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“Just wanted to let you know that I passed with no revisions and was awarded with excellence in HDR. This is due in part to the amazing job you did. Best decision I could have made during the process!”
C Jetta – PhD candidate, UniSQ 2023
“I had no hesitations about working with Laura. From her credentials, website and testimonials, I knew that Laura would be the right fit to edit my doctoral thesis.
Laura had experience in editing arts research, and the creative arts which was a huge asset for my interdisciplinary thesis centred in an art and design discipline, yet with a STEM context. Laura was professional and attentive with high cultural literacy. In her editing work, she expertly understood and communicated academic conventions and requirements while maintaining the essence of my arts practice-led thesis. I felt supported to work with someone with the experience to navigate a hybrid research space, in terms of both university requirements and expressive communication.”
C McMillan – PhD candidate, RMIT 2022
“Using Laura’s skills is money well spent. She was a wonderfully wise and calming influence at a time of significant pressure. She helped ensure the very best version was submitted, and she had copy editing skills I needed to use, but which I didn’t have. I wholeheartedly recommend her.
A colleague recommended Laura to me, and that recommendation saved me endless hours of torment and frustration.
The quality of my PhD was enhanced, and it was a much more professionally concise text. Her skill in navigating APA (7th edition) was much appreciated, as was her patience and her ability to honour a tight deadline. She added great value.”
N Todd – PhD candidate, UniSQ 2023
“Recently, Laura Black edited the exegesis prepared for my Doctor of Creative Arts project.
Laura has a very good understanding of requirements around the structure of exegeses, referencing systems and standards and was able to implement these according to specific requirements of the University.
Laura was very easy to deal with: she is friendly and professional and turn around for the work was always timely. She made useful suggestions for improving and clarifying the writing and was also very encouraging. She knows the workings of Microsoft Word very well and was able to talk me through problems I had with fields for the contents page and list of images. I had full confidence that the work I submitted was of the highest possible standard in terms of layout, expression, grammar, punctuation and referencing.
I would highly recommend Laura’s services to anyone who needs to polish their writing for a variety of purposes, but particularly academic writing.”
Ann Russell – DCA candidate, UniSQ 2021
“I was very pleased to find Laura to edit my memoir manuscript, as self-publishing is a complex process for the novice author. My trust in Laura's expertise was well-judged as she did an excellent job with attention to detail, cultural understanding and her ability to look at the big picture. Always respectful of my writing she could suggest improvements to the story-telling and was a pleasure to communicate with. I felt very supported in this editing step of preparation to publish my memoir.”
Annaxue Yang – Author 2021
“I can't recommend Laura enough. She has edited a wide range of written material for me: short statements, press releases, articles, essays and my PhD thesis. She is careful, considerate, informed, and thorough.
Her efficiency with words and attention to detail is something I aspire to. Every time we have worked together, it has improved my writing in unforeseen ways so I look forward to working with her again.”
Dan Elborne – Artist and researcher 2021
“I have worked with Laura over the past four years and have sought her services editing reports, artists’ statements, website copy, exhibition essays, and other pieces of my own writing that require publishing.
I have been continually impressed by her professionalism, editorial ability and efficiency.”
Dr Alexandra Lawson – Alexandra Lawson Gallery 2022
“I have been associated professionally with Laura for 25 years, in which time she has provided structural editing for several genre-specific manuscripts, has cast a knowing eye across academic writing for a Master of Philosophy, and has line edited three novel-length manuscripts for me.
With her knowledgeable wordsmithing, Laura also brings sensitivity and wisdom to her editing. Her verbal and written feedback is respectful of author autonomy, such that I have had no hesitation in recommending her as an editor to other writers, creative and academic.”
Jillian Watkinson – Author 2022
“Laura’s expertise and support was invaluable in the final stages of my PhD. She worked patiently with me through numerous iterations and helped to bring structure and coherence to the dissertation.
I really appreciated Laura identifying sections of the work that, while edited out of the final version, formed the basis for future articles. This gave me a much needed future direction.”
Amanda Carruthers – PhD candidate, UniSQ 2022