Directory of freelance editors


Editor: Jill Miller

Tel: (02) 6286-9299     Email: jill.miller@anu.edu.au

Bachelor of Arts (Asian Studies), ANU; Bachelor of Social Administration and Diploma of Education, Flinders University; Master of Philosophy, ACU

Services

  • Editing—Substantive editing, copy editing, writing and rewriting, research, subtitle editing, proofreading
  • Other services—Audio transcription
  • Subject fields—Ageing issues, art and architecture, East Asia (particularly China and Japan), ESL publications, politics, rural affairs, social policy, history, ethnic issues, women’s health, computers and electronics, pets and wildlife, fiction et cetera
  • Media—Editor, writer and translator in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Japan from 1984 to 1994 as staff member and also freelancer for English language electronics, computer, news and cultural magazines

Specific projects

Researcher and writer for House of Representatives 2003 report on substance abuse, Commonwealth Hansard editor for eight years, translator and editor of subtitles for a Beijing film studio, editor of computer and electronics magazines, editor of high school texts for Macmillan

My strength is my ability to turn any text into a piece of fine writing. I can offer the benefits of my 35 years of study of East Asia and its languages and 20 years as an editor. I have extensive experience editing and/or rewriting writers whose native language is not English.