Maria Carter - Background, education and education

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Professional training (examples)

• ​​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)

• ​​​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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Chapters written for published books

• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). In: CR Martin et al. Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Learning and Teaching Environment. Swan & Horn.

• Amniocentesis: Monitoring the unborn bump (2008). In: Defining Moments in Science. Hatchette Livre/Cassell.

• Practising positive silence (2016). In: CR Martin et al. Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Learning and Teaching Environment. Swan & Horn.

• Childbirth drug, scopolamine: Declared to be truth serum (2008). In: Defining Moments in Science. Hatchette Livre/Cassell.

• Howard Taylor Ricketts: One dies so that millions may live (2008). In: Defining Moments in Science. Hatchette Livre/Cassell.

• Nora Volkow: Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2008). In: Defining Moments in Science. Hatchette Livre/Cassell.

• Plasma transfusions: “Blood for Britain!” (2008). In: Defining Moments in Science. Hatchette Livre/Cassell.

• Roslyn Yalow: An unlikely medic (2008). In: Defining Moments in Science. Hatchette Livre/Cassell.

• South America hit by first cholera academic for a century (2008). In: Defining Moments in Science. Hatchette Livre/Cassell.

• The urine pregnancy test (2008). In: Defining Moments in Science. Hatchette Livre/Cassell.

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Current book-writing projects (working titles)

• Why Are You Scared of That? (children's fiction) Addressing common childhood fears, and some unusual ones like Lyme disease.

• The Sting in The Tail (adult nonfiction) A comprehensive resource for people with cauda equina (spinal) injuries.

• My Life As ... (adult nonfiction) A memoir on a life of good decisions seemingly plagued by plain bad luck.

• Time to Look At the Bully (Not the Bullied) (adult nonfiction) We should stop telling victims of bullying how to handle themselves and focus on the behaviour and "treatment" of bullies.

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