Snake Hill
EDITORIAL SERVICES
Copy editing
Ensures your writing is clean, correct, and consistent.
Fixes spelling and grammatical errors, typos, referencing, and other blemishes.
Checks typesetting, layout, formatting, and graphics.
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Line editing
Improves clarity, brevity, and flow.
Polishes your style and brings out your voice. Smooths out uneven pacing, points out flawed arguments.
Transforms your writing into its best possible self.
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[About]
I am dedicated to writing.
My nearly ten years' experience as an editor of fiction and non-fiction, plus my Master of Writing and Editing, plus my love of language, literature, and elegant communication are your guarantee your writing is in safe hands.
My work includes science fiction and fantasy, literary fiction, scholarly articles, monographs, brevia, grant applications, research proposals, government publications, résumés, websites, and graphic novels.
I have worked with clients at RMIT University, University of Technology Sydney, the University of Melbourne, Routledge, The Australiasian Institute of Judicial Administration Incorporated, Orygen, Governo de Timor-Leste, Semiotica, Rabbit, The Lifted Brow, and Farrago, not to mention numerous private authors.
[Education]
Master of Writing and Publishing cum laude
RMIT University
Graduate Diploma in Arts (Political Science)
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts (Japanese Language)
University of Melbourne
[Memberships]
Editors Victoria
Institute of Professional Editors Ltd. (IPEd.)
Editorial Freelancers Association
Writers Victoria
Society for Editors and Proofreaders (sfep)
Still
not
sure?
Not quite ready to make it official?
Send me your manuscript and get a 2,000-word edit for AU$30.00, no questions asked. You'll get my best work, and if you like what you see we can talk business.
If you've still got questions, or just feel like a chat, send me an email! I'd be happy to answer anything you can come up with. (You can also reach me on Facebook or Skype).
[Contact]
There's nothing left to do now but get in touch and take the next step in the writing process.
"Excellent service! Very efficient and thorough!"
- a Sydney academic
"My thesis feels like a newly cleaned piece of laundry."
- a Melbourne PhD student
"The highest quality service, quick turnaround time, exceptional professionalism, attention to detail and reliability."
- a University of Melbourne postgraduate
"Always fabulous work and such a help."
- a Sydney academic
"This is an amazing piece of work. Thank you so much."
- a Victorian author
"Many thanks for your corrections and editing suggestions."
-a Melbourne University academic
"...a highly professional, personable, and high quality editor..."
-an Australian Government employee
"Huge thanks for this work ... I think we've got a good result"
- an aid program co-ordinator
"You're the most amazing person in the world!"
-an aspiring Sydney writer
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