I'm a proud member of several professional organizations whose values align with my editorial business ethos.
Social Media Director: Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP); elected 2020
Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)
Partner Member of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)
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
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)
My teaching materials: Books, courses, blog and podcast
I love to teach. My popular books and multimedia courses are aimed at beginner and developing writers and editors. My teaching ethos is grounded in logical frameworks that make learning accessible.
BOOKS
Business Planning for Editorial Freelancers
Editing Fiction at Sentence Level
How to be Visible with Social Media (Business Skills for Editors 3)
How to Brand Your Editing Business (Business Skills for Editors 4)
How to Build an Editorial Blog (Business Skills for Editors 2)
How to Develop a Pricing Strategy (Business Skills for Editors 6)
How to do ContentMarketing (Business Skills for Editors 1)
How to Earn Passive Income (Business Skills for Editors 5)
Making Sense of Point of View (Transform Your Fiction 1)
Making Sense of Punctuation (Transform Your Fiction 2)
Marketing Your Editing and Proofreading Business
Omnibus: Editorial Business Planning & Marketing Plus