Overview
I provide a professional editing and proofreading service to authors of both fiction and nonfiction. I'm always mindful of how difficult it can be for authors to pass their work on to the editing stage. That being said, my goal is to ensure that your book will be the best it can be. Feel free to contact me for a chat and a quote for any of the services outlined below.
Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure
Cultural & Ethnic
Holiday
Humor & Comedy
Literary Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Poetry
Thriller & Suspense
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Architecture
Art
Biographies & Memoirs
Design
Education & Reference
Humanities & Social Sciences
Inspirational
Photography
Political Science & Current Affairs
Languages
English (UK)
Awards
- I was shortlisted for the Cúirt New Writers Fiction Prize and longlisted for the Fish Publishing Poetry Prize in 2013.
Certifications
- • Fiction Editing (Publishing Ireland), 2013.
- • Basic Proofreading – Merit (The Publishing Training Centre), 2014.
- • Using Language with Fergal Tobin (Publishing Ireland), 2013.
- • Introduction to Web Editorial Skills (SfEP), 2012.
- • Proofreading Problems (SfEP), 2013.
- • Introduction to Proofreading (SfEP), 2012.
- MA Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies (First Class).
- Advanced Creative Writing: Open University modules (First Class).
- Higher Diploma in Education (First Class).
- BA International Marketing and Languages (2:1).
- Core copy-editing skills (The Publishing Training Centre), 2015.
- Advanced copy-editing (The Publishing Training Centre), 2015.
- Non-fiction Editing (Publishing Ireland), 2015.
Work experience
Independent Author
May, 2013 —
Sep, 2013
(5 months)
Manuscript assessment, development (structural) edit and final proofread:
Scumbags and Handbags by Sinead Hamill (self-published, 2013).
Irish Academic Press/Merrion
Jan, 2013 —
Present
Edited and proofread the following titles:
Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage Diary by Eimear O'Callaghan (October 2014);
The Books that Define Ireland by Bryan Fanning and Tom Garvin (2013).
Portfolio
Since his death in 1989, it has become difficult to imagine that Samuel Beckett was once a virtually unknown writer. Born in 1906 into a respectable middle-class family in a Dublin suburb, he came late to fame in the early 1950s with the ground-breaking play, ... read more
Two men, worlds apart, collide in this hilarious romp through ladies football. When Dublin toe rag Robbie King gets sentenced to community service at an affluent G.A.A club, his politically incorrect gob takes a lot of getting used to. Tommy Boylan was the gre... read more
This engaging and provocative work discusses over 50 books that have been instrumental in the development of Irish social and political thought since the early 17th century. Steering clear of traditionally canonical Irish literature, authors Bryan Fanning and ... read more
Belfast 1972. It's the bloodiest year of the Northern Irish 'Troubles' and sixteen-year-old Eimear O'Callaghan, a Catholic schoolgirl in West Belfast, bears witness in her new diary. What follows is a unique and touching perspective into the daily life of an o... read more
