“What do you do for a living?” is a question we get asked when awkwardly socialising with strangers. “I own an editing company” is my answer. “Really”, my companion would say. “What does that involve?”. “We edit stuff, for students, academics, authors…”. “Wait!”, they exclaim. “You write essays ...Read More
In the beginning, there was sloppy writing. The Old Testament of the Holy Bible reads like the memoir of the world’s most boring schizophrenic. The New Testament features more contradictions than a politician’s conscience. However, the blessed blunders clogging up the Bible aren’t completely the author’s fault. With dozens of ...Read More
A key consideration for many book authors when it comes to professional editing is affordability. Book authors may have big dreams, but most aren’t yet as wealthy as JK Rowling. Most book authors aren’t as wealthy as her! Professional book editing can be expensive. If an editor spends three weeks ...Read More
Professional editing is not just for your “typical writer”, such as a first time novelist or a PhD student. It’s also for the literacy and academic elite. Some of the most prolific writers and thinkers in the history of the world needed editing help to ensure that their ...Read More
PhD and Master’s students are inevitably price sensitive when it comes to dissertation or thesis editing. Being a student has many upsides, but wealth isn’t one of them. So it’s natural that cost is a significant consideration for any student when it comes to editing. I’ll use this post ...Read More
In 2013 our blog was a poster child for mediocrity. Each post was outsourced for the cost of a jam doughnut and about as useful to a wider audience as Kim Jung-un is to his people. Yes, I was as bad as him! I’m writing this post because I want ...Read More