Freelance profile

Sandra Stafford

I write for publishers, businesses, local councils and universities. I also develop raw manuscripts/text for less experienced authors. I have been published in consumer magazines and books, a well-known children's encyclopaedia, lifestyle and entertainment publications, educational materials (online and hard copy) and trade journals. I have written regularly for blogs and a news agency. As an editor, I work for high-profile academic and education publishers, developing content for publication. I also copy-edit and proofread. I am a hard worker with much writing/publishing experience, happy to turn my hand to jobs large or small.

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Contact details:

Region/nation: South West
Country: United Kingdom

Skills:

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Feature writerRates: Print media
Online journalismRates: Online/writing
Electronic publishingRates: Online/editing
Book editorRates: Print media - editing/producing books
Subeditor or editorRates: Sub-editing
ProofreaderRates: Sub-editing
from the Freelance Fees Guide.

Subjects:

  • Education
  • Children/educational materials
  • Lifestyle
  • Health and fitness
  • Leisure and hobbies
  • Film and theatre
  • Music
  • Religion
  • Social Sciences
  • Women's issues

Major clients:

  • Educational publishers
  • Academic publishers
  • Online publishers
  • Businesses and organisations
  • Councils/universities

Profile last updated: 2019-04-17 11:11:34


Extra information:

 

I have worked full time in publishing since the early 1980s. I cut my journalistic teeth on magazine work, thoroughly learning all the production and editorial processes in a conventional setting before becoming deputy editor of a monthly consumer magazine on music.

Then, after an in-house spell on trade mags, I decided to go freelance, which provided the opportunity to write for and edit a range of journals and books, as well as work with non-publishing organisations needing writing and editing expertise.

Being freelance has allowed me to broaden my scope in terms of subject matter and printed/online media. As you might imagine, I am used to working to tight deadlines and thinking/writing creatively to fill or shorten word counts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Freelance writer, development editor and copy editor