
Beth Cox | Creative Editorial Inclusion
Editorial inclusion
Are you missing opportunities that will make your title or series more commercial and find a wider audience?
Editorial inclusion isn't an add on, it's a vital part of the editing process. Something that needs to be considered right from the start, before a project is even greenlit and factored in throughout the process.

Creative & strategic consultancy
Developing a new project?​
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Have you considered:
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The opportunities for natural inclusion?
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Potential pitfalls or missteps?
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How to ensure authenticity?
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Creative editorial inclusion expertise is essential at this stage to ensure wide reach and appeal, and therefore commercial success.
Sessions can be booked as a one-off, in a block, or in a bundle with other services.
Inclusion reviews
& audits
Reviewing titles for inclusion?
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Inclusion audits provide essential insight into new and backlist titles:
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Overall representation
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Missed opportunities
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Outdated language
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Omissions and issues
Providing solutions-focused feedback across all facets of diversity and marked up indicate the urgency and necessity of changes. An inclusion report summarises the feedback.
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For large projects I work with a team of associates to ensure efficient and timely delivery.
Inclusion reads
(AKA a copyedit for inclusion)
Your manuscript is ready for copy-edit. Or is it?
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Everything has been thoroughly researched but, even so, can you be sure that:
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There's nothing problematic in the text or storyline?
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Stereotypes aren't being reinforced and perpetuated?
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Nothing has crept in as a result of unconscious bias?
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There's no ableist or otherwise harmful language?
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An inclusion read is not just like a copy edit for inclusion, it's as essential as one.
"Beth is everything you could ask of an Editorial Manager - and more. She can see a project from many perspectives, which ensures she is thorough, thoughtful and dynamic; she is not afraid to make decisions for the benefit of the product and its audience.
Beth will get involved in every aspect of a project in order to ensure its successful delivery, and I would not hesitate to recommend her!"
Kate de Villiers, Director
Little Grey Cells Publishing Services