CIEP category: Professional
Business Name: Beech Editorial Services – fiction and academic editor and proofreader
Email: beecheditor@gmail.com
Website: beecheditorial.com
Fiction and Academic Editor and Proofreader
Getting Your Message Across
About Me
I am a skilled fiction and academic editor and proofreader and a Professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. This means that I am able to help you make the most of your manuscripts, whether they are essays, journal articles, non-fiction books or novels. My business, Beech Editorial Services, is based in the outskirts of Glasgow where I live with my husband and two of my three adult children.
Academic Editing
I am an experienced editor and proofreader of academic dissertations, theses and journal articles. My specialisms are the Arts and Social Sciences, Management and Business, and Education, but I am able to work in a range of other areas – just ask. I use UK English, am a native English speaker and have extensive knowledge of Anglicisation. Please note that I do not work with AI-generated material.
Fiction Editing
Authors retaining their authentic voice is very important to me and I will work collaboratively with you to ensure this is achieved. I am very experienced in line and copy edits and in proofreading for authors like you planning to submit to agents and publishers. My love of language and knowledge of the literary landscape is brought to my clients’ work and I take pride in helping them fulfil their dreams. I am a published and self-published author (as Colette Coen), with short stories appearing in a range of publications, including Mslexia, the Writing Magazine and Postbox. In 2024 I was the Federation of Writers Scotland’s Scriever and judged the 2025 short story competition for the Scottish Association of Writers.
Nonfiction Editing
Qualifications and/or experience in: Education – Adult Literacy and Numeracy, Business, Further Education, Pedagogy; English Literature and Language; Psychology; History.
I will provide a high-quality proofreading service, checking and correcting (using tracked changes): consistency, grammar, punctuation, referencing and spelling. I will also give notes on improving clarity and flow.
My Qualifications
CIEP: Introduction to Fiction Editing
PTC: Essential Copy-Editing
PTC: Basic Proofreading
Univ Glasgow: MA(Hons) English Literature and Language (with Psychology)
Robert Gordon’s Institute of Technology: Post Graduate Diploma: Librarianship and Information Studies
Glasgow Metropolitan College: APDA in Teaching in Further Education
I am a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading and abide by their membership codes
Recent Projects
Journal Articles: Environmental History; Religion and Psychanalysis
PhD Theses: Teacher Evaluation in China; Widening Access to Higher Education; Design in Local Government; The Pose in Theatre
Undergraduate essays: Food Wellbeing; Accessible Tourism; Nuclear Weapon Possession; Perception of Nuclear Weapons
ESL students: Anglicisation on a variety of Social Science and Business topics
Other Experience:
I have a working knowledge of the terminology of, and experience in:
- Arts and Humanities
- Education/Pedagogy
- Social Sciences
- Fiction/Independent Authors
- Librarianship
- Psychology
- Public Sector
- Testimonials are available at www.beecheditorial.com
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