the Year)
  • Winner: Content Marketing Academy Awards, 2019 (Blog of the Year)
  • Finalist: UK Blog Awards, 2018
  • Speaker and panelist: CIEP conference, Toronto, 2018
  • Panelist: Fiction Editing, CIEP Norfolk Group, Norwich, 2018 
  • Winner: Judith Butcher Award​ (SfEP; now CIEP), 2017 ​
  • ​Joint winner: Unsung Heroes of Publishing, 2017​
  • Nominee: Karen Virag Award (Editors Canada), 2017 ​
  • Nominee: Judith Butcher Award​ (SfEP; now CIEP), 2015
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My teaching materials: Books, courses, blog and podcast

I love to teach. My books and multimedia courses are aimed at beginner and developing writers and editors. My teaching ethos is grounded in accessible frameworks that make learning accessible ...
  • FORTHCOMING: How to Fix Dialogue in a Novel (multimedia course)
  • ​How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report (multimedia course)
  • Editing Fiction at Sentence Level (ebook and paperback)
  • Marketing Your Editing and Proofreading Business (ebook and paperback)
  • Business Planning for Editorial Freelancers (ebook and paperback)
  • Content Marketing Primer (ebook)
  • Omnibus: Editorial Business Planning & Marketing Plus (ebook)
  • Switching to Fiction (multimedia course)
  • Branding for Business Growth (multimedia course)
  • Blogging for Business Growth (multimedia course)
  • Social Media for Business Growth (multimedia course)
  • To Visibility and Beyond (multimedia course)
  • 10 Ways to Get Editing Work Quickly (multimedia course)
  • 8-Step Blueprint for a Standout Home Page (multimedia course)
  • The Editing Podcast
  • The Editing Blog
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Louise’s fiction writing

I write fiction too. Three of my short stories have made writing-competition shortlists ...
  • Living Fiction (ebook)
  • Shortlisted author for Noirwich Crime Writing Festival flash fiction competition, 2018
  • Shortlisted author for Bookseller/FutureBook Future Fiction short-story competition, 2018
  • Shortlisted author for Crime Writers' Association's Margery Allingham short-story competition, 2019 

Fancy working with me?

If you'd like to discuss a line editing, copyediting or proofreading project, get in touch so we can have a chat.​