Mrs Rebecca Gurney
- Membership Grade
- Professional Member
About Rebecca
About
I have over 20 years' experience as a copy editor and proofreader, working on content for print and web. I am also proficient in InDesign and can help with typesetting, uploading web content and ebooks.
Services
- Copy-editing, proofreading, typesetting/layout (InDesign)
- Printed and online publications
- Articles, books, brochures, ebooks, educational content, information sheets, newsletters, web content
Subjects
- Building and construction (civil engineering, timber construction)
- Charities
- CPD/education (accountancy, law, civil engineering)
- Environment (chain of custody)
- Family history, genealogy and local history
- Local and community news
- Travel (including maps)
Recent projects
- Proofreading newsletters for a charitable trust
- Editing web content into house style for a charitable trust
- Editing a technical book on timber in construction
- Editing and designing colour pages in InDesign for a village newsletter
- Editing and typesetting a journal for a local family history society
- Editing and proofreading a leaflet for a guided tour on local pubs
- Proofreading blogs for a local history project website
Software
- InDesign
- Acrobat
- Word
- Wordpress
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- PerfectIt
Courses and Qualifications
Courses
- Copyediting 2 (CIEP)
- Getting to Grips with Grammar and Punctuation (CIEP)
- Introduction to Proofreading (SfEP)
- Editing Fiction (Publishing Training Centre)
- Design and the Web (The Open University)
- ePub from InDesign (Publishing Training Centre)
- Microsoft Word – Intermediate
- Publishing Fusion Workshop (Oxford Brookes)
Qualifications
- MA (Distinction) in English Literature from The Open University
- BA (2:1) in English Language and Literature from University of Salford
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Disclaimer note
The CIEP Directory of Editorial Services should be considered a point of first contact and prospective clients must satisfy themselves that members are capable of the work on offer. The Institute cannot be held responsible for the quality of work provided by any member listed in the directory. The members themselves are responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of their entries in the Directory and the CIEP has not made any attempt to vet them. The institute cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies in the Directory. Inclusion in the Directory as a freelance does not necessarily mean that the member is self-employed as defined by HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.