Hello, I’m Katherine.
As a member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), I help writers to wrangle their words into submission so that their message is clear of ambiguity and professional.
I often work with multilingual authors. I can help you to make your writing easy to understand, and to feel natural to your international readers.
My friendly, personal approach gives you much more than perfect spelling, grammar, punctuation and syntax; I provide a human touch that is impossible to achieve through spell-checking software.
Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction and Fantasy
The possibilities are endless in these genres. I love to figure out the world-building rules that scifi and fantasy authors have used and then ensure that they have been used consistently throughout the book, and across the whole series. My favourite SFF authors range from Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Ursula K Le Guin and Isaac Asimov to Iain M Banks, Neil Gaiman and JT Lawrence. I believe there should be more diversity in SFF; I seek to work especially with authors who are women, in translation to English, and minorities.
Children’s Books
I edit fiction and nonfiction aimed at young readers. Through collaboration rather than correction, I will help you to make your books shine, so that young readers reach for them again and again. My experience as a teacher gives me the ability to help your books become accessible to readers in your target age group. I like to work with chapter books, middle grade books and books for older children.
Diversity
My goal is to help marginalized authors to have their voices heard, and to help readers of all backgrounds to see themselves represented in the stories that they love.