Get your script* together…
*your manuscript, that is!
Academic Copyediting |Consultancy | Coaching
Humanities and Social Sciences
Specialising in Chicago 18 Notes-Bibliography and APA 7 Referencing Styles
Got a great conference paper, journal article, or book chapter, but just don’t have the energy to tidy it up for submission?
Or maybe you’re halfway through your Masters or PhD and find yourself tangled up in your argument, your referencing, or both?
Asterisk Academic Services has your back with copyediting, referencing, and formatting services, plus coaching and consultancy sessions to give you the spark you need to get your brilliant ideas into shimmering publications.
“Who are you?”
Great question! Hi. I’m Caitlin. That’s me (in the corner and in the spotlight… thanks REM).
Like most folks, I contain multitudes — I love learning new stuff, drinking craft beer, and (weirdly) airplanes… a story for another time.
I’m also a grammar-obsessed, punctuation-propelled copyeditor from way back. I spent high school lunchtimes slumped against library shelves, helping my friends proofread their papers for English class.
During my Literature and Writing undergrad, I took red pen to paper marking up drafts on the train ride to university, before writing a whole tertiary unit on academic communication during my Masters in Theology (contra REM, not losing my religion).
I’ve tutored countless students in how to powerfully place semicolons, wield syntax like stage choreography, and trade diving the rabbit holes of research for divining the answers to assessment questions. I’ve helped professors and PhDs over deadlines to save them from losing their minds, and can magically disappear dozens of words from bloated paragraphs without losing an ounce of oomph.
I’ve written stuff in my own right, too… conference papers, book reviews, blogs, opinion pieces, and some forthcoming chapters and articles (watch this space). I practise what I preach, and I want to help you — yes, you! — to do the same.
Sound good?
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Services
Overview
Copyediting and Consultancy
Flat Rate: $72/hour (minimum 3 hours of work)
Choose between referencing, formatting, and copyediting/editorial consultancy, or a combination.
Referencing Packages
Full Document Reference - see rates per block on our Products page.
Referencing Library Cleanup — see rates per referencing library size on our Products page.
Available in:
APA 7 (Social Sciences, Psychology, etc.)
Chicago 18 Notes-Bibliography (Humanities)
SBL (Biblical Studies and Theology)
Coaching Workshops
One-to-one skills coaching or document workshopping starting at $100/hour.
Syntax Skills Workshop series coming soon!
Watch this space for more workshops and Q&As (in collaboration with Rosey at Academic Edge Editing).
Combo Packages
PhD Last Push - coaching, copyediting, referencing, and/or formatting for the final stages before submitting your PhD dissertation.
Mastermind - coaching, copyediting, referencing, and/or formatting for the final stages before submitting your Masters or Honours thesis.
PhD Physio - a tune-up of your referencing library, plus options for referencing and copyediting a chapter.
Papers Please - I will turn your conference paper into a referenced, formatted, and copyedited journal article submission.
See details and pricing on our Products page.
Enough talk.
Let’s write! (and edit!)
Have you got a project you’re ready to get some help with?
Slide on into my DMs… or my emails.
Or this form on your right! →
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