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98 | I'm Caroline Petherick - The Wordsmith.
A text management professional with decades of experience.
Written text ... just a collection of words. Yet, like simple bricks, words can create artefacts of great power, beauty and influence. For instance:
118 |120 |123 |May I deal with honour. May I act with courage. May I achieve humility.
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125 |128 |Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.
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Moving and memorable? Whatever you write - whether it's on computer programming, eternal life or anything in between - can be just as inspiring and motivating. But to get the response you expect from your readers, you need someone to check it who doesn't know yet what's in your head.
130 |This is where I come in; I'm your guinea-pig reader. I will help create a clearer communication channel between you and your audience. I'm highly experienced - I've worked as a wordsmith since the early nineties - so you get a swift, efficient and cost-effective service.
131 |Whether it's printed or an ebook, a novel or a textbook, I can handle it from start to finish.
149 | More info 150 |I'm experienced at ensuring academic texts are just perfect, and ready to impress.
158 | Sounds good! 159 |Having perfect English is one of the best ways to ensure respect for your business.
167 | Intriguing! 168 |Eloquent language takes your company image to the next level, making you stand out from competitors.
176 | Why not? 177 |Do you want to produce effective conference transcriptions, information booklets and leaflets, instruction manuals, fact sheets, newsletters, business plans?
193 |For design and accounting work it's good business sense to employ specialists. But when it comes to getting things down in writing, you've got a computer - so, why pay someone?
194 |A computer can only do so much to help. It can't tell you:
195 |If you've already drafted a text, I can approach it from the reader's perspective - very different from the way that you, the writer, view it. My job is to make your publication communicate your message clearly, checking that:
209 |and there are around another 20 editing/proofreading tasks that will maximise the effectiveness of your publication - ask me for the list.
217 |Good writing enhances your image, so readers will be impressed; your publication will become a springboard to help create more and better business for you.
218 |Are you drafting a business text, and want it checked over?
230 |I'm a very experienced editor / proofreader, and have spent a sizeable chunk of my adult life in the commercial world. So I can achieve anything from a quick polish to a thorough makeover, depending on your needs. Click on Text Management in the menu at left.
231 |Are you writing a book? If so, please click on Editing in the menu at left.
232 |Are you writing a thesis, dissertation or essay?
233 |Academic writing must be your own work. But what if your first language is not English? Or if you have serious difficulty getting things down in writing?
234 |Most universities and colleges allow you to have your text checked by an English proofreader. This helps ensure your meaning is clear and that the text is written in academic British English.
235 |Cost?From £15 to £25 per 1000 words. (For a more exact price, see 'What's the next step?' below.)
236 |Time? I can normally proofread about 15,000 words in 2 working days, and about 40,000 words in a working week and so on. But you'll need to check that I have space in my schedule. The more advance notice you give me, the more likely I can work for you when you need me.
237 |Please also give yourself a few days after I've returned the completed text to you. You will need some time to check the changes I've made, before you submit your work for assessment and marking.
What's the next step?
239 |Please email me, to:
240 |1) tell me the title, subject and word limit of your text,
241 |2) tell me your submission deadline, and
242 |3) send me a 500-word sample of the text.
I will tell you whether I am competent to work on the subject matter and whether I can fit the work into my schedule. If both those conditions are met, I will work on your sample for free, and I will normally return it to you within 24 hours, with an exact price per 1000 words. 243 |So before you go any further:
a) you will know that we can meet your deadline 244 | b) you can see what kind of work I would do for you, and 245 | c) you will know exactly how much the job will cost you. 246 | 247 |Okay?
248 |If you're a non-fiction book publisher, you might like to contact me about my service; I have worked for the last few years on a series of books ranging from maritime history to diplomatic protocol to natural history, produced by Whittles Publishing, a prestigious private house. Dr Keith Whittles says, 'We have been working with Caroline for several years and across a broad range of projects and subjects. It is a pleasure to work with her - she is efficient, accurate, knowledgeable, diplomatic and very understanding.' (full text on the Testimonials page)
260 |Also, I worked on Lloyd's Register's magisterial history and maritime technology books: 'Caroline was a joy to work with on our projects. She immediately answered our cry for help and couldn’t have been more helpful throughout our time of working with her. We found Caroline a fast, accurate and efficient editor.' (full text on the Testimonials page).
261 |If you produce TEFL teacher-trainer books, you will find that my long experience in this field will help produce texts that are relevant and easy to understand.
262 |I have also worked on educational texts - course books and teacher books - at primary and secondary levels, and am fully aware of the need to achieve coherence, cohesion - and correctness! -throughout.
263 |Or perhaps you're a creative writer who wants to ensure your work is as good as it can be before it goes to an agent, a publisher or the public. The many self-publishing writers I have worked with have - in some cases rather to their surprise - greatly enjoyed the process of checking their work before publishing. One of my recent authors said to her publisher: 'Caroline and I have had SUCH fun getting the m/s sorted! I must say, she has been absolutely wonderful to work with.'
264 |I have been working as an editor since 1993. My services range from copy-editing and rewriting to structural editing and developmental editing (coordinating an entire project from first drafts, then incorporating input from authors, consultants and editors, to produce a designer-ready text).
265 | 266 |I am an Advanced Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders - the highest possible grade - and I continue to update my training to keep abreast the fast-moving world of IT and the subtle changes in language that reflect our developing culture. See my directory entry at http://www.sfep.org.uk/directory/caroline-petherick-wordsmith.
267 |I have an Open University degree in linguistics, Latin + Ancient Greek, and astronomy + cosmology. My activities include crewing a Tall Ship, piloting my own microlight and converting a barn on our seaside acreage into an offgrid holiday cottage, so visitors can find out what fun - and how easy! - it can be to live sustainably (see www.windsworth.org.uk). So my knowledge base is eclectic, helping ensure that any text I work on for you will be well received by your readers.
268 |Contact me now to find out how my editing service can help your text communicate your message clearly and effectively to your readers.
269 |Current clients include:
281 |Whittles Publishing (maritime), HarperCollins (secondary school spelling and maths books), AD Skin Synergy, and Bott Automotive Vehicle Solutions.
Past clients include:
283 |Lloyd's Register, Sheffield Hallam University (secondary physics), Palgrave Macmillan (finance and economics), Lovely Little Books, Helbling Languages, Micus (Duesseldorf), IFS, SECTA, BCCCA, ABTT, a bunch of academics on topics such as maritime history and rainforest rubber, a well-known company historian, and writers of semi-fictional books on, for example, Palestine, the Irish troubles, merchant shipping in the Far East. 284 |
Caroline was a joy to work with on our projects. She immediately answered our cry for help and couldn’t have been more helpful throughout our time of working with her. We found Caroline a fast, accurate and efficient editor with a keen eye for attention to detail who could work to extremely tight deadlines, always delivering when she said she would. Caroline has meticulous editing and proofreading skills and is willing to learn and research the subject matter, checking facts and questioning material that needs clarity and providing suggestions based upon her expertise. All of her suggestions were well thought out and pertinent. We would have no hesitation in using Caroline for our future projects. 285 | Barbara Jones Curator of Maritime History and Education, Lloyd’s Register.
286 |We have been working with Caroline for several years and across a broad range of projects and subjects. It is a pleasure to work with her - she is efficient, accurate, knowledgeable, diplomatic and very understanding. She handles authors beautifully, with their own expectations and foibles, and we have received compliments from several who have praised her work, her understanding and the improvements she has brought to their manuscript. I have worked with editors for 40 years and I can say wholeheartedly and with objectivity that Caroline is one of the very best. I am constantly amazed by her knowledge and skills and appreciate her sense of humour - it all helps the editing flow more smoothly!
Dr Keith Whittles, Whittles Publishing
Caroline, I totally trust your excellent work! Cheers, Herbert.
Dr Herbert Puchta, Professor of English at the Teacher Training University in Austria
Ah... proper sentences that make sense! Exactly what I want. You've done a wonderful job on this.
Andrew Pilkington