Wendy J. Woodcock is a Guernsey-based author, copy editor, and self-publishing specialist with a career spanning four decades across banking, technology, compliance, and creative writing.
She holds a BSc (Hons) in Technology and Advanced Creative Writing from the Open University, and is a Certified EU GDPR Practitioner — a qualification that proves useful when working with memoir and non-fiction authors writing about real people and actual events.
Her working life began in banking in Guernsey and London, took her to Italy and Switzerland as a translator in the engineering sector, and through a decade in Thames Valley software and hardware startups, before returning to Guernsey for senior roles at Credit Suisse Trust, Nordben Life and Pensions, and a final compliance position at Redwood. That career gives her a translator’s ear for language, a technology background that makes KDP formatting second nature, and a compliance officer’s habit of reading the fine print.
Over the past five years, Wendy has co-authored and self-published two books with her mother, the inspirational 99-year-old Winifred Rowland: Horseshoe Bay, Winifred’s memoir of a remarkable life spanning wartime Manchester, Guernsey, Italy, and Australia; and The Golden Dog Tag, a WWII romantic fiction novel. Publishing those books taught her everything the writing process doesn’t: formatting for Kindle, navigating KDP, metadata, ISBNs, categories, pricing, and all the small decisions that determine whether a book publishes well or simply publishes.
That knowledge is now the foundation of The Manuscript Rescue (themanuscriptrescue.com), her self-publishing guidance business helping authors get from finished manuscript to live book on Amazon — with confidence.
As a copy editor, Wendy works with fiction and non-fiction writers preparing manuscripts for publication, covering line and copy editing, consistency, voice, and fact-checking. Every manuscript is read cover to cover before edits begin. First drafts welcome.
Wendy is currently writing Terms of Silence, the first in a six-book psychological thriller series set in Guernsey’s offshore trust sector, drawing directly on her background in compliance and finance. She is also developing Glacialand, a middle-grade fantasy series.
When she’s not writing, you’ll find her day trading crypto, travelling with her husband John, or walking the dog on the island’s beaches.
