“Martin Gavin of Adroit Editing provides highly professional and skilled editing with prompt and friendly communication. He will polish and elevate your writing to a surprising degree and in a way that is impossible to do on your own. His attention to detail is exemplary and leaves you feeling confident and able to move forward to the next stage of your writing and publishing. This is especially essential if you are working as a self-publisher.“
“Martin is an amazing professional to work with and hiring him to proof my thesis before submitting was the best decision I made. He has a wealth of knowledge, an excellent eye for small details, and was considerate when giving feedback. Martin also offers reasonable turnaround times and even accommodated my short timeline. I can’t recommend Martin highly enough and I look forward to working with him again in the future. “
Alyxandra McClure
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“What wonderful work. Martin is a careful and knowledgeable reader, and he created a beautiful index for my book.”
J. Paltin, author, Modernism and the Idea of the Crowd (Cambridge UP, 2020)
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“When I was looking for an indexer for a book that was nearing completion, I contacted colleagues in my writing world looking for an indexer. One of BC’s best editors, Audrey McClellan, recommended Martin Gavin and Adroit Editing. I could not have been happier with Martin’s professionalism and the job he did for me and would highly recommend him to anyone looking for an indexer.”
Ian Kennedy, author
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“Remarkable, Martin. Thank you for the excellent edits. It was my first draft, and I needed another set of eyes, for sure. Your edits are awesome.”
S. Kozicki—health care, Nanaimo, BC
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“Martin, thank you so very much for editing my documents. They are absolutely amazing. My letter looks so natural, professional, and it is so readable and concise. I love it, love it, love it.”
Ash Moosavi, Victoria, BC
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“Awesome—thanks so much for the amazing work. I really appreciate how systematic and indicative of the content this index is.”
Tijana Vujosevic, Assistant Professor, University of Western Australia
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“I am very happy that I hired Martin as my thesis editor. Actually, he is recommended by the chair of my program, but I was still a little concerned about his professional level since I never used the editing service before. However, Martin’s editing is really surprised me. I am an international student, so my English expression is too awkward to understand most of the time, even to my supervisor. Martin gets my meaning quickly and accurate without asking me and finished his first round editing in two days. (PS, my thesis is about 65 pages, and the topic is totally new to him: sustainable cosmetics.) When I got my proposal after first editing, I can tell that he was working so diligent on it and made lots of great comments and changes on it. After we finished the second round editing, I passed my proposal to my supervisor. My supervisor said the quality of the editing is very good and even asked me how much for this service. Moreover, he recommended me to introduce Martin to my other classmates for editing. (I ALREADY DID.) I can make a commitment that Martin is a very professional and reliable editor with the patient and great points to improve the quality of your paper. The last but not least, the price is very reasonable!”
Olivia Li, Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management
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“Your edits were very helpful. Great job!”
Lakshit Bhanot, Nanaimo, BC
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“Martin understands the author, researches the subject, and does an excellent job of interpreting the text. Only then does he provide a fine index for your book. It was hard to stump him in searching on terms!”
Ed Robertson, business author, Victoria, BC
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“Well done! Thank you so much for your hard work and quick turn around on my lengthy thesis. I’m grateful for your keen attention to detail.”
Louise, Victoria BC
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Lenore Hietkamp, freelance editor, Shawnigan Lake, BC
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It is exactly the way I would have written it—if I were a good writer.”
Gayle Davies, Director of Child Care Licensing (retired), Parksville, BC
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and it achieves the main goal of copyediting: to make a document as clear as possible for the reader.”
Jill Coste, Instructor, Copyediting III, UC San Diego
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