About me

With over 30 years’ experience in publishing and education worldwide, I am the editor you can trust to be flexible, approachable and nonjudgemental. I work with

English language teaching publishers

educational publishers

Spanish language teaching publishers

academic authors

creative writers

and businesses.

I hold a Master’s Degree in Education and am an Advanced Professional Member of the UK’s esteemed professional standards body, the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. I follow the Chicago Manual of Style and New Hart’s Rules, or your choice of style guide.

I’m a Spanish speaker with a long history of international experience.
For a peek at my art see here.

Editor

Proofreader

ELT author

Her professionalism, humour and support kept me going and forced me to raise my game.

– Petrina McGregor, fiction author 2022

Alex, I want to give a huge shout out to you about the quick turnaround of the deck. We really like your Quality Control approach. You took time to list the grammatical errors in your email which is really a good learning exercise for us. Hope we can get to QC more of our reports by you.

– Consultant in sustainability 2023

Qualifications and training

Copyediting 1, 2 & 3 (CIEP)

Adobe InCopy online

Proofreading 1 & 2 (CIEP)

Master of Arts in Education

How to Mark Up PDF Proofs

Word for Practical Editing (CIEP)

Avallain Author: introduction & a deeper dive (Freelance Publishing Professionals)

PGCE secondary school

TEFL Diploma

Bachelor of Arts: English, Visual Art and Theatre Studies

Selected clients

Modern English Teacher

National Geographic

Pearson

Oxford University Press

Grupo SM España

Cambridge University Press

Richmond Publishing

British Council

Compass Publishing

Medito

Newgen

Alex has a great attention to detail and is willing to explain any stylistic inconsistencies she encounters.

– Fraser Barratt, Compass Publishing 2020

Why trust me?

I follow the CIEP codes of practice and can send you a sample edit with a quote that justifies my fee, along with my terms and conditions. We would agree a contract (a simple email is fine) that reflects your preferences and the industry standards.

Do you need a proofreader or copyeditor?

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Get in touch

Free samples of 300–500 words. Let’s find out if you and I are a good fit – I’ll show you what I can do. There’s no such thing as a silly question, ask away!

How much will this cost?

My rates vary according to your needs, please feel free to send me a sample and we can talk. As a guide, see the CIEP recommended rates here.