Author of Top Tropes: A Romance Writer’s Guide (2022)
Professional Member, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)
Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)
Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA)
BA English
Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning (PTC, 2018)
Developmental Editing: Fiction Theory (Liminal Pages, 2018)
CIEP annual conference (online) 2020
Louise Harnby’s How to Write the Perfect Fiction Editorial Report (2020)
Copyediting Fiction (ClubEd, 2022)
CIEP annual conference (in person) 2023
Efficient Editing (CIEP, 2024)
I previously worked in education and mental health. I have been a freelance editor since March 2018.
Books
Copy-editing, proofreading, developmental editing, manuscript evaluations, beta reading, coaching, series bibles and project management
Fiction: romance, erotica, historical and women’s fiction
I specialise in fiction, mainly self-publishing. I like to have a close working relationship with writers and also offer coaching for new authors.
Private clients – self-publishing authors
Self-published:
A Winter Haven by Margaret Amatt
Romancing Melanie by Julia Jarrett
Over a Barrel by Kelly Kay
Thy Kingdom Come by Monica James
Belfast Gate by Tony Macauley
For Post Hill Press:
Love, Sometimes by Barbara Rose Brooker
The Occurrence by Robert Desiderio
Author of Top Tropes: A Romance Writer’s Guide (2022)