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Professional book-editing and coaching for authors
Providing consistent editorial expertise for authors since 1993
Hi. I’m Gale Winskill. A professional book editor, book coach and training provider.
Are you struggling to get your book ready for publication?
Is your current manuscript in need of some professional TLC to help realize its full potential?
I help authors transform their manuscripts into polished, publishable works that captivate readers and stand out in the market.
Why work with me?
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With over 30 years of experience, I bring professional expertise, constructive feedback and a collaborative approach to every book-editing and coaching project.
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Whether you’re writing fiction (children's or adult) or non-fiction, I can help you turn your great idea into a well-written, flowing narrative that will hook readers from the start and hold their attention until the end.
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I know all the problem areas and can help you fix them.
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Solutions, support and reassurance are guaranteed.
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Many happy clients trust the value of what I do.
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All my services are 100% human and AI-free.

All portraits of Gale Winskill © Helen Miller
Gale has the rare qualities of being a supreme professional, exacting in her work, and at the same time creates a generous environment for the writer to flourish.
Helen Miller, author and photographer
How can I help you?
Take a look below to see the services I offer to both authors and editors.

She is that rare brand of person who is gifted at constructive criticism and compliment, formatting and content, the minutiae and the big picture …
If you’re thinking of hiring Gale, you should have done it yesterday.
Sarah Dickinson Little, author

Image courtesy of Inscript Design
The Winskill brand
Winskill, from Old Norse, means ‘shelter from the wind’. Although Winskill Editorial cannot shield you from the elements, I offer various editorial services to protect you from the potential pitfalls and idiosyncrasies of the English language, and enable your work to achieve its full potential.
My promise
For all work, my level of input is entirely up to you and based on what you feel your text requires.
Gale is not a good editor, she is a brilliant editor. Top of her profession she works diligently and one can see from the end result her careful and immensely personal duty to her client.
Professor Alan Bell, author
As an Advanced Professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), I have demonstrated a high level of skills and expertise, which is backed up by more than 30 years of experience. I have worked on 800+ books (fiction and non-fiction), and now teach both authors and editors about different aspects of fiction.
I trust and value her opinion because she spends the time to get right into your manuscript and then gives well-formed, clear, useful, direct, realistic feedback, which she delivers in a kind, honest but positive way – just what is needed. Her aim is to make your work the best it can be.
J.B. Holman, author
Why trust me?
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