Lynette Stewart

I'm a professional freelance editor, proofreader, and writer with over 9 years of experience on Upwork and 2 on Elance/ODesk before that.

I am a native English speaker with an excellent grasp of the language.

Areas of Specialization:

• Medical: I have been a qualified professional nurse (general, community health, and psychiatric) and midwife for over 30 years, so I am familiar with medical terminology and ethos.

• Academic: One of my main areas of work – I've edited many academic theses/dissertations for PhD students and prepared academic articles and studies for journal publication. In particular, in the fields of medicine, tech, business, science, and law.

• Nutrition: I’m particularly interested in how nutrition affects health and during my career have counseled many patients on pregnancy nutrition and diabetes/obesity control. I am acquainted with the weight-loss industry since I worked for Weigh-Less Health and Slimming Clubs for a time as a group leader.

• Teaching: I have 14 years of teaching experience up to the senior high school level as I homeschooled my 4 children.

• Religion: I have a particular interest in Christian literature and have worked with several Christian publishers as well as many individuals on their books. I have been a Christian and a Bible scholar for over 30 years, so I am knowledgeable about Biblical terminology and concepts. I am also open to editing books on other religions and have enjoyed working with clients of various faiths over the years.

• Cooking and recipe creation: I owned and managed a successful catering business for many years and cooked both for pleasure and profit. I possess a working knowledge of the food industry. I've edited, proofread, formatted, and ghostwritten several cookbooks for clients.

• Children’s books: Having had 4 children of my own and giving them all a classical education, I am extremely knowledgeable about children’s literature. I have ghostwritten a couple of children’s books and have edited many.

• AI humanization: In the last year or so, I have branched into editing that involves “humanizing” or “normalizing” books and content written by AI.

Overall, I have worked on several types of business, medical, and tech documents. Also, full-length books - both fiction and non-fiction including biographies, science fiction, fantasy, philosophy, children's stories and recipe books. I have also edited/formatted website content and school curriculum content. I can provide work samples.

Particular Strengths:

• Excellent communication: I keep clients well-informed of the progress of their projects.

• Fast but accurate: I have never missed a deadline.

• Reasonable rates: I live in South Africa so the exchange rate is favorable for clients in Europe, Australia, the US, etc.