Professional book-editing and coaching for authors

Inspiring confidence through experience

Are you struggling to get your book ready for publication? Is your current manuscript in need of some professional TLC to realize its full potential?

I’m Gale Winskill and I help authors transform their manuscripts into polished, publishable works that captivate readers and stand out in the market.

Collaboration is key

With over 30 years of experience, I bring expertise, constructive feedback and a collaborative approach to every book-editing project. Whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction, I can help 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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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It has been a total pleasure for me to work with you on this. Communication was always clear, precise and professional. Impeccable work.

Manni Coe, Sunday Times best-selling author

How can I help you?

Take a look below to see the services I offer to both authors and editors.

Editorial Services

Coaching & Training

Children’s & Young Adult fiction

Self-Publishing

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

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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.

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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.

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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