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Josiah did a rewrite for us that turned out to be a whole lot better than the original! Great job.

Great and accurate job editing a security IT book. Not an easy topic with some challenging computer code. He understood and followed the writing “spirit” and managed to get it just right! Totally satisfied—thank you, Josiah!

Excellent work done very quickly. Would definitely work with him again.

Truly excellent work, fast and flawless. Will for sure work with Josiah again. Really made the text look amazing.

Great provider. Will look forward to finding another project we might work on together. Thank you!

Great work. Josiah really understands what professional level publishing means in the book world.

Josiah does an absolutely great job, with high standards, and great diplomacy about how improvements can be made. He is a bit overbooked (as he says, a victim of his own success!) so make sure that you can establish realistic deadlines. We would certainly work with him again!

Josiah was GREAT to work with! Not only is he a meticulous editor, but he provided suggestions that I hadn't even thought about that improved the product. He was very intuitive about how to get the job done properly. Josiah also communicated with me in a timely manner, and stayed right on schedule so that the job was completed on time. I highly recommend Josiah and will definitely hire him again!

Josiah is a very good copy editor. There was a slight lack of communication at the beginning of the job, but once he got started he produced very quickly.

He was excellent at communicating quickly, and did everything I asked in the job.

Josiah was a copy rockstar! He not only proofed the standard things (grammar, punctuation, etc.) he made recommendations for making the copy stronger. He also quickly learned the conventions of the client and was able to carry them forward. Josiah was very responsive and met all milestones as expected. I felt very confident in the work after it had been proofed by Josiah.

Great job! Fast response and helpful advice! We had a 50-page technical Offering Document that required edits. Turned the entire document around in under 24 hours. I would use Josiah again for future projects.

Josiah is quick, responsive and very professional. Quick turnaround with great notes!

Josiah was very responsive, efficient, and effective. I asked him to proofread a grant proposal and he finished within just a few hours with really excellent comments. His proofreading skills are great. He is direct in answering questions and providing feedback. I would definitely recommend him to anyone in need of some proofreading.

Josiah did a great job in editing the document that I had. He delivered the milestones on time and completed the project successfully. He communicated effectively and made sure I was satisfied with the job.

Josiah was very reliable and easy to work with! I had a deadline to follow and he was great with communicating with me in a timely manner. His editing was exceptional and I will hire him again for future projects. Thank you again for all your great work!

Josiah is superb at what he does. He is consistently thorough, enthusiastic, patient, flexible, and communicative. When I hire him, I know I have someone partnering with me to achieve the highest quality end result. Needless to say, Josiah has become my go-to freelancer when I have a copyediting/proofing project.

This was a slightly tricky project. The assignment required tremendous patience and collaboration on the part of the freelancer and Josiah demonstrated both. At the time he signed onto the assignment, he had not had a tremendous amount of experience with the application in which I was asking him to work. However, as always, Josiah was a quick study and jumped in and worked out the issues I asked him to address. Once again, he was a pleasure to work with and demonstrated the professionalism and attention to detail that I have come to expect in his work.

I've worked with Josiah on several big editing projects and he always exceeds my expectations. His work is thorough and impeccable. I'll be hiring him again!

Josiah edited a 47-page instructional booklet for me. He has a keen eye for detail and made excellent suggestions. He works quickly without sacrificing quality of work. I hired him for a second job as soon as this job was finished. Excellent!

Josiah did a good job helping edit my manuscript. His attention to detail was very helpful in improving my prose.

Fast and detail-oriented review of several key documents. Highly recommend this freelancer!

Josiah is by far one of the most highly skilled wizards of the English language I've ever worked with. He's able to edit, proof, and write all sorts of content from technical to marketing. I hesitate to give him a glowing review because he'll get so much work that he'll forget about us!

Josiah is very thorough and communicates well. Will certainly use him again.

I have nothing but praise for Josiah. Fast, skillful and highly professional. Will rehire soon.

Josiah made my proposal ten times better. I had a 2,500 word proposal due the next day. I sent him the assignment and first draft around 11 PM at night. Before 9 AM, Josiah had made great edits and had ~10 comments that caused me to materially change the proposal. For instance he found a requirement in the assignment that I had missed. Josiah not only has great editing skills, clear and crisp language but a great eye for what is needed in a business context. As an example, he told me that a section was not good and gave three suggestions for improving it. He was right! The result was a much better section. I don't know if the client will select us as the vendor but Josiah gave us a chance to be successful. I highly recommend Josiah for any business editing.

We asked Josiah to edit a 185-page business book about teamwork and team culture. He delivered! Josiah is an excellent editor who takes good writing and makes it exceptional. With his comments and revisions, the book came alive. After each major section of editing, he provided solid, actionable advice on the overall writing. Despite my 15+ years as a writer, I learned a few things from Josiah (or was reminded about techniques I had forgotten about). There are tons of editors on Upwork. Save yourself some time and hire this guy. You won't be disappointed.

Josiah was a pleasure to work with. He was propositioned with a tight deadline and worked long hours to get it done. The final product was spectacular. It now sits at #1 on Amazon, in its category. Thanks Josiah!

Josiah did a great job editing our investor letter. His editing skills show that he is not only optimizing for syntax and grammar but also flow and clarity of the content.

Great writer, precise, fluent, provided me fantastic work. Thank you Josiah!

Josiah did a very thorough proofreading job on something I needed to be turned around in a rush. He caught some very important things and also added to the content. Would use him again in a heartbeat and feel very confident.

Josiah is an amazing communicator, works super fast, and very nice. I was impressed with his ability to turn around our project very quickly.

All around great work. You have a unique talent!!!! Thanks again for your excellent work and for making this task a little more fun as well!

Josiah was a pleasure to work with. He did an excellent job proofing our materials and providing thoughtful suggestions when appropriate. Hope to work together again!

Josiah's work was thorough, on-time, and thoughtful. He delivered good work on this project and was professional and easy to work with. His review of our alumni magazine caught errors we had missed.

Solid work. Took project on with quick turnaround. Edits were appropriate even though I wasn't able to give him much about the target audience.

What Josiah does is awesome, an art. I wish we could design an algorithm to capture the greatness.

Josiah was one of two freelancers I hired for this one job and his quality of work was notably superior. Anytime he's available and I have work I plan to hire him again.