Suzanne Arnold editor

@suzannearnold.com

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Helping authors and businesses polish their text for publication: non-fiction editor and proofreader. Diploma in Egyptology. Random nature photos (not AI-generated). In the UK. She/her https://www.suzannearnold.com https://linktr.ee/suzannearnoldeditor

Ethicability, a slim white hardback volume, photographed in front of a leafy tree.
Screengrab showing Word tracked changes: the word 'waning' is on screen. I insert a T to change it into 'wanting' and tracked changes tracks the I as well as the T, even though I didn't change the I.
Video starts with a selfie sitting at my desk, then a Jersey tiger moth, black and white striped, then me walking home.
Photo of a box of grapes containing a layer of quinoa. Text: Don’t try to proofread everything at once
Photo of the stage set seen from above: scaffolding at the back of the stage, with the orchestra in its upper layers, and a large cross-shaped walkway across the stage.
Paperback copy of ‘The Correspondent’ photographed in front of a green leafy tree.
Screengrab of Guardian story about the Declaration of Independence, saying it was found ‘in late May’
Highlights June 2026 • Copy-edited a memoir • Proofread a book of curios • Proofread business thought leadership and research reports • Attended Women’s Prize Live and English Grammar Day
Photo of a black and white cat snoozing in a bath, with a small fan in the foreground.
Ebook photographed against a green tree. Quote from the book: ‘electric light may now be abundant, but sunlight – the only light that our bodies have evolved to use – is hard to come by.’
Video of me standing in front of bookshelves. First, I fluff my lines. Then my phone tumbles to the floor.
Zoom title slide: A means to an end: cultic expansion and consolidation in late dynastic Egypt, Penny Wilson
Alexandra Pringle, Alex von Tunzelmann and Faiza Khan give feedback.
‘Suzanne combines absolute professionalism and extensive experience with an optimistic personality.’ Dr Eva Lange-Athinodorou, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
Photo showing a variety of magazines, journals, books, reports…
Highlights May 2026 • Completed a manuscript review for a memoir • Proofread business thought leadership • Finished my year as interim managing editor of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.
Photo of the 2025 journal with two lanyards naming me as managing editor.
Selfie with a laptop at an outdoor table, in the shade.
Video showing a bluetit chick fledging from the nest. It is completely unrecognisable from the previous photos, now looking yellow and fluffy, as well as having the blue-grey head and back.
The chicks in the nest now have the beginnings of blue feathers.
Photo from a camera inside a birdbox, showing a nest of eggs that are starting to hatch. A few little pink, naked chicks are in among the eggs.
Video of two bluetit chicks inside a birdbox. One is jumping around all over the place; the other is not. With silly captions: ‘let’s go outside’, ‘no’, ‘but our family’s out there… and food’, ‘no’, ‘still no’, ‘come on! Let’s go!’ ‘No’
Gosling walking towards the camera.
A paragraph acknowledging my work with the line quoted in my post: ‘Suzanne edited this book from the reader’s perspective, and AI has yet to achieve that capability.’
Paperback copy of the book photographed against a backdrop of green trees and colourful flowers.
Highlights April 2026 • Proofread business reports, including sustainability • Proofread a book of mythical creatures • Copy-edited articles for the 2026 Journal of Egyptian Archaeology • Used a business retreat to review past-year performance and plan the next year.
Selfie working in a quiet, sunny cafe.
The book title 'The Hobbit' in italics, but the last T is accidentally not italicised.
Certificate for a course from City St George's, London: Fact-based storytelling.
Red azalea or rhododendron flowering.
Selfie in an office.
Highlights March 2026 • Edited and proofread business thought leadership • Proofread a cookbook • Proofread photo books on wisdom • Copy-edited articles for the 2026 Journal of Egyptian Archaeology • Finished a course on fact-based storytelling.
Microsoft Word: All done. We made 0 replacements.
Selfie with my networking name badge, in the pub where the meeting is held.
Photo of a swan gliding towards us on a river.
Fact-based storytelling title slide for class 5: writer's voice, writer's life. Jem Bartholomew.
The same text, but now with the italics removed from the quotation mark, so the text spacing is as expected.
Screengrab showing the word 'the' with an opening quotation mark somehow squished up against the T.
it falls...
DuckDuckGo search results. I have searched for 'Madame Roger des Genettes' and the first search result is to do with letters from the author Flaubert to Mdm des Genettes. But above that are a lot of 'shopping' suggestions for French-language Mr Men books: Madame Vedette, Madame Prudente, Madame Proprette etc.
Selfie working in UCL’s Institute of Archaeology library.
Selfie with Judith
Selfie sitting at a laptop outside.
Highlights February 2026 • Copy-edited economic thought leadership • Proofread a photo book on South America • Copy-edited articles for the 2026 Journal of Egyptian Archaeology • Started copy-editing an Egyptology book
Screengrab from HMRC website for finding software for Making Tax Digital: For security, we deleted your answers.
Selfie sitting at a laptop on a sunny balcony. Next to me are a pot of tea and a plant box.
Title slide: Preliminary results from the 2024 University of Manchester excavation season at Tell Nabasha.
A pin badge for World Book Day in the shape of an AA battery, with the text ‘powered by reading’.
Video starting with a view of a lake, then panning to a wooded hill covered in flowering daffodils.
Highlights January 2026 • Copy-edited a history book • Proofread a piece of historical fiction • Finished copy-editing a business book • Proofread a new edition of A Christmas Carol • Started a course on fact-based storytelling.
A round clockface with a shadow man ‘inside’ the clock drawing on the clock hands, and moving them each minute.
Selfie in a cafe with Judith and her book.
I recommend Suzanne's proofreading services to anyone looking for a highly organised professional with exceptional skills. Throughout our time working together on British Archaeology magazine, Suzanne always delivered impressive attention to detail, was timely and efficient, and was a pleasure to work with. I have edited many magazines over many years and have often had to proofread them myself. I always thought I did a decent job, but working with Suzanne, and I say this without hesitation, has shown me the real value of working alongside a dedicated proofreader. There is no doubt in my mind that she made each magazine a better read for our subscribers.
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