Chartered Environmentalist and former environmental professional. Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
“Now that my book-editing project is completed I want to thank you for your excellent work on it. You struck just the right balance between making corrections and spotting textual issues. And you accomplished this work with exemplary promptness and efficiency. I would be glad to come to you again with this sort of project.” — Dr. Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh
“I’m very happy with the quality of the work. As well as taking care of the nuts and bolts of the job, James challenges points in the manuscript that need further clarification, and spots narrative inconsistencies as part and parcel of his proofing service.”
— Chris Lomas, Senior Editor at Trigger Publishing
“James helped me with proofreading several assignments while I was studying at university. I am fluent in English but it is my second language and therefore I asked him to check my text for incorrect grammar, sentence structure and overall English coherence of the content. He provided a very helpful service to a high standard and always delivered on time.”
— Thomas Untereiner, MSc student
Following on from a previous blog discussing proofreading tips for students (& others), I stumbled across a very helpful video on YouTube recently. It’s called Word 2016 Tutorial: A Comprehensive Guide to Word for Anyone Read more…
Many independent authors, academics and businesses contact me to ask for their paper, manuscript, blog, etc to be proofread as soon as they have finished writing it. This usually leads to a discussion about whether Read more…
The topic of this blog has already been briefly discussed here; however, this post aims to give a lot more detail and advice on how to check your document after it has been proofread and Read more…
James Baron
james@technicalix.co.uk