I'm a freelance Copyeditor and Proofreader, and an intermediate member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. I began professionally working with words in 2019, after completing my MA in Modern and Contemporary Writing and graduating with a distinction. I was drawn to work with words as a result of my lifelong love of literature; I'm an avaricious reader and also write short fiction and poetry. I am keen to collaborate on editorial and creative projects.
Projects
Work history
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EditorGloss Edits
United KingdomFreelance
Gloss Edits is my freelance business, through which I provide proofreading and editing services to a variety of clients. I have worked on fiction as well as academic and commercial texts.
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CopyeditorMuseo Sa Bassa Blanca
- United KingdomFreelance
I copyedited The Collection: Exhibition 2022, the latest book by Museo Sa Bassa Blanca, which contains details of all the works that are exhibited in the Museum.
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Skills
- Copyediting
- Creative Writing
- Writing Poetry
- Academic Research
- Academic Editing
- Proofreading
- Microsoft Office
- Transcription
- Literary Criticism
- Organisation
Education
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Master of Arts - Modern and Contemporary WritingUniversity of East Anglia
- Norwich, United Kingdom
I received a distinction.
I specialised in modernism during my MA, focussing on the marginal genre of short stories written by women. Within this subject, I examined the influences of gender and psychoanalysis. I wrote my thesis on dissociation in the short stories of Dorothy Richardson.
I continued to both study and write poetry, exploring the field of trauma theory and poetry's therapeutic potential. My belief in the value that literature (both the reading and writing of it) can bring to individuals and society as a whole was reaffirmed by my voluntary work assisting with creative writing workshops in prisons and primary schools.
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English Literature with Creative WritingUniversity of East Anglia
- Norwich, United Kingdom
First-Class Honours.
I became interested in post-structuralist feminist literature, and my studies in this field also had a huge influence on the poetry I wrote for my creative writing modules. I combined this new interest with my long-standing love of Latin and mythology to write my final dissertation, which was on the nonverbal forms of expression in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
My studies allowed me to freely exercise my creativity whilst also expanding upon my obsession with grammar and etymology. I now approach my clients' material with this unique balance of technicality and creativity.
Awards
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Dorothy Richardson Essay PrizeThe Dorothy Richardson Society
The Dorothy Richardson Society has announced that I am one of two winners of the first annual Dorothy Richardson essay prize competition. My essay,'"She Hovered Between Two Worlds": The Disassociated Woman in Dorothy Richardson's Short Fiction' will be published in the forthcoming issue of Pilgrimages: The Journal of Dorothy Richardson Studies.U
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Lorna Sage PrizeUniversity of East Anglia
This prize is awarded by the Lorna Sage Memorial Fund to a student of outstanding merit; the recipient is selected from the MA courses with which Lorna Sage herself was particularly associated - studies in modern fiction and life writing. After receiving a distinction for my MA in Modern and Contemporary Writing in 2019, I was awarded the Lorna Sage Prize in 2020.