I am the author of Mary Blachford Tighe: The Irish Psyche (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011).
My passion project is Herself Press, which aims to research and rehabilitate the work of (dead) women writers from the north of Ireland.
Advanced Professional Member, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP).
Member, Society of Authors.
BA (Hons) English (First Class) 1998; MA (Distinction) Modern Literary Studies (2000); PhD (2004).
On-screen editing 1 and 2 (SfEP, 2010); Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning (PTC, 2011); Introduction to web editorial skills (SfEP, 2011); Introduction to copy-editing (SfEP, 2012); Brush up your grammar (SfEP, 2012); Fiction Editing (Publishing Ireland, 2013); Advanced Proofreading (PTC, 2015); Rewriting and Substantive Editing (PTC, 2016); Practical mark-up of PDFs (SfEP), 2017; Copyright for Editorial Professionals (CIEP), 2024.
Editor and publishing consultant since 2006.
Graphic designer 1983–1993
Development/structural editing; copy-editing; proofreading; self-publishing advice; typesetting and cover design; ebook conversion; hand-holding through the self-publishing process.
Fiction (novels & short stories); academic non-fiction; biography, autobiography and memoir.
I am the author of Mary Blachford Tighe: The Irish Psyche (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011).
My passion project is Herself Press, which aims to research and rehabilitate the work of (dead) women writers from the north of Ireland.