I take my development as an editor very seriously, and I believe all authors deserve to work with someone qualified who knows what they’re doing. I’m professionally trained and I’m always brushing up on my skills. Here’s a full list of my qualifications, as well as some of the clients I’ve worked with.
Qualifications
- Copyediting 2: Headway (CIEP, 2021)
- Essential Proofreading (The Publishing Training Centre, 2018)
- Introduction to Fiction Editing (SfEP, 2017)
- Copyediting 1: Introduction (SfEP, 2017)
- Proofreading 1: Introduction (SfEP, 2017)
- BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing (2016)
Professional development
- Trauma-Informed Editing (FOLD Academy, 2022)
- Editing Memoir (Tanya Gold’s Courses for Editors, 2021)
- Comma Press virtual publishing conference (2021)
- Book Formatting Using Word Styles (Editors Canada, 2020)
- CIEP virtual annual conference (2020)
- Tolkien symposium on fantasy literature (2020)
- Inclusive Language Series (ACES, 2020)
- Editing for Young Readers (ACES, 2020)
- Comics and Graphic Novel Conventions for Proofreaders (Editorial Freelancers Association, 2018)
- Sensitivity Reads: What You Need to Know (Editorial Freelancers Association, 2018)
My clients
I love working with authors one-on-one, and regularly work with self-publishing authors and writers who plan to submit traditionally. I work with publishing houses too! Some of my clients have included:
- Chicken House Books (imprint of Scholastic)
- Ebury (imprint of Penguin Random House)
- Head of Zeus
- HarperCollins
- Writers & Artists (run by Bloomsbury)
- Canelo
- Hashtag Press
- Black Library (publishing division of Games Workshop)
- Bookouture (imprint of Hachette UK)
- Thread Books (imprint of Hachette UK)