About Me

About me

Tracy Buenk

Hello! I’m Tracy, an Accredited Text Editor living in South Africa and working remotely with authors all over the world. Besides being an avid reader in my spare time, I love walking in the mountains and on the beach.

The genres I’ve edited include fantasy, science fiction, romance and erotica, and Young Adult fiction. Memoir is another area where I have extensive editing experience. I encourage a collaborative relationship with my clients and respect their creativity and the time and effort they’ve put into their stories.

Below are the two organisations I’ve joined and some of the training I’ve done to hone my editing skills. This is why you can trust me with your manuscript.

Accredited and Full Member of PEG (SA) 2024
Member of CIEP (UK) 2021 – 2022

Courses, webinars and workshops

Copy editing and Proofreading course – John Linnegar
Writing course – Elana Bregin
Critical reading workshop – Dr Jacqui Baumgardt
Developmental editing – Dr Linda Pretorius
MS Word Essentials – Monica Bosman
Plain Language – John Linnegar
Proofreading PDFs – Laetitia Sullivan
Switching to Fiction course – Louise Harnby
Developmental Editing for Fiction Manuscripts – Sherryl Clark IPEd (Australia)
Jo-Anne Richards & Joanne Hichens – Memoir workshop