Academic services

Treetop Editing offers a supportive editing service for academics and nonfiction writers. I work on book manuscripts – academic and trade – and journal articles, and I offer a proofreading service for student theses.

I will ensure your writing is clear and consistent while respecting your unique voice and personal style. I help writers develop and finalize their manuscripts, making them clear and professional. I work with authors from different countries and can help make your work easy to understand by all your international readers. Whether you're a student, an established academic, or a nonfiction author, I will help you reach your target audience.

Why choose me?

• You have competing academic responsibilities and need your writing time is being squeezed.

• You are not sure about grammar and punctuation rules.

• The argument of your manuscript doesn't seem to flow as well as it should.

• Your book proposal has been rejected and you want to revise it and try again.

• Your work is being rejected because of minor errors due to English not being your first language.

Some editorial support can help with all these points and more. Take a look at the services I offer and contact me if you would like more information or or a quote.

What I edit

• Proofreading: A final check on your document before it is published. This service picks up any last typographical errors and formatting issues.
  

• Copyediting: This ensures there is a consistent, accurate presentation throughout and that the text flows. Errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation will be corrected. I can also check references, ensure that figures and images are in the right place, and that hyperlinks work.
  

• Developmental editing: This is the earliest stage of editing and addresses the broad issues of structure and organization, the development of a coherent narrative, engagement with sources, and the authorial tone.
  

• Book proposals: Your book proposal, whether academic or trade, should argue the business case for why your book should exist and persuade a publisher to invest in you. I can assist with all aspects of book proposal preparation.

I am in the freelance editor pools for Oxford University Press and Straive (for university press books and Frontiers journals), and have copyedited for Santa Fe Institute Press.