Winskill Editorial is the business name of Gale Winskill. My path into editing stems from a lifelong love of reading, the fact that I will happily read anything and an unconventional and indirect route into my chosen career. Some of my more unusual pursuits have proved surprisingly useful for various editing commissions. Here are a few highlights:

• An editor since 1993, both in-house and freelance, in the UK and Hong Kong.

• Freelance in the UK since 2008; freelance in Hong Kong, 1994–95.

• Speak Italian fluently, have a good working knowledge of French, as well as some German.

• Have travelled extensively, and lived and worked in Thailand and Egypt (as a PADI dive master), Italy (importing fruit and as an au pair) and Hong Kong (editing and writing textbooks).

• I enjoy gardening, cooking, music, travelling, walking, tennis and Pilates ... some of which I do better than others!

Aim

To provide a high-quality, professional service at a competitive rate, within an agreed timescale, in accordance with the Code of Practice of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading

Professional Membership & Positions

• Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) – formerly the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) – 2008–present
• Tutor for CIEP's online Introduction to Fiction Editing course,
  2015–present
• Mentor on CIEP's Proofreading Mentoring Scheme, 2016–present
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) – formerly the SfEP – 2006–present
• Partner Member of Association of Independent Authors (ALLi), 2019–2020
• Director of Publishing Scotland, 2012–2014

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Training Courses

• Business Gateway, Marketing your Business on a Budget
• Majik Media, Life and Business without Social Media
• Hilary Cadman, Learn to love Editor’s Toolkit Plus
• Efficient Editing: Strategies and Tactics, SfEP
• Copy-Editing, Publishing Training Centre, London
• Brush up your Grammar, SfEP
• Going freelance and staying there, SfEP
• On-screen Editing 1 & 2, SfEP
• Training for Trainers, SfEP
• Why use Facebook? Florizel Media Ltd

Conferences

• Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), Self-Publishing Advice Conference (online), 2021
• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP). Annual conference (online), September 2021, November 2020
• SfEP North-East Mini-Conference, Newcastle, 2019
• Society of Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP). Annual conference, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014 & 2010
• SfEP, Glasgow and Edinburgh Groups event, Linlithgow, 2018
• SfEP, Mini Regional Conference, Edinburgh, 2017
• Society of Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and Society of Indexers (SI). Joint conference, 2015
• SfEP, Glasgow Group and North-East Scotland Group, Edinburgh, June 2014. Professional Development Day
• Publishing Scotland. Annual Conference, 2010, 2011 & 2013
• Annual Kingston Publishing Conference, 2010

Academic Qualifications

• English Literature and Italian MA (Hons), University of Edinburgh
• English Literature, French and German A Levels
• English Literature AS Level

Clients

Examples of clients I have worked for:

• Independent authors throughout the world: UK, Europe, Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, USA
• Black & White
• BMV Media, the Netherlands
• Books & Software Ltd, Hong Kong
• Cornerstones
• HarperCollins (imprints: Harper Inspire, William Collins)
• HarperCollins Author Academy
• Impress Books
• Leannta Education Associates
• Lunicorn Press
• National Bureau of Translations, Kazakhstan
• Phoenix Yard Books
• Publishing Scotland
• Publishing Training Centre
• Routledge
• Royal Commission on the Historic and Ancient Monuments of Scotland
• SalesTribe
• SilverWood Books
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (Scotland) (SCBWI)
• Society of Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP)
• Starfish Bay Children's Books, Australia
• Swales & Willis
• Vendana, Germany
• Waverley Books

Previous Employment History

• Floris Books, Edinburgh. Editor, 1998–2008
• Macmillan, Hong Kong. Freelance editor and writer, 1994–1995
• SEPA, Hong Kong. Freelance editor, 1995
• Youth Bookroom, Hong Kong. Editor and writer, 1993–1995
• Asia Law and Practice, Hong Kong. Freelance editor, 1993
• Worldwide Fruit, Geest Plc., Spalding. Fruit importer (Italy),
  1991–1992