Editing and Proofreading
Athena Copy provides bespoke editing services to writers of genre fiction and narrative non-fiction.
Expertise that allows your voice to break through the smoke.
I'm Kat, book editor, specialising in genre fiction, covering sff, crime and thrillers, historical fiction, and romance and erotica.
Based in Scotland, accepting work from all over the world.
I am enthusiastic, approachable, creative and efficient. I love reading, always have, and feel very lucky to have a job that allows me to give stories the wings that will allow them to soar. Together, we will make your story the best it can be.
When you hire me to assess your manuscript and/or line edit/copy-edit your work, you will deal with me directly from start to finish.
As a professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (the CIEP), I am bound by their Code of Practice. I trained in proofreading and copy-editing with the SfEP (the Society for Editors and Proofreaders, now the CIEP) and Chapterhouse, and I have a TEFL qualification to assist in my work with ESL authors.
Kat Harvey is one of our strongest editorial team members. She is thorough and efficient in her method.
Luna Press Publishing, award-winning small press
I have been nothing but impressed with Kat Harvey's editorial prowess. She helped make my story the best it could be; let her do the same for you!
Anthony Laken, The Infinity Machine trilogy
Kat takes great care to ensure that she completes her work to deadlines and undertakes the initial ground work with necessary diligence ensuring that she fully understands an author’s intentions. Her suggestions are insightful but are only ever made with the weight of experience and she maintains a great respect for an author’s style and work.
Alistair Hall, Bears in the North
The edit was brilliant and picked up on all those things that slip past you when you become totally embroiled in your own work. The formatting skills and consistency you brought to the process will make for a sharper, punchier novel. Oh and thanks for the advice on genre and pace.
Brian Ledsom, Back of Beyond
Kat’s editing was attentive to even minor details. She picked up on inconsistencies and repetitions and added recommendations for change based on her own extensive knowledge and insight.
I am eternally grateful to her for the transformation of the manuscript. Her efficiency in delivering on time, and in advance, was remarkable.
Anna Koenig, ESL author
I cannot thank you enough for the work you have put in, in making my dream of completing and publishing this book come true. Without your professional eye for spotting my, all too frequent, errors, your advice and your questioning of the parts, which if they had been left, would have confused the reader, this book may never have been ready to face my discerning readership.
Hiram Dunn, Borderers in Uniform from 1689
I employed the wonderful services of a professional editor, Kat Harvey of Athena Copy, who I cannot recommend highly enough and who has been amazing throughout this final process, a font of knowledge for a literary Neanderthal like myself.
Lee-Michael Keegan, Dr Magnesium Mg2+
