Jennie Seitz | Academic Editor | Nonfiction Editor | Fiction Editor

Email me: [email protected] | www.gtproediting.com

I am an experienced editor, helping multilingual and English-speaking researchers polish their academic manuscripts for journal publication and dissertation defence. I also copy edit and proofread ESL coursebooks and trade non-fiction and fiction. 

Clients include Big Five and other publishers, Oxford and Cambridge University Presses, SkyMed Care, academic editing agencies and independent authors.

I came to editing through a somewhat circuitous route, which included being a flight attendant for a prestigious airline and teaching English at two universities in Japan, so my experience has lent itself to a wide range of subjects over the years. I'm also a certified Mindset Coach. 

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Qualifications/Associations/Volunteer Work

• Professional Member of the CIEP
• Member of ACES: The Society for Editors, the EFA, the Freelance Publishing Professionals (FPP), the Professional Editors Network (PEN), and the European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
• Newsletter editor for and Leadership Team member of the EFA and Editors Canada's Academic Editing Chapter
• Co-lead of working group on Keeping Up With AI for a Community of Interest Network (CoIN) within the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
• BSc (Hons) Human and Computer Sciences
• I have written a self-paced editing course called "Introduction to Academic Copyediting," which is available via the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA). It is for editors looking to move into academic copyediting.

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Academic Subjects

• social & behavioural sciences - social psychology, cognitive psychology, consumer behavior, health psychology, human development and cognition, social psychology, educational psychology
• education - distance learning, e-learning, teacher training/education, curriculum design and pedagogy, comparative education systems, inclusive education assessment and evaluation methods, lifelong learning and adult education, educational technology
• information science and technology – artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, digital sociology, data science and big data in decision-making, knowledge management systems, machine learning applications, technology adoption and diffusion, BIM software development and tools
• English as a foreign/second language (EFL/ESL) – English language teaching (ELT), writing and academic English for ESL learners, applied linguistics (language acquisition theories), computer-assisted language learning (CALL), cultural and sociolinguistic aspects of language teaching
• healthcare informatics – patient information systems, psychology assessment, nursing education, cognitive science research, patient assmessments, telemedicine and eHealth technologies, electronic health records (EHR), decision support systems in healthcare
• sports sciences - exercise physiology, sports psychology, kinesiology, performance analysis
• social sciences/studies – social psychology, social research, urban and rural studies, demography and population studies
• hospitality and tourism - hospitality management (hotels, restaurants, customer service), sustainable tourism and ecotourism, cultural heritage tourism, travel behavior and psychology

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Non-fiction 

biography, autobiography, memoir – life stories, personal journeys, and healing narratives

personal development – relationships, self-help/popular psychology, mindset, positive psychology, mental health, yoga, meditation 

sports – swimming, synchronized/artistic swimming

tourism/travel – Europe, Japan, USA, UK, ecotourism, tourism and hospitality, travel memoir 

home and leisure – consumer interests, cats, games and puzzles, gardening, hiking, camping

philosophy – ancient philosophy, stoicism

political and social commentary – political essays, addiction and recovery, toxic politics, criminal justice 

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Fiction

mystery and thriller

speculative fiction, dystopian, and science fiction

contemporary women’s fiction

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Education Publishers

English language teaching, ELT, EFL, teacher’s books, student’s books, exam preparation, language assessment and testing, IELTS, TOEIC, ebooks, classroom presentation tools

Fact checking, answer key checking, audio scripts, video scripts

White papers, green papers, teacher training materials & toolkits

Website copy, marketing and promotional materials, presentations, blogs, newsletters

Application of house style, clarity and consistency of suitable style and tone for your audience

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What my clients say...

"Thank you for your as usual excellent work." – Regular non-fiction editing client (initials ID)

"Very easy to use and get set up with. Jennie got back to me BEFORE the deadline, and I was extremely impressed with her work. Very detailed editing, and tons of great suggestions. It was very clear she even went in and did extra research on my topic to help out. Absolutely fantastic service and quality. Well worth the price and will recommend to anyone! Next time I need a project edited, I will be back here for sure!" – Author of a food tracking ebook

"Thank you for such a precise, good and quick work! Will keep you in mind and hope to work with you in the future." – Author (AS) of published academic article on music education

"Jennie did an amazing job. She worked on a research paper carefully, suggesting and reviewing everything from a respectful point of view. I appreciate the quick response and job well done. I will totally use this service next times as I am really satisfied with the work process." – Author of published academic article on changes in preservice teachers’ perceived self-efficacy

"Jennie's feedback and comments were very good and pointed out so many important points that I did not see in the first place, which added significant value to my paper." – Author of published academic article on competitive dynamics between multinational companies

"I would like to thank Jennie for taking up the assignment despite the new year holidays. I am so glad and it is very much appreciated! The comments are especially helpful to help me and the children improve. I have always learnt much from her. Thank you, Jennie!" – Teacher of English in Singapore

"Excellent job editing the material. The turnaround time was quicker than expected and work was exceptional. Great communication as well." – Author (RC) of The Atheist and The Afterlife - An Autobiography

"This was an excellent service and will highly likely use Jennie again in the future. Giving me a revision with all the changes she has made like, change of words, deleted words, added words, changed sentences, and also commentary on suggestions to improve or clarify my story. Also included a feedback document with suggestions and further suggestions on the characters, structure and conclusion of the story. I am satisfied with her service." – Author (BW) of a self-published fiction book, Eregon

• Editor
• Proofreader

• Non-fiction
• English as a second language
• Life sciences
• Social sciences
• Technology

• Editorial training