Have your work proof-edited (proofread and copy-edted at the same time) or assessed by a multi award-winning author, (15 published books and more than 30 writing awards in the USA, UK, Ireland and Finland). Do you have a novel (any fiction genre), a collection of short fiction, a young adult novella, a memoir or a children's story that you need help with? I can polish your work and bring it up to publication standard with personal professional proof-editing. I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), in the UK. This is not a membership you can buy. It means I have attained enough experience and qualifications to satisfy the CIEP board. I hold a Master of Creative Writing (Hons) from Auckland University, certification from the NZ Writer’s College in copy-editing and proofreading, and certification in fiction editing, grammar and editing with Word from CIEP. I work with UK and US English, the New Oxford Style Manual, the Concise Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Chicago Manual of Style and the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and I prefer to work in Microsoft Word. I can help you by appraising your work with a qualified set of eyes. I will suggest corrections with grammar, spelling, sentence/general structure, punctuation, POV, dialogue, pace and flow, plot, layout, the beginning, the end, sense of time or place, to lift your work to a higher standard. I will not change your author's voice, but I will check your work with precise care. Website: www.barbaraunkovic.com Email me: barbaraunkovic@gmail.com  

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