Gerard M-F Hill
Advanced Professional Member| Location | Much Better Text, Chapel House, Beckstonegate, Low Row, BRAMPTON, Cumbria CA8 2ND |
| Telephone | 016977 46370 |
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| Web | www.much-better-text.com |
Skills
Academic copy-editing, fiction development, ghost-writing, writing to length, rewriting, editing non-native English, foreign language copy-editing (Old/Middle English), foreign language proofreading (Latin, Old/Middle English), indexing, proofreading, training and mentoring
Media
Books, catalogues raisonnées, children's books, directories/yearbooks, leaflets, multi-author books, travel guides, websites
Qualifications and awards
BA English Literature, PGCE, Accredited Indexer, City & Guilds Licentiate in Editorial Skills
Experience
Freelance since 1991
Recent clients
British Academy, Manchester University Press, Council of Europe, Face Group, University of Cumbria
Subjects
Art history, biography/autobiography/memoirs, children's/teenage, fiction, history (general, early modern, Irish, local, medieval, Polish), Poland, tourism/travel (esp. Ireland), public information
We specialise in rewriting, in stylish or plain English, and editing for clarity. Much Better Text makes good books even better – and not just books. We have over 20 years’ experience in the intelligent and imaginative editing of all kinds of published material, from academic works, university prospectuses, grammars and guidebooks to public information leaflets and self-published fiction, not to mention proofreading over 5,000 entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.