Shakspeare Editorial

Testimonials

I'm told it's difficult to find a real gem. I've got one! Thank you once again …

RB Cameron, self-publishing author

First of all let me thank you for your very thoughtful and thorough editing.

Kurt Huebner, Author and Volume Editor  of National Pathways to Low Carbon Emission Economies

I’ve always believed that every book should benefit from a professional edit. Sadly, this isn’t a hard and fast rule in these times of self-publishing and print-on-demand. Alison has solved many problems for me as a writer and as a  publisher. In the first (writing) instance, she doesn’t allow my scribblings, which can be a little eccentric, to drift too far into obscurity and always brings the narrative back into proper perspective. In the second (publishing) instance, she has been invaluable to Gatecrasher Books, solving all the finicky problems associated with formatting, design, registry, accounts, etc., that I am either too busy, too confused, or too lazy to do myself. Thanks Alison.

John McDonald, writer and publisher, Gatecrasher Books

We had a technical report for produce for an electricity distribution network to summarise multiple phases of research conducted. This was a very tight turnaround with limited time for our internal quality checks to be implemented. Alison was able to very quickly comprehend the technical information, and provide an amended and edited document within the tight timescales required.

Dawn Mulvey, Impact Market Research

I … find the text really improved. A fantastic job creating flow and better understanding.

Paul McQueen, Hotlifestyle

Needless to say I am very grateful for your diligence and professionalism in the work.

Francis Rothery – Missional: Impossible! for Wipf and Stock

Alison has brought order and direction to my writing, where required, inviting me to consider what might be expressed better and bringing sense to some of my more chaotic ideas … without over editing and slowing the flow. This she has achieved with the diplomacy and tact common to all good editors and essential when dealing with temperamental authors and their work.

Simon Baseley, author

Dear Alison, It has been for me a pleasure working with you, I am overwhelmed by the book, so a big Scottish thank you and I will keep in touch.

Richard Glass – autobiography, The Long Journey

Dear Alison, Thank you for your professional and continuous support during the editing process of the book which included the insertion of numerous images in each of the chapters and the names of Japanese people and places.  Your patience with my requests for corrections was very much appreciated.

Susan Carpenter, Forget the Third Arrow and Behold the Old World Order

Alison was really helpful, friendly and gave me lots of advice for the next stage of my book. I employed her to edit and prepare my book for publishing … One of the stages I had problems with was the cover page … Alison was brilliant and she managed to sort out the right pixel size and placed the fairy dust, font and colour of the cover page. Alison solved a lot of other formatting issues for me. She is very professional and helpful and I couldn’t have produced my books if it wasn’t for her.

Tracey Bryant, The Dog Poo Fairy/The Wildlife Rescue Fairy

Anyone who needs a designer and typesetter if you are writing a book, article etc you HAVE TO USE Alison Shakspeare, she is amazing, it looks like my book “Teaching Dyslexics how to Read and Write Music”, is going to be finalised very shortly and it would have been impossible without Alison’s skill and professionalism, she also does websites!!! An absolute godsend that I found her because I was panicking bigtime, her attention to detail is phenomenal
 

Deborah Aloba, singer and teacher