Editing for business • Editing for authors • Editing for students
Editing for newspapers and magazines • Writing • Photography
Editing for newspapers and magazines • Writing • Photography
I have the skills and experience to be able to help you with all types of written material, and I can carry out the work in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat or on paper proofs. I also have other services to offer you.
Services
Please click on the links for full details of the services I offer. Here is a quick guide:
Rewriting
I have considerable experience of rewriting both short and feature-length pieces of writing. Although I do not include major rewriting as a standard feature of the services I offer above, I would nevertheless be happy to discuss your rewriting needs and negotiate a price.
Proofreading and copy-editing... the differences
People are often unclear about how the two disciplines differ, so here’s a guide to the main aspects of each role:
Copy-editing
Proofreading
Read all about it
If you would like to know more about my copy-editing and proofreading process – for both printed publications and for web pages – I have written a guide and the various options that are available to you.
Get in touch
Once you have read about my services, please get in touch for a quote. I’d be delighted to hear from you.
Services
Please click on the links for full details of the services I offer. Here is a quick guide:
- Editing for business – I copy-edit and proofread:
- a wide variety of printed items, such as reports, marketing material, internal memos etc
- websites, including their metadata.
- Editing for authors – I have a number of specialisms to offer non-fiction authors.
- Editing for students – I am available to read theses and dissertations.
- Editing for newspapers and magazines – I offer design, editing, proofreading and project management skills to media clients.
- Writing – I offer a service writing press releases for corporate clients, and I am available to write newspaper and magazine feature articles.
- Photography – I carry out commissions of environmental portraits and documentary-style images.
Rewriting
I have considerable experience of rewriting both short and feature-length pieces of writing. Although I do not include major rewriting as a standard feature of the services I offer above, I would nevertheless be happy to discuss your rewriting needs and negotiate a price.
Proofreading and copy-editing... the differences
People are often unclear about how the two disciplines differ, so here’s a guide to the main aspects of each role:
Copy-editing
- checking spelling, grammar and punctuation in raw or draft text
- making changes for flow and tone
- applying house style and ensuring consistency
- formatting references and citations
- numbering tables, figures and illustrations
- querying factual inaccuracies
- highlighting legal issues
- marking up an index.
Proofreading
- working on edited text in the final layout
- checking remaining errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation
- making minor changes for sense
- ensuring page elements are consistent
- checking tables, illustrations and references
- checking formatting of references
- making sure the index is formatted correctly.
Read all about it
If you would like to know more about my copy-editing and proofreading process – for both printed publications and for web pages – I have written a guide and the various options that are available to you.
Get in touch
Once you have read about my services, please get in touch for a quote. I’d be delighted to hear from you.
Hear it from my clients...
Keith has been an invaluable source of help for me over the years. Extremely diligent and tremendously reliable, he's always been a key part of the team. Working within a large newspaper and magazine production hub, Keith has always been able to parachute in anywhere and pick up a new product and get to grips with it very quickly. Whether that's subbing, proofing or page design, Keith handles it all brilliantly. It has always been very helpful for me to have someone like Keith who I can trust completely with a publication. He's thorough and efficient and, just as importantly, a really lovely person to work with.
David Lewins
Regional Head of Production, Reach plc, Bristol
