Authors

  • I specialise in copyediting scholarly humanities and social sciences texts.
  • Although I work primarily with publishers and pre-press companies, I do occasionally work with authors prior to seeking a publisher, whether that’s for a book or an article.
  • UK or US English: I work in both, in roughly equal proportions. I can also localise US text to UK English.
  • If you have a target publisher in mind, I can edit to their style guide, if you’ll provide it.
  • Get in touch to discuss your project!
Email Sue

Pricing is always tricky

Until I know the condition of the manuscript, its length and complexity, and what work you want done, no price can be given. Contact me to open up the discussion: info@aptwords.co.uk

If you’ve no idea what copyediting costs, see the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading’s suggested minimum rates for a guide, but do bear in mind that I’m an Advanced Professional Member.

Students


If you’re a student, looking for someone to work on your essay, thesis or dissertation, then I’m afraid you should look elsewhere. I don’t work on text that is going to be marked.

Many thanks for your attention to detail and your good humour throughout the process.

Thanks, too, for the word list – I haven’t seen one of those before!
Dr Lisa Webley SFHEA
Professor of Empirical Legal Studies, Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, author of Legal Writing (4th edition, Routledge, 2016).

You are one of the most professional and cheery copyeditors I’ve ever worked with

and it makes me feel like our book is in the best of hands.
Prof. Christoph Lindner
Professor of Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam and volume co-editor of Global Garbage (Routledge, 2016)

Thank you so much for your careful attention to detail

and your sunny disposition throughout the un-airconditioned process [we were having a heatwave at the time]. Would that all copy editors were so thorough and clear in their queries. Will you marry me?!
Professor Victoria Emma Pagán, PhD
Professor of Classics, University of Florida, co-editor with James McNamara of Tacitus’ Wonders: Empire and Paradox in Ancient Rome (Bloomsbury, 2022)

Thank you

for the great job you have done for this work. It was a real contribution to the work, and a real help to boost its quality. I am very happy to have you and your expertise in this project.
Dr Seyed Hadi Borhani
Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, author of Textbooks on Israel-Palestine: The Politics of Education and Knowledge in the West  (IB Tauris, 2022)