Eleanor Smith
Professional Member| Location | Somerset, UK |
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An experienced proofreader and copy editor specialising in crime, historical fiction and fantasy, working with both publishers and independent authors looking to self-publish.
I pride myself on being great to work with, efficient and detail-oriented. I love what I do, and hopefully that’s evident through the testimonials from some of my clients below!
Since I made the leap to go freelance in January 2019, I have worked on over seventy novels, covering a plethora of genres. I am particularly drawn to crime/mystery, fantasy and historical fiction, as well as educational children’s books and children’s fiction, but also have experience editing romance, contemporary fiction, biographies and memoirs.
I know how to communicate my edits in the clearest and most helpful way possible, whether that’s using Microsoft Word’s track changes function or the commenting tools in Adobe pdf. I relish being involved in such a vital part of the publishing process, which means I take the responsibility seriously and give my all to every project.
If you would like to know more, please do get in touch.
Skills
Proofreading, copyediting.
Media
Books, educational materials, multi-author books, illustrated books, online materials.
Experience
Freelance since 2019
Training
Proofreading 2: Headway (CIEP) 2019
Clients
Saga Egmont
Legend Press
BookLife Publishing
Summersdale
River Editorial
Grosvenor House Publishing
Lumphanan Press
New Generation Publishing
Alliance Publishing Press
Galileo Publishing
Silverwood Books
Independent authors
Subjects
Fiction: crime, mystery, thrillers, historical, contemporary, fantasy, romance
Children's: educational/informative non-fiction, children's fiction
Non-fiction: biography, autobiography, memoirs
Qualifications
BA English Literature
Testimonials
Eleanor is a very talented proofreader – she’s extremely detail-oriented and has always shown great judgement in both her changes and her queries. She has never missed a deadline and is great to work with.
Ditte Løkkegaard, Legend Press
Eleanor has been an essential resource for my editorial team at BookLife Publishing. Not only has she been a pleasure to work with, being thorough and timely, but she has also proven to be reliable and capable of tackling any task I have sent her way. Eleanor Smith is always my first choice for an external proofreader. I would happily recommend her services to anyone
Robin Twiddy, Editorial Team Leader at BookLife Publishing
Eleanor is a joy to work with. Always on time and on budget and her proofreading work is of the highest standard. She is my ‘go to’ person for projects that need VIP treatment.
Julie Willis, Editorial and Pre-press Director at River Editorial
Eleanor's great - she always runs to schedule, has a fine eye for detail and produces excellent results. I've worked with her for a few years now on a wide variety of different publishing projects and would unreservedly recommend her proofreading services.
Duncan Lockerbie, Lumphanan Press
Eleanor Smith had been commissioned to proof read a couple of manuscripts for us.
Her last project was an historical fiction novel of 97,000 words.
We have found her work to be of a very high standard with meticulous attention to detail.
She always notices small inconsistences as well as the more obvious spelling, typos and literals.
Above all Eleanor’s pleasant attitude and helpfulness makes her an ideal person to work with both publishers and authors. I would have no hesitation in recommending Eleanor for any proof reading project she may be considered for.
Janet Weitz, Alliance Publishing Press