Owen Gregory | Full Cream Milk
Professional Member| Location | Birmingham, UK |
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I am a professional line editor, copy editor and proofreader, working most often with small, independent publishers and self-publishing authors – from manuscript to print and digital editions – but also with larger mainstream publishers.
I'm a thorough, meticulous and honest editor, with a sensitive and friendly approach to you and your text, steering clear of pedantry and peeves. Your voice (or that of your organization) is what readers want to hear, and whatever level of editing your text could benefit from, I can help refine and amplify it.
My personal and editorial interests and knowledge extend into the arts (particularly music and literature), humanities and social sciences. Recent work has included academic texts in the fields of music education and the history of photography.
My background is in English studies generally, and (following a good stint as a web designer) I have specific expertise in all aspects of front-end web design and development. Over the past decade, this combination has led me to edit and copy-edit over twenty-five books for many well-respected figures in the web industry.
Skills and services
- Copy-editing
- Line editing
- Proofreading
- Editing non-native English
- Website editing
- Page design/layout
- Typesetting
- Developmental/substantive editing
Selected titles
Recent titles include:
- Image Optimization by Addy Osmani (Smashing Media AG) • April 2021
- The Origins and Ascendancy of the Concert Mass by Stephanie Rocke (Routledge) • December 2020
- Empire, Early Photography and Spectacle: The Global Career of Showman Daguerreotypist J W Newland by Elisa de Courcy and Martyn Jolly (Routledge) • November 2020
- TypeScript in 50 Lessons by Stefan Baumgartner (Smashing Media AG) • October 2020
- Creative and Critical Projects in Classroom Music: Fifty Years of Sound and Silence by John Finney, Chris Philpott and Gary Spruce (Routledge) • October 2020
- Click! How to Encourage Clicks without Shady Tricks by Paul Boag (Smashing Media AG) • June 2020
- The Ethical Design Handbook by Trine Falbe, Martin Michael Frederiksen and Kim Andersen (Smashing Media AG) • March 2020
- Art Direction for the Web by Andy Clarke (Smashing Media AG) • March 2019
- Future Ethics by Cennydd Bowles (NowNext Press) • September 2018
- Design Systems by Alla Kholmatova (Smashing Media AG) • September 2017
- Content Design by Sarah Richards (Content Design London) • July 2017
- Web Typography by Richard Rutter (Ampersand Type) • May 2017
- Atomic Design by Brad Frost (self-published) • November 2016
Subjects
- arts, humanities, social sciences
- all aspects of front-end web design and development
- typography
- technology
- literature in English
- English language
- cultural studies
- orchestral music and instruments, particularly oboe and cor anglais
- musical notation
Media
- Books
- Multi-author books
- Manuals
- Online materials
- Magazines
- Typesetting
- Websites/blogs
- Sheet music
Training
- Introduction to Fiction Editing (CIEP), 2021
- Word for Practical Editing (CIEP), 2021
- Copy-editing 3: Progress (SfEP), 2019
- Copy-editing 2: Headway (SfEP), 2018
Clients
Routledge • Smashing Media AG • NowNext Press • Content Design London • Ampersand Type
Qualifications
- BA in English Studies
- MA in Writing (Distinction)
Specialised software
- Affinity Publisher (layout and publishing)
- MuseScore (music notation)
Testimonials
Owen's copyediting of our manuscript was thorough without being invasive. His edits were undertaken promptly, and we quickly developed a pattern for working across different time zones. Owen is a clear and receptive communicator, in both email correspondence and in-text suggestions. He quickly accommodated the historic terms particular to our topic and focused his corrections on errors rather than intervening in the cadence of our writing. His attention to detail demonstrated a real care for our book. I have no reservation in recommending him as a copyeditor. Indeed, I hope to work with him again in the future myself.
Dr Elisa deCourcy (Australian National University)