Emelle's Editing Services

About

I provide a highly personalised editing service, principally for academic work in the social sciences and humanities, though I also have a history of work in film and literature. I was editor-in-chief of an international scientific journal for six years; I have taught courses in academic writing at Helsinki University and in various institutes; and I have been published in international journals myself so I am well-placed both simply to language-edit a text and also to offer advice on structural improvement, argumentation etc. Almost all the articles on which I have worked have found publication in the journals which the authors have targeted.

Possibly what really sets me aside from others with similar skills and experience, however, is the personal involvement I offer 'my' scholars throughout the editing process: my goal is to make their work say exactly what they want it to say, not merely to put it into acceptable English. Consequently each project involves continual interaction - by email, phone or skype - to ensure that the author is completely happy and confident with the result. This is part of the service and does not result in raised costs which are, in fact, at the lower end of the price spectrum.

The price itself, particularly for new clients, is established on the basis of the time it take to bring 1,000 words of the client's text to a polished state (which is performed without charge), whereupon I can offer a fair estimate for the work as a whole.

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