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 Journal of the Royal Musical Association, the Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle, 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!