Editorial Services for Academics, Researchers & Authors
Why work with me?
Recommendations & testimonials
Recommendations from PhD students, researchers, academics and authors reflect the quality of my work and the care I bring to every project. Many clients return or recommend my services to others, recognising the value of personalised editorial support and attention to detail.
Academic & Publishing expertise
With a background spanning academic research, publishing and professional editing, I provide careful, accurate feedback tailored to each client's needs. Whether you're preparing a thesis, journal article, dissertation or manuscript, I can help ensure your writing is clear, polished and effective while preserving your own voice.
Human editorial judgement
Why human editorial review still matters. AI tools can assist with grammar and spelling, but they cannot fully understand context, argument, audience, discipline-specific terminology or author intent. Human editorial review provides the critical judgement needed to improve clarity, consistency, flow and overall readability.
Manuscript Assessments & Editorial Feedback
Whether you’re developing a novel, preparing a manuscript for submission, or planning to self-publish, expert feedback can help identify strengths and weaknesses before publication.
A manuscript assessment provides detailed comments on areas such as:
- Structure and pacing
- Character development
- Plot and narrative flow
- Dialogue and readability
- Consistency and continuity
- Reader engagement
Each assessment includes practical suggestions to help writers strengthen their work while preserving their individual voice.
Academic & Professional Editing
Clear, effective writing is essential for communicating ideas and research. I provide editorial support for PhD students, academics, researchers and professionals seeking polished, accurate written work.
Services include:
- Thesis and dissertation editing
- Journal article editing
- Research papers
- Reports and grant applications
- Copy-editing
- Proofreading
Every document receives careful human review to improve clarity, consistency, grammar, style and readability while respecting disciplinary conventions and requirements.
Please get in touch to have a chat about how I can help with your writing project.
About me
Demonstrated experience in proofreading, authorship & writing
Qualifications: PhD Sociology & Literature, MA Creative Writing, Honours Degree Environmental Science.
CIEP Training in Proofreading, Copyediting and Fiction Editing.
BOOK and academic author
I love helping people craft great writing.
Good writing is about more than correct grammar. It requires clarity, structure, consistency and an understanding of audience. I provide professional editorial support for academics, PhD students and authors, helping them refine their work while preserving their individual voice.
What do I edit and review? Books, theses, dissertations, journal articles, research papers, fiction and non-fiction manuscripts, book proposals, reports and other substantial written projects such as grant proposals. I work with both indie authors and publishing houses.
What my clients say
"... serious, professional, super fast and qualitatively great proof-reading!"
Matthieu Hamel
Ceo, le petit cordon, laillé, france
Emma perfectly corrected my e-Commerce site in English. She got involved and didn’t hesitate to ask questions when a service or functionality on the site was unclear. I will not hesitate to appeal to her in the future. I recommend it!
Carli Carli-Ria Rowell
LEVERHULME EARLY CAREERS RESEARCH FELLOW, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
There were an amalgamation of factors as to why, nearing the end of my PhD, I just didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to sit down and proof read my thesis. So I asked Emma for help. We worked out a budget and then, in super quick time she formatted the thesis, compiled my bibliography and helped to proofread three chapters. Emma was always contactable when I had some last-minute amendments or questions (she even formatted my PhD from word to PDF for me!). All in all, Emma provided an amazing service that far surpassed the formalities of proofing. Her calm words of encouragement came as an added bonus, I would have melted numerous times in the run up to printing and submitting my thesis were it not for the service and support given.
Eri Tsukamoto
phd student, university of warwick
I totally recommend Emma’s proofreading service to anyone. My thesis looked much better after her proofreading! Her comments were detailed and very helpful to improve my writing.
Valeria Bizzari
DAAD POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER, UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBURG
Emma’s service is incredible! She helped me a lot with my work and I totally recommend her to everybody is looking for a serious, professional, super fast and qualitatively great proof-reading! Thank you, Emma, I was very lucky to find you!
Hany Beshr
sgsah doctoral internship, university of glasgow
Emma is a very good proofreader and copy-editor. I have worked with her a couple of times and she is fast, professional and very nice person. She also understands academic writing style very well.
Reva Yunus
PHD RESEARCHER, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Emma worked in a time-bound manner and provided detailed and relevant feedback on my chapters. Her attention to detail was amazing throughout. Emma offered ideas for alternate terminology and paragraph/sentence structure to improve the text and make it read better. She meticulously pointed out all the terms/expressions with which my external – a British scholar – might also not be familiar with.
Finally, since she is a published author and herself has a doctorate, I was delighted when she wrote encouraging and appreciate remarks on my research and writing! It really helped my confidence close to my submission deadline to know that she enjoyed reading my thesis. I am very happy to recommend her to others who need theses or journal articles proofread.
Get in Touch
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