Editor Profile

Alison Malcolm

Profile

As a consulting editor and writer, I help clients shape their ideas into clear, meaningful, and precise writing, while ensuring it remains authentic and human in an age of AI.

I work with a wide range of clients, including individuals, non-profits, small businesses, academic institutions, publishers, and governments. A written word whiz, I bring experience across many formats: grant applications, websites, theses, donor reports, academic journals, online courses, press releases, and manuscripts ranging from self-help and memoir to children’s literature. I also have specialized experience working with new and non-native English writers.

Beyond editing skills, I’m kind, approachable, and easy to work with. I value collaboration and care deeply about helping would-be writers, organizations, and communities express their voices with confidence. 

Editorial Skills

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  • Developmental or project editing
  • Copy editing
  • Canadianization
  • Rewriting
  • Referencing
  • Proofreading
  • On-screen editing
  • Research and fact-checking
  • Stylistic editing
  • Structural and substantive editing
  • Online editing
  • Writing
  • Web adaptation

Media / Genres

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  • Fiction
  • Grant applications and fundraising
  • Educational materials general
  • Conference materials
  • Academic materials general
  • Academic papers and essays
  • Trade non-fiction
  • Books self-help
  • Books self-published
  • Books children
  • Bibliographies
  • Blogs

Subjects

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  • Developing countries
  • International relations
  • Pedagogy
  • Government federal
  • Animals
  • Africa
  • Arts
  • Asia
  • Biography

Working Languages

  • English
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