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I will work with you to prepare your MS for submission to a publisher. Free assessment.
ABOUT
IAN
MATHIESON
I am a professional editor and have been a very active writer in a variety of capacities throughout my adult life. I recently wrote Steve Hinchy – a Tribute (a biography), Watson Ferguson & Company, 2020 and co-authored The Effective Leader, Harper Collins, 2002.
I have edited 27 manuscripts across all genres: children’s historical adventure, management, personal development, adult thriller, commercial fiction, documentary script editor. I have written, developed or edited: reports for the Parliament and various Governments, strategic business plans, business performance reports, statutory reports, Ministerial and Prime Ministerial speeches and proposals for joint ventures.
Ian Mathieson BA, BEc, GAICD, Professional Member of the Institute of Professional Editors.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
My role is to advise and assist authors to prepare their MS for submission to a publisher. I’m careful not to impact the author’s plot or characters nor to alter their ‘voice’, but I do assist authors in clarifying their ‘voice’ for the MS.
Good editors may be likened to those crystal-clear prisms which form a vital part of a pair of binoculars. They are not there to change the view or change the scene but to make it clearer and closer.
Peter Ryan, Director, Melbourne University Press
I add value in fiction (for adults, young adults or children), family histories, illustrated childrens, self-help and personal improvement genres, and in business proposals, and business or government reports.
You may elect for one or all of these three elements of editing, for your MS:
Structural Edit includes:
- effectiveness of structure
- flow and narrative
- language and style
- clarity.
Copy Edit includes:
- use and consistency of language
- punctuation and grammar
- references and facts
- overall conformity and consistency.
Proofreading includes:
- proofing, checking
- checking formatting
- checking conformity of style
- reviewing completeness, internal integrity.
What authors say about Ian
Contact Me
Each manuscript is highly individual. I will need to gather information about you, your preferences and the manuscript in order to provide a fee proposal.
If you have a great story to tell, send me the following: a little about your book and why you’re the one to write it, your bio (which tells me who you are), the first ten pages of your book pasted in the body of your email. Include the title in the subject line.
I will provide a free assessment and let you know where we could go from there.