About Jenny Els

How it all started

Like so many others I had a book to write. It was the story of my life – my memoir. Having had experience in desktop publishing, I knew I would be self-publishing – but I had to learn how. Three South African Women was published in 2014. It became not only my story but, in finding out who my grandmother was, I had to research the Anglo Boer War and concentration camps. I also plotted a genealogy table, which I published in the book. I did the layout of the book, added photographs and self-published, not realising how much I had enjoyed working on the project. Since then I have been approached by those with a book they want published, for advice and editing. Here it is often those, for whom English is a second language. The project becomes one we share – my editing is done on grammar, but I also make suggestions where applicable, on the writing style, content, and anything else that might improve the finished product. I strongly recommend self-publishing. However, the project is the author’s and the service provided, aims to advise, assist, and support, with the goal being to get that book into the hands of the person, who has spent so many hours writing it. See Examples of the work done, to understand that anything is possible.