If you’d like some reassurance that I’m the right editor to hire, take a look at my testimonials below. You can also find them on my LinkedIn and Reedsy profiles – and a quick search for “Sara Magness” on Google Books will reveal my name in many author acknowledgements!
Testimonials
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‘Sara is such a joy to work with: knowledgeable, experienced, thorough and sensitive. She always works to schedule and is communicative at every step. A brilliant copyeditor – I’m so pleased to be working with her on the Allison & Busby list.’
Claire Browne, Editor at Allison & Busby
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‘Sara is a fantastic proofreader; thorough, diligent and eminently competent, she is definitely a safe pair of hands. She has adapted to our working styles and editorial standards with ease, and is always on schedule. We can’t fault her.’
Laura Myers, Publishing Manager at Chicken House
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‘I’d thoroughly recommend working with Sara. She’s knowledgeable and experienced, and without fail works to schedule and to budget. Sara’s attention to detail is second to none and her author care is always first-class.’
Sophie Campbell, Production Manager at Bloomsbury Publishing
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‘Sara is a highly skilled editor with incredible attention to detail. She is quick to understand and pick up complicated projects and tasks and consistently delivers high-quality work. I have really enjoyed working with Sara and would highly recommend her.’
Katherine Neep, Senior Managing Editor at Macmillan Education
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‘Sara did an incredible job proofreading my book, catching errors that multiple other editors (and I) had missed and also making sure everything was well formatted and conformed to style. Oh, and she did all this ahead of deadline. Would highly recommend her services and look forward to working with her again on future projects.’
Paul Bradley Carr, writer and journalist
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‘Sara was very friendly and highly professional throughout our collaboration, as well as very accommodating regarding my requirements. Her copyedit was clearly of a high quality and I won’t hesitate to use her services again.’
S.J. Cullen, author of the Hunter & Higashi Mystery series
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‘Sara is a meticulous professional who goes above and beyond for each project. I have worked with her on numerous occasions and feel very comfortable knowing that my work is in safe hands.’
Vangeline Gand, Artistic Director of the New York Butoh Institute
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‘Collaborating with Sara on my novel proved to be the push it needed to get it in the best shape. I cannot thank Sara enough for her guidance. If you are a serious writer who wants to make something of your craft, let Sara help you. You won’t regret it.’
Tim Thompson, Reedsy client
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‘Sara has a meticulous eye for proofreading. She not only caught errors that should have been spotted in other edits, but she elevated my novel with excellent suggestions and corrections. I would definitely work with Sara again.’
Valerie Baeza, Reedsy client
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‘I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Sara. My book’s subject area isn’t one I had expected Sara to be knowledgeable in but she immersed herself in it and even identified things I had missed. Sara was meticulous throughout. Highly recommended!’
Michael Buraimoh, author and campaigner
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‘Sara is a very experienced editor with high professionality. She is very reliable, thorough and punctual, supplying clear recommendations. My expectations were surpassed. Communication was very friendly and our collaboration in all stages very agreeable. I would use her services anytime again. Very strong recommendation!’
Karlheinz Durr, Reedsy client
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‘Ms. Magness’s proofing of my novel was absolutely meticulous. She missed nothing. Where appropriate she offered choices in format and wording. Even where, very occasionally, I preferred a form of my own, her suggestions were useful in making me justify my choices. I recommend her absolutely without reservation.’
Eugene Garber, author
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‘This has been my first experience using Reedsy and I am very glad I picked Sara. She is friendly, fast to respond and the fee she charged was reasonable. Sara did everything that I asked her to do, communicated effectively, and delivered well before the deadline. I would definitely recommend her services.’
Diana Townsend, Reedsy client
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‘Working with Sara has been a joy. She is extremely professional, and has given me the confidence boost I needed to start my self-publishing journey. I hope I can continue working with her in the future.’
Charlie Soulsby, Reedsy client
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‘It’s been great to work with Sara on my project, I can’t recommend her enough! I look forward to working with her again in the future. I’m really thankful that we had the chance to collaborate.’
Adam Martin, Reedsy client
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‘Sara provided excellent support and steered things in a good direction providing what my book really needed at that point in time. I found her very professional and she kept to agreed timetables. It was a valuable and enjoyable collaboration.’
Tim Hagyard, Reedsy client
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‘I had a lot of confidence that Sara would do a fantastic job and she did not disappoint on any level. Delivered on time and was so thorough! Her work helped me immensely.’
Karen Eusebio, Reedsy client
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‘Sara has been a pleasure to work with. She completed my edits on time and has given me lots of feedback to work through. I’d highly recommend her to anyone looking for a professional editor.’
Maisie Kitton, Reedsy client
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‘Sara proofread my book and did an excellent job, identifying lots of errors and opportunities for improvement. Great attention to detail. She also gave me advice on formatting which was very helpful. Strongly recommended.’
Nick Holmes, author and historian
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‘Working with Sara was a joy. The work she did on my manuscript was truly amazing. I would recommend her to anyone who needs help with their own project. If I could give more than five stars I would.’
Ken Reads, Reedsy client
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‘It was an absolute pleasure working with Sara, she guided me through the process. The work undertaken was the editing of my first novel – so having an editor was new to me. Sara’s work was done with great care and attention – I couldn’t have asked for more.’
Nicholas Winter, Reedsy client
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‘Faultness, eagle-eyed, punctual, professional. I have worked with Sara Magness twice now because she was so good on the first project. Will not hesitate to offer her the third and fourth books too.’
Rod Mountain, Reedsy client
