Liz Lemal |
Skipton, North Yorkshire
- [email protected]
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Liz
Experience
As a freelance proofreader and copy-editor since 2004, I've worked on a wide variety of topics for a wide variety of clients, including mainstream publishers, individual authors, students and design companies. Recent projects have included books on trekking in Tajikistan, biking in the Black Forest and diagnosing and treating complex trauma, plus a thesis on resilience, techno-stress and e-mail overload, and a rap poetry book.
I'm available all year round and can work to tight deadlines.
Qualifications and awards
- Certificate in Copy-editing (The Publishing Training Centre)
- Certificate in Proofreading (The Publishing Training Centre)
- Certificate in Humanities (Open University)
Training
- Mentoring scheme, proofreading (SfEP)
- Editing with Word (SfEP)
- Introduction to Fiction Editing (SfEP)
- Brush up your Grammar (SfEP)
- Proofreading Theses and Dissertations (SfEP)
- Plain English for Editors (SfEP)
- Writing in Plain Language (Plain Language Commission)
- A Copy Editor's Guide to Working With Typesetters (The Publishing Training Centre)
- Copyright for Editorial Professionals (CIEP)
- The Art of Querying (CIEP)
- Business networking (Business Link)
Media
- Books – non-fiction and fiction
- Illustrated books
- Magazines
- Newsletters
- Theses and dissertations
- Company literature
- Stationery (calendars and greetings cards)
Subjects
I'm happy to take on projects in the following subjects, but my specialisms are highlighted in bold:
- Children's publishing (educational, fiction, young children)
- Crafts (dressmaking, indoor hobbies, knitting, needlework, paper crafts, sewing)
- Education (administration)
- Fiction (chick lit, family sagas, historical, mystery, romance)
- Finance (banking, financial services)
- Gardening/horticulture
- Humanities (art history, ethics, history (British and world), linguistics, philosophy)
- Life sciences (conservation, ecology, eco tourism, natural history, ornithology, wildlife, )
- Personal development (bereavement, childcare, relationships)
- Photography
- Psychology (cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mental health, mindfulness)
- Sport (general, outdoor pursuits including mountaineering, orienteering, rock-climbing, walking)
- Tourism/travel (UK, Europe)
Clients
- Cicerone Press
- The Stationery Office
- Bloomsbury
- Octopus (Hachette)
- Kyle Books
- Transatlantic Press
- Whittles Publishing
- Integra
- Parragon
- Caboodle Books/Authors Abroad
- Open Door Design
Testimonials
I found Liz through the internet and asked for help proofreading my new ebook. As all novice writers I felt the need to wrap my first book in cotton wool and guard it with my life. Liz took it into her professional and capable hands and did a fantastic job in the time scale given, and at a very reasonable cost. She is reliable and trustworthy and I can’t recommend her service highly enough. Susan E Willis, contemporary fiction novelist
Liz has edited academic papers for us on a number of occasions. Her editing is always professional and thorough and I can always be confident that she will deliver quality work on time. Communicating with Liz is also easy, whether by e-mail or skype, and her direct and immediate feedback really helps keep projects moving. Michael Haagensen, Papers Edited
All of the edits and proof reading you’ve done for me have been super… I know this was a large job with a quick turnaround and over New Year so your time on this has been very much appreciated…. Once again, I really do appreciate the time you have spent going through this. C. Clarke, Master's student, Coventry University
I have just finished my read through and I love it. I agreed with the notes and made the changes needed. Thank you once again for a great job. Kat Green, self-publishing contemporary novelist
I'm part way through your corrections and I just wanted to say that you've done a fantastic job. I just put in the updates - so it's great that you've picked up so many things. Lucy Rogers, Cicerone Press
Service(s)
Specialisms
Disclaimer note
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