"We have been using Clear Copy Editing for over 15 years, and I have to say it has transformed the way we do business. Barbara provides us with precise, clean and perfect work product every time. It has saved us hours of time on every project. Clear Copy Editing is truly an amazing resource at a very affordable price and I believe is key to our premier reputation and success. To top it all off, the support has been brilliant-quick, informative, and personal. We could not be as successful as we are without Barbara."
Lorraine Shoaf, RN, BSN, LNCC
Shoaf and Associates
Legal Nurse Consultant
www.shoafInc.com
"I have found Clear Copy Editing to be a very thorough service in all aspects of the editing process and dedicated to producing a manuscript of the highest quality.”
Henry Hoffman, Author
Bridge to Oblivion
The Veiled Lagoon
On a Midnight Clear
"Barbara is an accomplished editor who has guided me with two projects: a family history and a client handbook on elder law topics. She had good suggestions for format and organization. These suggestions made the projects look professional in their final form. Barbara is pleasant to work with, she is prompt, and her rates are fair. I appreciated her fine touch, and I would call on her again for editing services."
Cathryn C. Girard, Esquire
The Law Firm of Cathryn C. Girard, PL
"Barbara Beattie of Clear Copy editing has always provided me fast and detailed copyediting. She is reliable, always on time and her fees are reasonable for the detailed work she is doing. I have also been provided with creative suggestions for improvements. As a social scientist, I find Barbara Beattie very well suited to copyedit my academic work. She has, for example, copyedited and commented on all chapters in my volume, South Asian Activists in the Global Justice Movement (Oxford University Press) 2017." https://global.oup.com/academic/product/south-asian-activists-in-the-global-justice-movement-9780199466276?cc=se&lang=en&
Eva-Maria Hardtmann
Department of Social Anthropology
Stockholm University, Sweden
"I am so happy to recommend Barbara Beattie as an editor, one who has helped me at every stage of my attempts to get my books from initial brainstorm to final appearance live on Amazon. She was happy to do superficial reading of the manuscript for overall tone, and then, when I was ready, she went over the manuscript word by word, providing me with an annotated version with which I could easily compare my words with her suggestions. She is extremely knowledgeable and curious and, if she isn't sure of some of the facts, she will research them. Her input turned out to be invaluable.
I so much appreciated the personal interest that Barbara took in each of my works. I actually felt like she was looking over my shoulder as I wrote. She was never afraid to be honest and that was the most valuable contribution that she made to the success of the over-all project. I tried working with several other editors but no one was as helpful as Barbara. I also consider her fees for her services, compared with a lot of other the people that I've worked with, very fair. Five Stars.
My own works, all of which she was instrumental in helping me to get into print, are available as e-books on Amazon."
Jim Chapman, Author
Road to Holy
A Jewish Journey
Lord of Blue Sky
A Perfect Game of Golf
"Thanks for providing professional, encouraging editing service for my novel, Departure, which I self-published in 2010. I published just 500 copies and am about out of them."
Mary Ann Marger, Author
Departure
"I found Barbara/ Clear Copy Editing many years ago when I was searching for someone to help review my dissertation and she did such a great job that I remembered her years later when I was working on my first book. She always responded quickly and did excellent work and I'll definitely be keeping her in mind when I next need a professional level copy-edit."
John Dennehy
Author of Illegal
"Barbara did the language check of my PhD thesis Lesbian Lives – Sexuality, Space and Subculture in Moscow, and it was a pleasure to work with her. She was very knowledgeable, helpful and thorough. Her helpful comments and suggestions along the lines of “either you say it like this or you say it like that” also helped me to gain a deeper understanding of English and improve my own writing skills (English is not my mother tongue). The way Barbara worked was also very expedient and helpful. Checking the text and sending it back to me chapter by chapter made it easier for me to work through the changes and feel that I was on track with the project without being overwhelmed with the full manuscript at once."
Katja Sarajeva, PhD
Stockholm University, Sweden
"Barbara was the ideal copyeditor for my book. I was looking for someone who was more than just a grammar guru; someone who would take a real interest in the book. Barbara did just that and polished it up without taking away any of its spirit. As I said in the book's acknowledgement, I must have found a lucky penny the day she came my way."
Joyce Hill
Author, A Penny in My Pocket
"Barbara didn't miss a detail and provided an objective perspective that was invaluable to my manuscript. I couldn't be more satisfied with the excellent support and expertise that I received."
Ryan Shaw
Communication Planners
"I would highly recommend using Clear Copy Editing for fine tuning your manuscript. Barbara is very competent and can help with even very subtle problems that creep up into a MS. Very conscientious. Very professional. I am convinced Clear Copy Editing's recommendations took my work to its greatest potential. Without Barbara, I would be lost."
Dr. Daniel Charles Mussatti
"Barbara is everything she claims on her website. She was personally inolved in my project, very competent, provided great turn-around and great rates. Choosing her as my editor for my book has been one of my best decisions. I am lucky to have found her."
Linda Yo
Author, Asian Slim Secrets