Subtitle & script proofreading is crucial to get your documentary ideas across to the audience, without them focusing on typos. How can I help? I have helped businesses, such as universities and translation companies, and individuals to check subtitles and scripts beforehand. As a native-English speaker I have helped them Read more…
I love writing I started proofreading and editing theses when I finished my first postdoc. The reason? I have always loved writing. Hearing about friends’ awful experiences with unqualified proof-readers (not all are unqualified) I knew I could help. Imagine a master’s student trying to proofread a thesis of 90,000 Read more…
While social media (radio, television, and other platforms) focus on what it’s like to work from home for the first time, juggle family life, take an at home vacation, I have many friends reeling from the effects of COVID-19. Some don’t earn enough to get the government grant (though I Read more…
Here are some tips to ensure you pick the right proofreader for your project. I’m going to start with the most contentious subject pricing. Pricing If the price appears too good to be true: it is. Don’t trust it. Newcomers or those without qualifications tend to underbid everyone so they Read more…
Working towards a world full of colourful socks I found these little stories in my creative writing archive this month, and thought I would share them with you. I was working at the Edinburgh College of Art at the time… Imagine you’re in Edinburgh around 2002, and you buy a Read more…
Writing? To write one must write. Also, improving one’s writing is a constant learning process. I wrote a book review in 2017 (published in 2018 in International Sociology). Book review Review: Ulrich Bröckling, The Entrepreneurial Self: Fabricating a New Type of Subject. Today, I recieved a box of hardback copies Read more…
Welcome to my blog. Here you’ll find posts about proofreading and editing, general writing, business writing, books, literature and science-related articles.
“Emma worked in a time-bound manner and provided detailed and relevant feedback on my chapters. Her attention to detail was amazing throughout. In addition to taking care of my punctuation and typos Emma offered ideas for alternate terminology and paragraph/sentence structure to improve the flow of the text and make Read more…