Qualifications and training

Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) and I abide by their Professional Practice Code
BA (Hons) degree in German and Spanish
Essential Proofreading (Publishing Training Centre, PTC)
Copyediting 1 (CIEP)
Copyediting: A Guide for Proofreaders (Margaret Aherne)
Introduction to Fiction Editing (CIEP)
Switching to Fiction (Louise Harnby)
How to Line Edit for Suspense (Louise Harnby)
ProWritingAid Fantasy Writers' Week webinars
ProWritingAid Science Fiction Writers' Week webinars
ProWritingAid Crime Writers' Week webinars
How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report (Louise Harnby)
Representing LGBTQ+ People in Fiction, Editing Historical Fiction and Editing Sci-fi webinars (CIEP Fiction Group)
CIEP annual conferences 2021 and 2023
How to Read a Novel (Future Learn)
Exploring Books for Children: Words and Pictures (OpenLearn)
Editing for Young Readers, Inclusive Language, Unconscious Bias, and Immersive Copyediting for Fantasy & Science Fiction webinars (ACES: The Society for Editing)
Proofreading Digital Skills (PTC)
Grammar at Work (PTC)
Editing with Word (SfEP, now the CIEP)
SfEP annual conference 2018
Adobe Tools for Editors, Editorial Style, Author Queries, What is Copy-editing?, Editing Fiction, Editing References, Editing Illustrations, A Copy-editor's Guide to Working with Authors, A Copy-editor's Guide to Working with Typesetters, Copyright Essentials, Introduction to Publishing, and Introduction to Marketing e-learning modules (PTC)