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Clients including

 

  • Random House

  • Penguin

  • Pan Macmillan

  • Head of Zeus

  • Titan Books

  • Simon & Schuster

  • LearningMate

  • Electric Book Works

 

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Subjects

 

  • Fiction: genre, literary, crime, thrillers, mystery, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories, young adult, children's, middle grade; world literature, fiction in translation

  • Travel, sport, cookery, lifestyle

  • Higher education course material, including business, maths, economics, and social sciences

  • Primary and secondary school texts

  • Marketing and promotional material

  • Web content

  • Corporate documents

  • Academic material in education, film and literary studies, business and economics, social sciences, and the humanities

 

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Testimonials

 

“I really like your editing. You’re sensible and sensitive. Best editor ever.” I, fantasy author

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“Thanks so much, you were brilliant, perceptive and sensitive. I really loved working with you and hope we can do this again in the future.” J, crime author

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“Let me say: thank you. There is a lot of gratitude packed into those two words as you have vastly helped turn this into a much better novel.” N, thriller author

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“I am so thankful for your expert guidance and the insight you have been able to share.” T, YA publisher

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“I've just finished reading your edit and think it's great – very thorough, yet tactful, with the right level of intervention this MS required.” T, fiction publisher

Editorial services
Expert editing and proofreading

  • Are you a publisher in need of a highly experienced proofreader and copyeditor who knows the workflow back to front?

  • Have you written a novel and want it polished to a professional shine?

  • Do you need a human to check your AI-generated text?

  • Do you want to squash any errors before your course, report, brochure or newsletter goes to print or web?

 

You've come to the right place!

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With over twenty-five years of professional wordworking experience in commercial and educational publishing and retail marketing, I'm a copyeditor and proofreader with a laser eye for detail.

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Email me at LGedits@pm.me for quotes and enquiries.

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I've edited and proofread scores of books for trade publishers, specialising in crime, thrillers and genre fiction for young readers and adults. I also work widely on educational and corporate materials.

 

I am a creative writing tutor at Oxford University, was a commissioning editor at Random House South Africa, and have led novel-writing and copyediting courses at the SA Writers College and for the Professional Editors' Guild. I am an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading and a member of their course tutor panel.

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These are just some of the brilliant books I've worked on:

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Visit my full directory listing at the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.

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