My Writing Matters

Fact Checking

  • Blake C Stacey

    Proofreading
    Copy Editing
    Fact Checking Physics and Mathematics
    LaTeX Typesetting

    I am a theoretical physicist (studied at MIT and Brandeis) with 25 years experience reading science and math writing and working to make it useful. I’ve written a textbook for graduate students, helped with anthologies of pop-science writing, and done plenty of other stuff in between. I can provide copy-editing and proofreading, including checking the integrity of references.
    I can also edit for flow and clarity, and advise on how to make English more idiomatic if desired. I can provide professional feedback in physics and mathematics, and feedback as an educated reader with general bookworm knowledge about other subjects.
    I’ve put years into learning the ins and outs of LaTeX typesetting. In a pinch, I can design a book cover and do print layout: I have done those multiple times for print-on-demand hobbyist projects.

    Preferred genres: Nonfiction, science/math

    Contact Blake at: bstacey@mit.edu
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  • Martha Scheckle

    Fact Checking
    Proofreading
    Copy Editing
    Rewriting as briefed, such as condensing
    Writing of reports
    Translation from English to Afrikaans, and vice versa.

    I provide editing services such as copy editing and proofreading, considering style, logical structure and flow, condensing the copy to an acceptable size, and fact-checking. I also simplify and rewrite according to the brief provided. Writing services include reports, forewords, speeches and presentations, and general communications.
    I have had extensive post-graduate training in editing, including the Programme on Editing: Principles and Practice at the University of Pretoria in 2013 and the Plain Language Programme in 2016.
    Having been published in three anthologies of short stories and currently writing a mystery novel, I have had extensive training in creative writing.
    Postgraduate training includes editing, translation, and writing in various genres throughout my career, as recently as 2024. I am passionate about the craft of writing, whether fiction or factual.
    This includes fields such as aviation safety, for which I passed an international course with distinction. I also specialise in correctional services and penitentiary training, pension administration, annual reports, and targeted industry publications, especially in transport.

    Preferred Genres: Mystery, thrillers, romance, aviation safety, psychology, logic and philosophy. 

    Contact Martha at: marthascheckle@gmail.com

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  • Alexandra Dodd

    Reader’s Reports
    Fact Checking
    Proofreading
    Developmental Editing
    Copy Editing
    Guidance & Input on Book Cover Design

    I am a multi-genre writer, editor, and researcher.
    I have contributed texts to numerous books, art catalogues, monographs, and exhibition projects that bring together visual, literary, and archival cultures—particularly in ‘post’-colonial, ‘post’-Apartheid, and ‘post’-traumatic contexts.

    These include The Interpreters: South Africa’s New Non-fiction (Soutie Press, 2025); Johannes Phokela: Only Sun in the Sky Knows How I Feel (A Lucid Dream) (Zeitz MOCAA, 2023) and An Anthology of Non-Conformism: Rebel Wom!n, Words, Ways, and Wonders (DIO Press, 2024).

    I am the author of David Goldblatt: The Last Interview (Steidl, 2019), the editor of Nicola Brandt’s The Distance Within (Steidl, 2025), and a co-editor of Stockholm Cosmologies (Liljevalchs, 2025) and Radical Solidarity: A Reader (Zeitz MOCAA, 2023), among others.

    I’ve edited numerous novels, memoirs, non-fiction essay collections, and academic journals. I excel in structural and non-mother-tongue English language editing. As a vegan, I’m inspired by speculative fiction and narrative-led culture change.

    I hold a Bachelor of Journalism from Rhodes University, a Master of Arts (Creative Writing) from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, and a PhD (Literature) from the University of Cape Town.

    Preferred genres: Narrative non-fiction, novels, and memoirs with an essayistic, philosophical, or speculative bent.

    Contact Alexandra at thisalexandradodd@gmail.com

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