Mary Hobbins
Advanced Professional Member| Location | The Business Blend Ltd, FERNDOWN, Dorset |
| Telephone | 01202 891 021 |
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| Web | www.businessblend.co.uk |
Skills
Commercial business materials and non-fiction published texts
Development editing, structural editing, technical editing, material critique, copy editing, proofreading and proof-editing for businesses, publishers and authors
Media
Business communications (internal and external) including blogs, email templates, handbooks, manuals, marketing flyers and brochures, newsletters, reports, social media posts, tenders, training materials, websites and any other communications you need to distribute
Non-fiction and academic books, multi-author books, journal articles, secondary and tertiary level textbooks, professional examination textbooks, study guides and e-learning materials
Qualifications and awards
BSc Hons 2.1 History of Science, Technology and Medicine; Registered PRINCE2 Practitioner (APMG); Editors Canada Structural Editing Standards, L3 Proficient; many years in business/ corporate environment
Experience
Freelance business since 2010
Training
Basic Proofreading (PTC) 2009, Copy Editing (Horn) 2010, Editorial Project Management (Horn) 2010, On-screen Copy Editing (PTC) 2010, Presenting Corporate Internal Communication (IoIC) 2012, Introduction to Global English (STC) 2013, Marketing Communications as a Strategic Function (OU) 2014, Introduction to Journal Publishing (ALPSP) 2015, Citation Analysis (ALPSP) 2015, References (SfEP) 2016, Editing for the Web (Copyediting) 2017, Towards the Trusted Advisor (IoIC) 2017, Web Editing (SfEP) 2018, Getting into Technical Editing (Copyediting) 2018, Developmental Editing for Nonfiction (Lawler) 2019, Structural Editing Standards (Editors Canada/Queen's University, Kingston) 2020, Plain English for Editors (CIEP) 2021, Non-Fiction Development Editing (CIEP) 2023
Clients
I work with businesses of all sizes and publishers including Cambridge University Press; HarperCollins; Oxford University Press; Royal Society; PM companies for BCS, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Sage journals, T&F journals and others
Subjects
Agriculture/ farming, archaeology (incl. classical, early civilisations, Egyptology, prehistory, Roman), antiques and museum studies, astronomy (popular), banking, business (business administration, B2B, history of, management, office practice/skills, organisational behaviour and development, quality standards, personnel development, risk analysis, small business, theory), earth sciences (popular), history (ancient, architecture, genealogy, heritage, industrial, medicine, science, technology, transport), home and leisure (popular, consumer, games and puzzles, gardening), political science, social sciences, tourism/travel (social geography, ecotourism, Europe, UK, USA)
Testimonials
I was so excited to get this appraisal and even used a little of my long weekend to have a read through. Please pass my thanks to Mary, she has been incredibly kind and insightful and I feel encouraged looking at her report.
Manuscript development appraisal, 2023
Thank you for your Herculean labours on this project, and keeping us on course and on time.
Partner at a commercial law practice, 2020
I cannot thank you enough for all your work ... I am very grateful for the level of detail in your editing as well as all of the comments on ways to improve. Really excellent work.
Development and structural edit for a private client, 2019
Thanks for letting me know this is all completed. I will certainly recommend you to [XYZ], who is taking over my role. I have also recommended you to [another organisation] too.
Project manager, 2018
Thanks Mary. As always I deeply appreciate your precision and eye for detail.
Journal editor, 2017
Thank you again for all your work on this project – I realise it’s been a complicated one, and it looks like you’ve done an amazing job of proofreading and collating a lot of complex corrections. I very much appreciate your help on this one, and I look forward to working with you again.
Production manager, 2017