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Professional training (examples only)

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• ​​Chartered Institute of Editors and Proofreaders: On-Screen Editing I and II,  Editing Illustrations, Web Editing, Training for Trainers, Working for Non-Publishers, Specialist Medical Editing

• Society of Indexers: Nonfiction book indexing course

• Publishing Scotland: Author Contracts, Legal Aspects of Publishing, Publishing Finances, Promotion and Selling, Author Royalties and Rights, Advanced Editing, Copy Writing, Editorial Project Management, Print and Production, Search-Engine Optimization, Liaising with Journalists , Meet the Journalists, Copyright and Libel, Cover Design, Book Covers that Work, Effective Book Marketing, Integrated Social Media

• Book Machine: AGILE Principles Project Management

• National Union of Journalists: Typesetting with InDesign

• Society of Editors (ACES): Psycholinguistics: The Science Behind Plain Language, and Why You Should Use it, Sensitivity Reading and Beyond: Empowering Editors to Talk About Conscious Language and Representation

• Varion: Social Media at Work; Social Media Supercharge

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Professional memberships - past and present (in italics)

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• ​​​Chartered Institute of Editors and Proofreaders (Advanced Professional Member)

• Publishing Scotland (Publisher Member since 2015)

• Book Machine (Campus Member since 2020)

• James Lind Alliance

• Glasgow Editors Network

• European Association of Science Editors (EASE)

• European Medical Writers Association (EMWA)

• Society of Indexers (SI)

• Society of Editors (ACES)

• Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLI)​​​

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