ASHFORD WRITEWELL
When you can’t get the words to simply say what you mean,
you’re a struggling writer,
like every other writer in the history of the world.
I have over thirty years’ experience coaching academic writers, with expertise in grammar, rhetoric, knowledge transfer, structural revision, and proofreading. I work exclusively with faculty and graduate students on their scholarly journal articles, literature reviews, dissertations, and funding applications. I specialize in scholarship by those for whom English is a second, third or fourth language.
Dr. Liying Cheng
(Faculty of Education, Queen's University)
"I am a university faculty member whose first language is not English. For over a decade, Ashford has read and revised many of my publications. Ashford's most unique strength is a sharp ability to see the coherence and persuasive capacity of arguments (or lack of) in an article.
Ashford's editorial and academic expertise has significantly improved the structure in my papers, beyond just skill with grammar and rhetoric.
Ashford's proofreading is also extremely detail oriented and cogent.
Two of our recent publications supported by Ashford's expertise include Assessment in Education and Language Testing in Asia. Ashford has always been my first choice to seek for academic writing."
Dr. Megan Boler, Professor
(OISE/University of Toronto)
"Ashford is an extraordinarily skilled teacher and coach of writing craft, and equally skilled as a copyeditor and proofreader. My own writing, as well as that of my students, has benefited immensely from her years of expertise. Ashford also has a personable style as a coach which is bound to instill confidence in writers at any level, whether I'm working on a journal article or a book chapter. I cannot recommend someone more highly."
Dr. Johanne Mednick-Myles
(Navigating the Intercultural Classroom, 2019)
Ashford has edited a great deal of my work, including academic journals, magazine articles and book chapters. Thoughtful and meticulous, Ashford's attention to detail and critical commentary add both new perspectives on structure and helpful additions to content. I highly recommend Ashford's expertise in editing and coaching.