Mary Jean Jones

Mary Jean Jones – Editor

I've been proofreading practically my whole life. Since 2019 I've focused on copy editing ebooks, specializing in historical fiction.

Overview

I. Love. Words. I have an excellent command of the English language as well as organizational and time-management skills.

I have been proofreading throughout my corporate life but gravitated toward proofreading and copyediting ebooks six years ago after picking up my first ebook and noticing a definite need to clean up the writing. I have worked on over 24 books, including one that received a Book Excellence Award. Having studied languages, I am comfortable working with English, dialects, Romance languages, and even some German. Most importantly, my language background helps me understand an author's voice - your voice - and I will work with you to perfect your writing.

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2019 — Present
I have worked on political thrillers, historical fiction, and biographies from basic cleanup proofreading of published novels to copyediting and proofreading new manuscripts.

Portfolio

CASCADING DIVERGENCE: 1942 Chūgoku-sen – Imperial Japan's War in China (4th Story in a Saga of a World Transformed by the Untimely Loss of Winston Churchill)

Wood, Ron

Ron Wood

Copy Editing
CASCADING DIVERGENCE: 1941 Presa d'Africa – Mussolini's Dream of Empire (3rd Story in a Saga of a World Transformed by the Loss of Winston Churchill)

Wood, Ron

Ron Wood

Copy Editing
Cascading Divergence: 1941 Lebensraum (The Alternate History Continues - Invasion of the Soviet Union)

Wood, Ron

Ron Wood

Copy Editing
Cascading Divergence: 1940 An Alternate World History Begins

Wood, Ron

Ron Wood

Copy Editing
A Brooklyn Guy: Otto Miller: The Greatest Brooklyn Dodger You Never Heard Of

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales Publishing, LLC; Los Angeles, California

Copy Editing
Revolt in Berlin : Part Two: A Spy Story

Hynd, Noel

Copy Editing
The Summer of Charlie Ponzi (An American True Crime Reporter in the 20th Century Book 1)

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales LLC Publishing, Los Angeles, CA

Copy Editing
Firebird: The Spy Thriller of the 1960s

Hynd, Noel

Proofreading
The Enemy Within - A novel of the U.S. Secret Service

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales LLC, Publishing, Los Angeles, California

Proofreading
Eisenhower's Spy

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales LLC, Publishing, Los Angeles, California

Proofreading
Betrayal In Berlin: A Spy Story

HYND, Noel

Red Cat Tales Publishing LLC, Los Angeles, California

Copy Editing
Flowers From Berlin

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales Publishing, Los Angeles

Proofreading
Marquard and Seeley: A True Story of Romance and Betrayal, Baseball, Mascots, Misfits, and Vaudeville in the Years before World War One

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales LLC, Publishing, Los Angeles, CA

Proofreading
The Sputnik Season: 1957: The year New York City baseball and America changed forever. (New York Baseball's Golden Era - 1903 through 1957)

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales LLC Publishing, Los Angeles, California

Copy Editing
Ashes From A Burning Corpse (An American True Crime Reporter in the 20th Century Book 2)

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales Publishing LLC, Los Angeles, California

Proofreading
Berlin Butterfly: Ensnare (Berlin Butterfly Series Book 1)

Moyes, Leah

Proofreading
The Polish Nurse: A WW2 Historical Fiction Novel (World War II Brave Women Fiction Book 1)

Moyes, Leah

Readmore Press

Copy Editing
Kennedy's Spy: A Spy Story

HYND, Noel

Red Cat Tales Publishing, LLC, Los Angeles, California

Copy Editing
Return to Berlin: A Spy Story

Hynd, Noel

Red Cat Tales LLC, Los Angeles

Copy Editing
Revolt In Berlin: Part One: A Spy Story

HYND, Noel

Red Cat Tales Publishing, Los Angeles

Copy Editing

Mary Jean has 6 reviews

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Ron W.

Ron W.

May, 2025

Pinned
As usual, MJ did a great job on this 3rd book. She caught all my little errors, and a confusing piece of my story. Won’t hesitate to continue using her for all my books.
Ron W.

Ron W.

Apr, 2025

Pinned
Excellent review.
Ron W.

Ron W.

Mar, 2025

Pinned
MJ was a pleasure to work with. She was thorough and identified several issues that I had overlooked. I will be using her again for my follow-on novels.
Mary Jean J.
Looking forward to it!
Barry W.

Barry W.

Aug, 2025

Mary Jean was everything I hoped for in an editor: instructive, fast, and attentive to detail.
Mary Jean J.
It was a pleasure working with Barry. I look forward to future collaborations.
Julio V.

Julio V.

Aug, 2025

Mary was a pleasure to work with. Very detailed and responsive. She finished my project before the due date and I am grateful for that. Highly recommend. Thanks

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