Copy editor / proofreader
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Based on my thirty years' experience as a freelance copy editor and proofreader, I believe I am eminently employable. I have worked on many hundreds (literally) of academic theses, dissertations and essays. I used to work for a proofreading-service company, amending writing by EFL students, so I am very used to untangling badly written sentences, as well as injecting the correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.
For the past two years, I have been working consistently for an English publishing company, editing and proofing fiction.
I look forward to hearing from you.
I work for my own private clients, proofreading and copy-editing academic documents and manuscripts for fiction/non-fiction publications.
Pegasus Mackenzie Elliot Publishing Ongoing
Editing and proofing fiction and non-fiction works, mostly by new authors.
Cambridge Proofreading / Proofreading Service UK 2013 - ongoing
Freelance remote copy-editor/proofreader
Edited hundreds of academic documents (theses, dissertations, journal articles, etc.) in many fields, especially medical and humanities, written mostly by overseas students with English as a second language. Also copy-edited and proofed fiction/non-fiction manuscripts, CVs, personal statements, job applications, etc. All work ongoing and conducted confidentially, online.
Larkin Tutors 2018 – ongoing (online academic copy-editing/proofreading, as specified above).
Lifebook 2014 – 2015
Ghostwriter.
Hachette / Franklin Watts (literary publishers) 2012 - 2013
Proofread children’s educational e-books. All work conducted online. (List on request)
Aurora Metro Books (literary publishers) 2006 - ongoing
Proofread fiction/non-fiction, marked-up in hard copy and pdf. (CV on request)
Bailey, Shaw and Gillett (law firm) 1986 - 1987
Freelance in-house proofreader
Proofread confidential legal documents, marked-up hard copy.
BA (equivalent) course Acting Diploma The Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art 1984
BA course in Typography and Graphic Communication
Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford
