Register of freelance publishing services (LMN)
AB | CDE | FGH | IJK | LMN | OPQ | RST| UVWXYZ
Lexi Publishing Services (Kylee Bristow)
Dr Mary Lincoln
Marion Joy Lockwood
Ginny Lowndes
Margaret McDonell
Rhonda McPherson
Jill Morris
Jenny Nunn
Lexi Publishing Services (Kylee Bristow)
PO Box 691
Samford Qld 4520
Work: 0448 029 444
Email: info@lexipublishing.com
Web site: www.lexipublishing.com
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Corporate writing, editing and publishing services for small and large companies, non-fiction writers, students and government departments. Includes government publications, corporate documents, educational resources, advertising and marketing material, academic work, non-fiction books, web content and more.
Special interests: Plain language
Experience: Our editors have worked in a range of writing, editing and publishing areas, including education publishing, government publishing, corporate communications, marketing, academia and online publishing.
Qualifications: Kylee Bristow (Proprietor and editor): Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Literary Studies and Economics; Graduate Certificate of Arts (Writing, Editing and Publishing)
Special skills: Corporate editing and writing.
Dr Mary Lincoln
164 Blackwood Road
Salisbury Qld 4107
Tel: 07 3875 1709
Email: melincoln@optusnet.com.au
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Proof-reading, copy editing, research, writing support.
Special interests: Editing, writing, coaching.
Experience: Thesis writing, articles, conference papers, educational material.
Other relevant experience: Teaching, research, librarian.
Qualifications: PhD (Education), MAppSc(Lib&InfoMgt), GradDipLibSc, GradDipEd(TeachLib), BEdSt, Dip T.
Special skills: Non-fiction, promotional, educational texts.
Marion Lockwood
Fraser Waters
Toogoom Qld 4655
Tel: 07 4128 0455 (home/work)
Mobile: 0407 634 622
Email: editable@bigpond.com
Availability: Full-time.
Services offered: Proofreading and editing.
Special interests: Botany, history, fiction — adult and children’s, educational books, biography, Christian literature.
Relevant experience: Teaching English and Social Sciences for many years, teaching in primary schools, working with plants.
Qualifications: BA; BEd studies; Dip Ed; Cert Hort; qualifications in proofreading and editing.
Ginny Lowndes
PO Box 1444
Beenleigh Qld 4207
Tel: 07 3807 6874 (home), 07 3807 6874 (work)
Mobile: 0407 108 419
Email: ginny@ginnylowndes.com
Website: http://www.ginnylowndes.com
Availability: Full-time or part-time.
Services offered: Editing, writing, rewriting, information design and project management, structural editing, script writing, script editing, research.
Special interests: Film, television, theatre, the Web and print, script editor, story editor, story development.
Experience: Film, television, theatre, the Web, print and music, research.
Other relevant experience: Script assessment, manuscript appraisal, script editing and development and structure of script, character development.
Qualifications: Dip. Book Editing & Publishing (Mackay), Cert. IV in Assessment and Workplace Training, Master of Arts (Griffith University 2005).
Special skills: Lectured in story and script editing and writing for film and television (drama and comedy) and the Web. Trainer (in-house). To write and edit corporate material into plain English including office and how-to manuals. Researching.
Margaret McDonell
Tel: 0423 708 860
Email: mmcdinalice@gmail.com
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Substantive and copy editing, proofreading, indexing, researching, writing, project management.
Special interests: Autobiography and life writing (especially Indigenous), non-standard Englishes, academic writing (humanities and social sciences), oral history, Australian plants.
Experience: 15+ years freelance editing (autobiography, academic writing, university course notes, government and other repots, indexing of trade and academic books; 3+ years inhouse with niche publisher (autobiography, non-fiction, dictionaries, childern's, diaries/calendars).
Other relevant experience: Have run workshops on and given individual tuition for academic writing. Attended 2004 Residential Editing Program, Katoomba. Three-month residency with Penguin India (Aug-Oct 2005).
Qualifications: Graduate Diploma of Publishing and Editing, Griffith University, 1999. Master of Philosophy, University of Queensland, 2004 (thesis topic: cross-cultural editing).
Special skills: Interest in and experience with cultural considerations of the editing process and use of non-standard Englishes.
Rhonda McPherson
GPO Box 1195
Brisbane, Qld 4001
Tel: 07 3870 2329
Mobile: 0419 626 908
Email: rhondamac@gmail.com
Availability: Fullt-time or part-time.
Services offered: Structural editing, copy editing, proofreading, typesetting/composition, book/journal layout and design, project management, bibliographic/referencing styling (e.g., APA, MLA), Microsoft Word document design and layout.
Special interests: Tertiary/academic publishing.
Experience: A trade-qualified compositor in Queensland since 1985 with 11 years experience in printing and publishing in the newspaper industry, 3 years bureau/design studio and marketing experience in Victoria, 4 years experience in my own commercial graphic design and digital copying business in Brisbane CBD, and 4 years experience editing and overseeing the production of a variety academic journals.
Qualifications: Graduate Certificate (Writing, Editing and Publishing), The University of Queensland; Trade certificate (Qualified) Compositor (Qld).
Special skills: A comprehensive understanding of the pre-press requirements in the printing and publishing industry, and the skills required to problem solve and expedite projects to completion.
Jill Morris
‘Book Farm’
8 Rees Lane
Maleny Qld 4552
Tel: 07 5494 3000
Fax: 07 5494 3284
Web site: www.greaterglider.com.au
Email: jillmorris@greaterglider.com.au
Availability: Part-time as needed, weekends included.
Services offered: Editing, production, production supervision, project management, proofreading, writing.
Special interests: Art books/the Arts, children’s books, educational books (primary, secondary, tertiary and above), fiction, poetry, plays, reference books, sciences (esp. zoology).
Experience: Founding Director 20 years ago of Greater Glider Productions; package-published three series for Curriculum Corporation; freelance editing several projects for adults and children; hundreds of manuscript consultancies (all fields).
Qualifications: BA, Dip Ed; Senior Honorary Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast.
Special skills: Publishing and marketing consultancies; children’s books; all editing.
Jenny Nunn
PO Box 333
Corinda Qld 4075
Mobile: 0412 047 009
Email: nunnjm@gmail.com
Availability: Part-time.
Services offered: Structural and copy editing, proofreading, researching, writing.
Special interests: Health, education, English as a second language.
Experience: Writing, structural and copy editing for a variety of government and non-government organisations; editing theses; tutor in Business Communication, Griffith University; workshops on business and academic writing.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Speech Therapy, postgraduate courses in communication.
Special skills: Working in partnership with writers; fitting writing to the audience; attention to detail; knowledge and understanding of a range of areas.