TESTIMONIALS

CONSCIOUS LANGUAGE EDIT

We have been working on a paper on gender and heat pumps – this is a tricky review piece that has a mixed policy, industry, and academic audience. We wanted to make sure that our engagement with gender was sensitive and used accurate and up-to-date terminology, whilst also being accessible to multiple audiences. We asked D to help us with this alongside broader edits to clarify the argument of the piece (and get the word count down!). D’s work on this was engaged and thorough; it helped us to see the big picture alongside the smaller points for clarification. Beyond editing, their reflections and comments were also thought provoking. We found the conscious language edit hugely insightful and useful for engaging with the subject of gender in this paper and in the future. We are already recommending D to colleagues and sincerely hope that more take up their services, especially in the use of conscious language, which more academics should be applying in their day-to-day work.

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- F Wade, Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Edinburgh

- J. Crawley, Senior Research Fellow, UCL

- M. De Wilde, Assistant Professor, Leiden University

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ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING FOR A RESEARCH GROUP

As PI of an ERC (European Research Council) research team, I found D.'s contribution invaluable, as I often say to my colleagues "one of the best choices during the project!" They provided exceptionally careful and insightful feedback on manuscripts, combining deep expertise in STS and the anthropology of science with a remarkable ability to gracefully guide early/mid-career researchers through the publication process. Their work not only strengthened individual papers but also supported the professional development of the postdoctoral researchers of my team, contributing to a more collaborative, productive, and positive team environment. I would strongly recommend them to any PI looking for high-level editorial and publication-related mentoring support for a research group.

R. Raffaeta, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

ACADEMIC BOOK MANUSCRIPT

I cannot recommend D. Scott Editing highly enough. My book manuscript was edited with amazing attention to detail, combined with a complete understanding and sympathy for what I was trying to say and always constructive suggestions about how to say it better.

What I particularly valued was the scope of the feedback. At the sentence level, D did not miss a single misplaced comma, grammatical error, or typo. But the editing went far further than this, and I received valuable suggestions not only on sentence and paragraph restructuring, style and voice but also on the coherence of the manuscript overall and the arc of arguments made across the book. My conclusions were completely transformed thanks to D's suggestions and insights. My whole manuscript was so much improved by the editing that I felt confident to send it to a prestigious university press knowing that it had been thoroughly checked and reflected upon by such a thoughtful and attentive reader. I also want to add that working with D is fun! Many of their comments made me smile as well as think.

J. Calvert, Professor of Science and Technology Studies,

University of Edinburgh

ACADEMIC ARTICLE – LINE EDITING

The job was impressive compared to other experiences I have had, and I will definitely recommend their service to others.

T. Finstad, Associate Professor, Dept. of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

It’s vulnerable to engage an editor for writing that feels important yet risky, but I’ve come to trust D a great deal over the months that we've worked together. Every time I receive their input I feel both reassured and emboldened. For a perfectionistic writer like me, that is absolutely invaluable; it means that the content I've been dreaming of writing for my website is now actually materializing! As a developmental editor, D is not only super capable but also really committed – to each piece and its potential, but also to my overall message. The clarity and care in their way of setting up the working relationship also contribute to an experience of utter high-quality support.

C. Coopmans, Catelijne Coopmans Coaching

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