Services

How I can help you

When you’re producing a business document, marketing content, a book, or anything else that matters, it’s vital that the writing is clear, consistent and easy for your readers to follow.

You can’t rely on yourself to check your own writing, however good your English is. You’ll be too familiar with it, and you’ll ‘see’ what you expect to see – which might not be what’s actually there. The meaning will be clear to you, because you wrote it. But will it be just as clear to your readers?

Just as importantly, will your writing keep them engaged and interested in what you want to say, and will it reflect well on you?

To get your written material checked reliably, you need a trained professional: someone with a fresh pair of eyes and a knack for identifying flaws, fixes and potential improvements. This is where I can make a difference.

Types of service

Here are the main services I offer. To find out about the one you need, please click or tap on the relevant button.

Business
editing

Helping your business with documents, reports, marketing materials and much more

Editing for
publishers

Copy-editing and proofreading non-fiction and specialist books

Editing into
plain English

Simplifying your writing to make it accessible to a wide audience

Document
assessment

High-level reviewing and reporting on a document before the detailed editing stage

Developing
style guides

Creating guidelines to help make your written material consistent and in line with your brand image

If you’re not sure that any of these services is a good match for you, please tell me about your requirements and I’ll see whether I can help you. As well as business clients and publishers, I can help other types of customers – for example, public-sector and non-governmental organisations, researchers and bloggers. (Students, please note: I don’t normally work on student papers.)

Subjects

I can work with most subjects, but these are my specialist areas of knowledge:

Technology and its use in business (much of my editing work has been on material about project management, system development, service management and related subjects)
Sport and its history, particularly football and cricket
Music: rock, pop and related genres

‘Graham is exceptionally good at what he does, and the standard of his copy-editing services is outstanding and beyond my expectations; he is professional, reliable and an extremely efficient editor. He takes charge of the project and manages the whole process from start to finish, interacting well with both publisher and author, ensuring every aspect of the copy-editing process is well sewn together and delivered to the typesetter in a well-structured way.’
Tracey Dobby, Publishing Director, Eclipse Publishing & Media

What I don’t do

In case of any doubt, here are some things that aren’t normally included in my work:

Writing or full-scale rewriting
Comprehensive fact-checking (although I will highlight or check anything that I suspect to be wrong, based on my existing knowledge)

Samples

Please note that I generally can’t provide samples of my previous work, as this would almost certainly be a breach of copyright and/or client confidentiality. In any case, details of work that I’ve done for other clients might not be a good indicator of what I would do for you, as the work varies so much between different types of content and different clients’ needs.

Instead, I can consider doing a sample edit or proofread of your material, using a small extract from it. Please feel free to ask me about this.

Protecting your data

I’m well aware of the importance of safeguarding your data, and of the legislation about this. The Data protection page outlines my approach. For website privacy and security issues, I also have a Cookie policy.

Looking for a quote? Please take a look at the Get a quote page.