Alex James is a qualified freelance proofreader and editor based in Leeds, with experience working on books, novels, short stories, and non-fiction projects. Qualifications include Basic Proofreading (PTC), Proofreading Progress (SFEP), and Introduction to Copy Editing (SFEP); and were provided by the Publishing Training Centre and the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. Proofreading: I will make sure your project is consistent and makes sense, using a style sheet and a checklist. I will check capitalisation, hyphenation, spelling, style, abbreviations, time and date, as well as punctuation and grammar. Design elements I am able to check include: page numbers, running headlines, headings, tables, illustrations, captions, references, cross-references, widows and orphans, and footnotes.