Clarion Editing

Before moving into editing and proofreading, I worked as an academic for about 20 years, during which time I helped students to write their essays and dissertations.

My special areas of interest are:

• academic writing.
• musicology (the subject of my PhD).
• the other arts and humanities.
• German Studies (I can speak German to a high level).
• working with non-native speakers of English (I have done a postgraduate degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
• Buddhist Studies, mindfulness and meditation.

I am currently in the freelance editor pool for Carnegie Publishing, Liverpool University Press, Clemson University Press, Windhorse Publications, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, Newgen (for Routledge and Taylor & Francis books), Straive and Integra (for Cambridge University Press books) and Brill Publishing. I also edit for the academic journals Developing Academic Practice, Music, Sound and the Moving Image, Ethnomusicology Forum, Bialystok Legal Studies and Journal of African Law.

I have completed the Essential Proofreading course of the Publishing Training Centre and the Copyediting 3 course of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (both seen as gold-standard courses in the UK), the latter with distinction. I am a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.

I have published my own book and many academic articles, as well as editing other people’s publications.

As well as speaking German, I also have A-level French (approximately B2 level), and a smattering of Spanish, Italian, Sanskrit and Pāli.

I live in a small town between London and Cambridge - although thanks to the internet, I can work internationally!