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We have been working with Renée for over ten years. We were very pleased to hear she had started up her freelance business again and promptly booked her up with editing work. Renée develops a strong rapport with authors and her editing is insightful and thorough. We highly recommend Renée and look forward to continuing to work with her in the future. November 2018
Jodie Fitzsimmons AE Managing Editor, Academic, Cambridge University Press
Working with Renée to finalise my PhD thesis was a very clear and easy process. She brought a lot of experience and was totally calm and professional at what I had expected to be a stressful time. It made a big difference to both the experience of submission and the quality of my final thesis.
June 2019
Anne Duncan College of Science, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
We engaged Renée Otmar to edit our organisation’s manuscript. Renée’s expertise and professionalism exceeded all expectations as she raised our manuscript to a much higher and refined standard. The editing process was clear from the beginning, timely and the two-way communication was ongoing throughout the process and considerate of our goals. We highly recommend Renée to anyone looking for an experienced and professional editor, and look forward to working with her again.
October 2018
Nik Mavrommatis Apprenticeship Employment Network
I undertook coaching with Renee during the early stages of re-entering the workforce as an editor. I was unsure of my goals for my business, but with Renée’s patient approach I managed to form a much clearer view of my goals and priorities. Without imposing her own opinion she somehow magically got me to crystallise mine, which was (actually, although I hadn’t realised it) what I was wanting to do. I had felt a little stuck. With her support I brainstormed ways to build networks, source work and create a professional development plan. While Renée was always professional she was also compassionate. She was aware that wider life, too, can sometimes lean in on your professional life. I left every session with Renée motivated and filled with hope.
October 2019
Kim Wilson Insight Editing
Renée Otmar’s Marketing Your Freelance Editing Business is a game changer. It changed the way I ran my editing practice, by giving me the tools to imagine, plan and strategise a business that served my needs and the needs of my clients. It is the one resource that I consistently recommend to those looking to build a sustainable and fulfilling freelance editing business.
Carolyn Leslie
IPEd-accredited editor, author and academic
The wonderful Renée Otmar led our Food & Mood Centre planning day today. She helped us to arrive at a shared vision and mission statement and to lay a great foundation for the next three years. It was a very exciting and interesting process, and I was left feeling so in awe of the talented and wonderful people with whom I work and excited about what we might achieve together over time.
November 2018
Professor Felice Jacka Director, Food and Mood Centre, Deakin University
Renée Otmar came to us highly recommended so we engaged her to edit our Humans in Geelong book. We were on a tight timeline and she willingly obliged. As we were working with students, she provided a handwritten key. Renée also made a list of corrections that could be applied globally. Renée was thorough and insightful. We highly recommend Renée to anyone looking for an experienced and professional editor, and look forward to working with her again.
October 2019
Jacqui Bennett Founder and Coordinator, Humans in Geelong

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