words matter
Everyone needs an editor and a proofreader to spot the obvious and the obscure mistakes and omissions — especially those missed by spell and grammar checks and tired eyes.
With fresh eyes supported by years of experience, I will review your written materials for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and consistency of style, using in-house or standard style guides, and can also check facts for accuracy. If you prefer, I can write a style guide to meet your specific needs.
I am an independent editor and proofreader with over a decade of experience researching, writing, and editing a variety of materials, including technical documents, reports, and training materials for print and online media for individuals, groups, and publishers.
To learn more about how I can help you, read my services page or contact me for a quote.
What my clients say about me ....
I also cannot leave out the copyeditor who showed up for me (but not for you) in the “track changes” version of the manuscript: Bríd Nowlan. She read every word carefully, checked footnotes and acronyms, and made those many detailed grammatical corrections and stylistic changes that make everything for you, the reader, so much smoother.
Jorge Daniel Taillant, Acknowledgments, Meltdown: The Earth Without Glaciers, OUP 2021.
Bríd is one of the best when it comes to being professional. Project managing Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) articles was a great challenge, especially on-time delivery of articles. I can always single her out from other freelancers as someone who has an agile mind. She has never said a "no" to any project--a thorough professional.
Ashwin Krishnan, Managing Editor
Brid helped summarize the notes from multiple sessions of a gathering focused on Puget Sound recovery. A key strength is Brid's ability to distill complex, wide ranging issues into a comprehensible format with clear and direct writing. A pleasure to work with as well.
Sono Hashisaki, Springwood Associates
Some projects I have completed:
Edited
Why We Vote, Owen Fiss (Professor, Yale University), Oxford University Press, 2023.
Wild Waters: The Magic of Ireland’s Rivers and Lakes, Richard Nairn, Gill Books, 2023
The Wild Food Plants of Ireland, Tom Curtis and Paul Whelan, Orla Kelly Publishing, 2019.
Emigrants Get Political: Mexican Migrants Engage Their Home Towns, Michael S. Danielson, Oxford University Press, 2017
Arguing Islam after the Revival of Arab Politics, Nathan J. Brown, Oxford University Press, 2016
Mothers of Nature: Women in the Environmental Movement in Washington State, Dee Arntz, The History Press, 2015
Proofread
The Irish Words You Should Know, Hector Ó hEochagáin, Gill Books, 2024
Wolf-Men and Water Hounds, Manchán Magan, illustrated by Steve Doogan, Gill Books, 2023.
Postgraduate Prospectus, University of Galway, 2018–2023.
Europe in the Modern World: A New Narrative History, Edward Berenson, Oxford University Press, 2016
America Abroad, Stephen Brooks, Oxford University Press, 2016
Out of Eden, David P. Barash, Oxford University Press, 2015
Citizen Protectors, Jennifer Carlson, Oxford University Press, 2014
Member: Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers of Ireland ( AFEPI Ireland)
