Professional production services for indie authors and traditional publishers.

Hi! I’m Katherine Kirk, and I’m here to turn your manuscript into a book.

Once you’ve got the story right, I’ll help you tweak the sentences, check the details, make sure it’ll look as good on the printed page (or ereader screen) as it does in your head, and catch the tenacious typos that cling on to the very end! My 100% human approach means you can be sure that an actual person is checking every detail, giving your hard work the care and attention it deserves so your human readers get the best experience possible.

Indie books have a bad reputation for sloppy standards.

I’ll use my experience in traditional publishing to apply industry-level quality standards, helping you to create a product readers are willing to pay for and encouraging them to come back for more. Using my top-notch training as a copyeditor and proofreader, I’ll weed out the errors that trip your readers up or jar them out of the world you’ve carefully built. 

Hire someone you can trust to make your hard work shine.

As an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute for Editing and Proofreading, my skills, professionalism, and experience have been vetted by a panel of peers, and I abide by the CIEP’s Professional Practice Code. I do not use AI for any services, at any stage, ever.

I’ll handle the stress so you don’t have to.

Explore my services by checking out the links below, or have a look at my packages to see if there’s a combination that serves all your needs while cutting down on the hassle of booking them separately. Another part of my human approach is flexibility: I’ll help you figure out a payment schedule and publishing timeline that works for your needs. And if you’re booking a package with multiple rounds of editing that needs another set of eyes, I’ll help you build a team of reliable, ethical, and professional proofreaders so you don’t have to trawl through confusing directories or deal with vetting dozens of strangers.

Get to know the human behind the gecko.

You can find out more about my qualifications by visiting my About page. Have a look at some of the amazing books I’ve worked on in my portfolio, or see what happy clients had to say in my testimonials. Want to dig deeper into my editing philosophy? Check out my blog and resources.