Glasgow Editors’ Network

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business name: Wordrite
Address: Tormoulin, Balmaclellan, Castle Douglas, DG7 3QS
Email: mark@wordrite.co.uk
Phone: 01644 420310; mobile: 07894 338787
Website: Wordrite

I am a freelance copy-editor and proofreader, happy to work on screen or on paper, in-house or at home. My areas of specialist knowledge are the oil and gas industry, hazardous chemicals, management/quality management, health and safety, and information science and technology.

My formal training has been with the Publishing Training Centre. I have completed the Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning course (Merit) and the Copy-Editing by Distance Learning course (Merit).

My background is in management and the oil and gas industry. I am a keen angler, and I regularly write articles for both the UK and US angling press.

I hold the following professional qualifications: Certificate in Operations Management (Distinction), Certificate in Supervisory Management, Drilling Supervisor’s Certificate (HSE), Drilling Supervisor’s Certificate in Subsea Well Control, Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA).

For further details of the services I offer and testimonials on my work, please visit the Wordrite website.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business name: Allan Editorial
Email: stuart@allan-editorial.co.uk
Phone: 0131 620 2356
Website: Allan Editorial

My copy-editing, proofreading and project-management services are based on in-house experience and industry-accredited training.

I have an MA in English literature and a postgraduate diploma in publishing; I gained my copy-editing training from the Publishing Training Centre and the SfEP. Nine years’ in-house experience in editorial and production roles at Queen’s University Belfast, Blackwell Publishing and Edinburgh Business School. I have edited books, theses, plays, journal articles and e-learning courses. Experience of working with non-native speakers of English and both hard-copy and on-screen editing (Word, Dreamweaver, XMLSpy).

My main subject interests are literature, history, business education and sport (particularly football) but also general non-fiction. Current clients include Hodder Gibson, Mainstream Publishing and Wiley-Blackwell.

SfEP category: Associate
Business name: Pat Baxter Language Services
Address: 104 Demondale Road, ARBROATH DD11 1TW
Email: patbaxter@btinternet.com
Phone: 01241 875040; mobile: 07799 761512

I have been a freelance copy-editor and proofreader for over seven years, having completed a range of specialist professional training through SfEP. My experience covers several subject areas, mainly for academic publishers and educational institutions, but including also several individual clients. Services offered include rewriting and transcription, as well as hard-copy or on-screen editing and proofreading of books and reports, while specialist areas of expertise cover education, accounting & audit, French, Latin, classical studies, history of art, English language, and TEFL.

I have a BA (Hons) in Humanities, Diploma in Classical Studies, and a Cambridge CELTA qualification. Recent clients include Macmillan Education, The Economist Intelligence Unit, University of Dundee, Scottish Qualifications Authority, and Florence Production for Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group).

SfEP category: Advanced
Business name: The Word Shop
Address: Ballagan Cottage, Strathblane, GLASGOW G63 9AE
Email: info@the-word-shop.co.uk
Phone: 01360 771613; mobile: 07967 811318; fax: 01360 770540 (requires notice please)
Website: the-word-shop.co.uk

My job as a professional ‘wordsmith’ is to help you to get your message across by producing web content and written materials that are clear, focused, error-free and suitable for the intended audience. Most of my customers are public sector agencies, voluntary organizations, small businesses, private individuals and social policy publishers.

My experience is mainly in the areas of social work, housing, and equality. I also work on environmental and education subjects and have a growing knowledge of gardening and wildlife topics. I can take on any other general subjects, or specialist documents aimed at a non-technical audience. I do copy-writing, editing and proofreading (on hard copy or on electronic files). I can provide access to graphic design, web design and web-hosting services through links with associates.

I have been providing editorial services since 2001, following a classics education and a career in local government, the voluntary sector and universities. I am an advanced member of the SfEP and received my editorial training from the SfEP, the Publishing Training Centre and Glasgow University.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business Name: Margaret Christie
Address: 1 Shandon Street, EDINBURGH EH11 1QH
Email: mxproof@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: 0131 346 0378

I am a music graduate with over 20 years’ experience as a publishing freelance (proofreading, copy-editing and indexing). I would particularly welcome more work involving music notation; I am active in traditional and classical music. Much of my work has been on academic books, covering most humanities subjects. I am an ordinary member of the SfEP and a Registered Indexer of the Society of Indexers. I find combining proofreading and indexing particularly effective.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business Name: Belinda Cunnison
Address: 7/1 South Sloan Street, EDINBURGH EH6 8SS
Email: belinda345@yahoo.com
Phone: 0131 467 4237; mobile: 07766 966421

I perform copy-editing (including on-screen work) and proofreading of books, multi-author books, articles and law reports. I have a BA in English/Development Studies and have been freelance since 2000, previously having responsibility for in-house publications. I am an ordinary member of the SfEP.

Training includes On-screen Editing (SfEP) and Copy-editing (Scottish Publishers’ Association).

My subjects are biography/autobiography/memoirs, economics, geography (development studies), law (law reports), but any economic, political or historical material is of interest. I usually work within an academic context. I have worked both with editors and writers, and frequently on work by non-native speakers of English. Available all year.

Recent clients include Edward Elgar Publishing, ESRC at University of Sheffield, Jordan Publishing, Smith Bernal (Wordwave).

SfEP category: Associate
Business Name: Galloway Editorial Services
Address: 278 Crofthill Road, GLASGOW G44 5NL
Email: mikefariss@edit-glasgow.org.uk
Phone: 0141 634 7650; mobile: 07881 733551

I have been freelance since 2000 and offer extensive experience in proofreading, copy-editing, research, writing, and text management.

The main subjects covered are maritime history, local government, social care, media relations, corporate communications, travel and sport, but all non-technical subjects considered.

Recent work includes writing and editing web content, writing press releases, newsletters and information sheets, proofreading and editing corporate literature, annual reports and in-house publications. Clients include small businesses and private individuals as well as local authority and public sector agencies.

My publishing knowledge and training has been gained through courses and mentoring by SfEP, of which I am an associate.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business name: Amanda Macdonald Research and Editorial Consultancy
Address: 54 Duthie Terrace, ABERDEEN AB10 7PR
Email: macdonaldmandy@hotmail.com
Phone/fax: 01224 326143

I combine editorial, writing and translating work (on most humanities subjects) with small research projects (mostly but not exclusively on equalities, international development, and human rights) and conference reporting. My clients include UN, European and other multilateral agencies, publishers, voluntary organizations, and university-based research programmes.

I translate from Spanish and French to English, and copy-edit/proofread in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Latin. I also work with music notation.

I am happy working on both screen (PC, Windows XP; Microsoft Office; printing, photocopying and scanning facilities) and hard copy.

My educational background is in classics (MA, Cambridge) and music (LRCM in harpsichord; Diploma, Cambridgeshire College of Arts & Technology). I started work as a freelance copy-editor and proofreader at Cambridge University Press c.1975. After some years of in-house experience as a publications officer and editor in the voluntary sector and 18 months as a translator in Cuba, I have been a full-time freelancer since 1987.

I am an ordinary member of the SfEP and have completed SfEP training courses in proofreading, on-screen editing and negotiation techniques.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Address: 15 Westbourne Crescent, Bearsden, GLASGOW G61 4HB
Email: enalrafcam@aol.com
Phone: 0141 942 6338

I am a freelance copy-editor and proofreader, with specialist interest in the fields of shipping, geography, travel and personnel management. I have a background of 30 years’ business experience, of which 25 have been in the shipping and offshore oil industries, largely in ship management operations and personnel management.

I have proofread multi-author academic texts, edited reference publications and rewritten company procedural manuals, in addition to writing business conference programmes and reports on proceedings.

My educational and professional backgrounds include an MA in Geography and Economic History, Diploma in Ship Management, and professional qualifications in shipbroking and personnel management. My publishing knowledge has been gained through the Publishing Training Centre together with courses and mentoring by SfEP, of which I am an ordinary member.

SfEP category: Associate
Address: 32 Restalrig Road, EDINBURGH EH6 8BN
Email: hdmcpherson@btinternet.com
Phone/fax: 0131 553 5451; mobile: 07900 985089

I offer a range of editorial and publishing services, including copy-editing, proofreading, project management, rewriting, research, and commissioning. I am happy to work on-screen (Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, LaTeX) or from hard copy.

I specialise in the physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics, but I am willing to consider projects of any size in any non-fiction area.

I have over 25 years’ experience in academic and educational publishing. This includes 15 years in-house at Pergamon Press/Elsevier and five years in-house at John Wiley & Sons Ltd. I have worked on academic journals, multi-volume, multi-author reference works, monographs, textbooks, and support materials, for example learning and teaching packs. I have been freelance since 2002.

I have an Honours BSc and a PhD in chemistry, both from the University of Aberdeen.

SfEP category: Advanced
Address: 39 Cecil Street (3/1), GLASGOW G12 8RN
Email: susan@writtenword.co.uk
Phone: 0141 334 2807

I am a freelance copy-editor and proofreader, specializing in editing non-fiction, educational and academic books in the humanities and history. I work only for publishers and corporate clients; recent clients include the British Academy, Thames & Hudson, Hodder Education, and Pearson.

I have an Honours MA in Greek and Hebrew and a PhD in Greek. My knowledge of Latin, French, German and Italian is often useful in my editing work. I trained as an editor with the Publishing Training Centre (Basic Editing, pass with distinction), the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and the Scottish Publishers Association. I am an advanced member of the SfEP, with experience of editing and proofreading over 120 titles during the past nine years.

I often handle projects from copy-editing to final proofs, including multi-author volumes for academic publishers. I have experience of on-screen editing illustrated books for a major publisher of military history, editing memoirs and autobiographies for Scottish publishers, and proofreading textbooks and educational resources for leading educational publishers. I also work for academic institutions and NGOs on reports and in-house publications, and offer a service writing house style manuals.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business name: Total Publishing Solutions Ltd
Address: Wellbrae House, Wellbrae, FALKLAND KY15 7AY
Email: susan.moody@btinternet.com
Phone: 01337 857097; mobile: 07855 955517
Website: totalpublishingsolutions.co.uk

I offer editorial and publishing consultancy, copy-editing, copywriting, on-screen editing, project management, research, rewriting and writing in my subject specialisms of art history, design, education (general and primary), history (general and medieval) and music.

I have been freelance since 2004 and am an ordinary member of the SfEP. Recent experience and training include Head of Publishing, Learning and Teaching Scotland 2000–2003; Head of Publishing Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum 1992–2000; Editing for the Web (SfEP) 2003, MA Medieval History, PGCE Primary Education.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Address: Flat 35, 250 Camphill Avenue, GLASGOW G41 3AS
Email: editor@lhosborn.co.uk

I am an ordinary member of the SfEP and offer copy-editing, on-screen editing and proofreading in a variety of media including books, CD-ROMs, encyclopaedias, journals and online materials. I have a strong academic background spanning the physical sciences and theology. In addition to working on general fiction and non-fiction, I specialize in astronomy, physics, cultural studies, religious studies, theology and philosophy.

Recent clients include Berg Publishers, Birlinn, Hodder Gibson, Lion Hudson, Oxford University Press and SCM-Canterbury Press.

SfEP category: Advanced
Address: GLASGOW G20
Email: read@sfep.net
Mobile: 0775 115 6297
Website: read-edit.co.uk

I have 15 years’ professional experience providing editorial services to publishers of academic, general reference, and other non-fiction books, articles, and online material. I designed and maintain the GEN website, and offer a website editing and proofreading service.

I am an advanced member of the SfEP and a qualified librarian. Regular clients include major academic publishers and smaller specialist presses.

Enquiries as to rates and availability are welcome and are treated with discretion.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Address: 11 Crown Gardens, GLASGOW G12 9HL
Email: abi.saffrey@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: 0141 334 0803 (eves/weekends); mobile: 07903 523165
Website: Abi Saffrey

I offer freelance copy-editing (on paper and on screen) and proofreading services, with the following specialisms: travel, sociology, linguistics, education, economics and politics. I have undertaken formal copy-editing, proofreading and grammar training through the SfEP.

Following a BA (Hons) in Languages and Linguistics, I began my editorial career with a financial information company, then moved to Continuum (working on linguistics and education titles). In 2003 I joined D&B’s Country Risk Services publications team, where I copy-edited complex economic and political material, often from authors who had English as a second (in some cases third) language.

I am currently Publishing Manager at Learning and Teaching Scotland. This role consists of editorial and translation project management, as well as the copy-editing and proofreading of website text, newsletters and teacher/student support materials. I am confident and proficient in Microsoft Word, and have experience of working with online content management software.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Business name: Giffnock Editorial Services
Email: d.a.tait@ntlworld.com
Address: 49 Merryvale Avenue, Giffnock, GLASGOW G46 6DD
Phone: 0141 637 9603; mobile: 07957 552538
Website: Giffnock Editorial Services

Resulting from 34 years of experience as a university academic, my editing/proofreading work is mainly for academic publications (journals, books and thesis/dissertation preparation). I have edited and compiled conference proceedings and company newsletters, and have carried out work for an amateur youth theatre. I maintain the index for a scientific journal. I have long experience of working with authors whose first language is other than English.

Formal training was through the PTC distance learning proofreading course, several one-day SfEP courses in proofreading and editing, and conference sessions. My project management skills were acquired through 11 years of work as section editor and then Editor-in-Chief of an international scientific journal. I am an ordinary member of the SfEP.

Most of my recent work has been on-screen. My specialist subjects are earth sciences (geography, geomatics, GIS, surveying, remote sensing) and engineering.

SfEP category: Associate
Address: 3 Dunsyre Place, GLASGOW G23 5EB
Email: john@thewordprocess.net
Phone: 0141 579 5422; mobile: 07971 235 708
Website: The Word Process

I have recently joined the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, following training in basic proofreading with Publishing Scotland, but I am obviously very keen to ‘earn and learn’ at the same time.

My background is broadcast journalism, public relations and further education (journalism and communication), and my interests include current affairs, education, politics and community work, but I have enjoyed working, informally, in the past, on subjects as diverse as accountancy and Ibsen.

I am also developing my own writing skills through a university course and writing an autobiographical book based on recent experiences, and I enjoy blogging.

SfEP category: Ordinary
Address: 53 Harris Close, Newton Mearns, GLASGOW G77 6TU
Email: jonathan.webley@uwclub.net
Phone: 0141 639 5428

I have a BSc in Physics and a BA in Maths and have spent many years working in IT. I have attained a pass with merit in Basic Proofreading from the Publishing Training Centre. My services are proofreading, copy-editing and typesetting documents using LaTeX. I can work online or from hard copy.

I have proofread a number of Cambridge University Press titles, and edited or typeset numerous theses.

I specialise in mathematical, scientific and technical material, but I will consider anything reasonable, large or small.

SfEP category: Advanced
Address: 90 Main Street, ABERDOUR, KY3 0UH
Email: gale@winskilleditorial.co.uk or
winskilleditorial@btinternet.com
Phone: 01383 860001; mobile: 0790 523 9781
Website: Winskill Editorial

Since 1993, I have provided professional copy-editing, proofreading and other literary skills to publishers, academics and businesses, as well as private individuals. I have worked as an editor in the UK, and as an editor and writer of English textbooks in Hong Kong.

I specialise in children's fiction. My edited works have won the Royal Mail Book Awards (2007 & 2009) or been shortlisted for the same award (2008), as well as winning the Kelpies Prize (2005-2008). In addition, I was nominated twice for the 2009 Branford Boase Award.

I have edited a wide variety of adult fiction and adult non-fiction, as well as academic articles, theses and dissertations. I write regular critiques for literary agencies and have substantial experience editing works by non-native speakers of English. I have also given workshops on various aspects of freelancing and publishing.

I can edit both on and off-screen and am very happy to deal directly with authors and illustrators. I often handle projects from manuscript assessment for publication, through all the intermediate copy-editing and proofreading stages, to final proofs. I am also happy to provide literary critiques to aspiring authors.

Edited media include books, articles, dissertations, theses, newsletters, environmental tenders, grant applications and web text (hard copy only).

I am an advanced member of the SfEP and possess a MA (Hons) degree in English Literature and Italian. As well as speaking Italian fluently, I have a good working knowledge of French and some German.

No project is too small to be considered. All enquiries are welcome and will be treated in confidence.