About us
We’re a small team of editors with decades of experience across academic, policy, and business writing.
We edit documents that have a job to do, from proposals that need to win a contract to theses that need to satisfy an examiner. Our aim is to make that writing clear and precise while keeping it recognizably yours.
Who you’ll work with
Nicole Schmidt, Founder and Lead Editor. Nicole has edited high-stakes writing for more than twenty years: policy reports, legal agreements, journal articles, theses, and book-length monographs across STEM, law, public policy, public health, AI, biosecurity, and the social sciences. She holds a master’s degree in editing and publishing, earned with distinction, and has edited for researchers, institutions, and advisory firms worldwide.
Behind every project is a small team of qualified editors who combine academic and business expertise with decades of hands-on publishing experience, editing documents for universities, publishers, businesses, statutory bodies, and regulatory associations worldwide.
How we work
Editing in tracked changes. We work in Microsoft Word with Track Changes on, so everything we alter is visible and reversible. Where a decision is yours to make, it goes in a margin comment rather than into the text.
Leaving the final say to you. We don’t send a clean copy with everything accepted; reviewing the edits and answering the comments is part of the process, and many comments need a decision that only you can make.
Quoting before we start. We quote before any work begins and invoice once you accept the quote. As soon as payment clears, we hold your place in the schedule.
Charging by the hour. We bill hourly at fixed rates, with no packages or tiers, so you can see what we charge before you get in touch.
Replying quickly. We work with clients worldwide and usually reply to inquiries within a few hours during our support hours.
Tell us what you’re working on
Send it finished or half-written, and we’ll agree the scope with you before quoting.
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