Elizabeth Fletcher | Editor, proofreader and project manager
Based in Scotland
- [email protected]
- Organisation
- Elizabeth Fletcher Editorial
- Job title
- I work with education and non-fiction publishers
- Membership Grade
- Professional Member
About Elizabeth
I have extensive experience of copyediting, proofreading and project managing educational books and resources as well as children's and general non-fiction texts.
I worked in-house at a large educational publisher for almost ten years and understand the publishing process. I have been freelance since 2015.
I pay close attention to the editorial brief and always strive to deliver projects on schedule and within budget. I retain the author's voice in the text and raise author queries in a sensitive manner. I am flexible and can deal with unexpected problems.
Subjects
Education (primary, secondary, further education, English, history, geography, politics, citizenship, administration/management, business, religious studies, health and wellbeing, vocational subjects, exam preparation/revision, CPD, project management of all subjects)
Children's/teenage publishing (general, educational/informative, reference)
Non-fiction (general, cookery, travel, personal development)
Recent clients
Hachette Learning, Macmillan Education, Collins Learning, John Catt, What on Earth Books, Collins Kids
Professional development
CIEP annual conference 2023
Non-fiction Developmental Editing (CIEP): 2025
References (CIEP): 2023
Managing Editorial Freelancers (Publishing Training Centre): 2011
Working With Authors (Publishing Training Centre): 2009
Editing in Word (Publishing Training Centre): 2008
Grammar (Publishing Training Centre): 2007
Book Production for Editors (Publishing Training Centre): 2007
Copy-Editing Skills (Publishing Training Centre): 2005
Experience
• Freelance since 2015
• Managing Editor, Hodder Education: 2013–2015
• Project Editor, Hodder Education: 2008–2013
• Subject Editor, Hodder Education: 2005–2008
Qualifications
• BA English
• MSc Publishing
What my clients say
'Everything went through smoothly in the end thanks to your great work at the proofreading stage.' (Senior Editorial Project Manager, Hachette Learning)
‘Thank you for being such a wonderful freelancer to work with, you’ve dealt with the authors so well they have really appreciated working with you, the proofs look great and I’ve been totally confident leaving it all to you.’ (Editorial Manager, Hachette Learning)
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Disclaimer note
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