I offer my services as a writer of non-fiction books, articles and reports. I have extensive experience of writing. My writing has been published in many genres. These include: business and investment, the green economy, renewable energy, history, travel, food, politics, publishing, education and sport.

My training as a historian and as a journalist has prepared me to do research. I also love it. I have worked extensively with Professor Andre Odendaal on South African cricket history.

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I have since 2008 researched the economies of South Africa’s nine provinces and South Africa in the course of writing (and more recently) editing, business and investment journals. The scope was widened at one point to include three Nigerian states and Nigeria. I am now involved in writing and researching for The Journal of African Business. 

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I am a qualified and experienced researcher and I would be glad to consider research in any field.

Training for writers is offered. Having been a teacher, the director of a night school for adults and a cricket coach, I have experience in training and mentoring of writers, cricket coaches and young people in general.

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I am available to mentor young writers as a follow-up to the training process, or independently. This could involve brain-storming before a story is written (or about a writing brief), commenting on drafts and being available as a sounding-board.

I have been a Reader on many occasions for authors and publishers wanting comment on their manuscripts in draft form. 

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The level of these services is negotiable. In terms of editing, you may, for example, only want a light read-through for style consistency or you may want a more thorough edit that includes every aspect of grammar.

There is only one kind of proof-reading, and that is detailed proof-reading.