Louise Maskill PhD
I provide a bespoke service to help writers of all kinds polish and perfect their manuscripts for publication, whether via traditional means, self-publishing or in peer-reviewed journals.
Fiction editing
I work with fiction authors to improve novels and short stories in terms of plot, structure, internal consistency, style and grammar.
Academic editing
I work with academic authors for whom English is a second or additional language, helping them to perfect their articles for peer review.
Journalling for writers
I am working on a series of resources for writers to establish and maintain a journalling practice.
Hello! I’m Louise
Freelance writer and editor
Welcome to my corner of the internet – I’m glad to see you here. I live and work in Derbyshire in the UK, and I have been writing and editing on a freelance basis for over a decade.
I love to help authors of all kinds, providing a bespoke service based on the needs of the author, the manuscript and the intended audience. I specialise in working with fiction authors, and writers for whom English is a second or additional language.
My own published works include a series of dialect and local interest books for Bradwell Books, and walking and tourist guides to my local Peak District for Curlew Press.
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My blog
How much do you know about journaling?
The answer to this is – almost certainly more than you think. If you’ve ever written in a diary – you’ve written a journal. If you’ve ever written down an account of a day or an event, either for yourself or someone else – that was a journal entry. Even a dated to-do...
Academic editing – some potential pitfalls
Although fiction editing is my first love, a lot of my editing work these days comes from students and academics. This kind of happened by accident – one recommendation from an old university contact led to a small circle of clients, many of whom recommended me to...
Review: Inside the Beautiful Inside, by Emily Bullock
Confined, tied and then chained to an iron stake for over a decade, James Norris exists in a dim and agonised half-life of madness and pain. Once a sailor putting out onto blue water, now he is an inmate of Bedlam – far less than human in the eyes of society, and yet...
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