I am a native English speaker and avid reader with excellent proofreading skills.
After 20 years in health research and clinical dentistry, I was ready for something completely different.
Since 2010 I have been working as a research consultant for the TV and media industries, producing oil paintings for local exhibitions, cover teaching at primary and secondary schools, and writing for a local magazine.
I have successfully completed a Proofreading and Editing Course.
Proofreading Experience
The Spice Box Letters by Eve Makis. Sandstone Press Ltd. Ross-shire, UK, 2014.
The Zoo by Jamie Mollart. Sandstone Press Ltd. Ross-shire, UK, 2014.
Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory. Oblong Press, Bucks. UK, 2014.
YLM (formerly Your Local Magazine) monthly. Circuit Media P&L Ltd. Norfolk, UK, 2013-14.
Inside Time, the National Newspaper for Prisoners & Detainees, monthly. Hants, UK, 2010-14.
The Lady Magazine, article. London, UK, 2010.
Country Living Magazine, article. UK, 2010.
Interests
Art, music, drama, literature, history, ancient and modern languages, education, cookery, brewing, food and environmental science, animal husbandry, health and medicine, general knowledge.
Reference
To whom it may concern 02.02.2014.
I am very happy to recommend Geir Madland as a proof reader. Even though I had read and re-read the text for my book ‘Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory’ umpteen times, he has found inconsistencies, typographic errors, mis-spelt names (even ob