Dr Catherine Hanley
Advanced Professional Member| Location | Wiveliscombe, Somerset |
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I specialise in the areas of non-fiction history and literature, both academic and trade, and am comfortable working with the major referencing styles in arts and humanities (e.g. MHRA, Chicago) as well as customised styles for individual books, journals and theses or publishers' own house styles. I also work on the slightly unusual combinaton of historical fiction and cricket; as a published novelist and former cricket writer myself I find that my experience makes me a better editor.
Subjects
Biography (historical), English literature, fiction (historical, literary, crime/mystery/thriller), non-fiction (general, memoir, biography), history (British, European, medieval, 15th-century, genealogy/family), language (English language, grammar/syntax, writing skills), literary studies, sport (cricket)
Skills
Copy-editing, on-screen editing, writing, rewriting, proofreading, research, formatting academic books/articles to conform to particular referencing styles
Experience
Part-time freelance since 2011; full-time freelance since 2014.
Qualifications and awards
BA French and German, PhD Medieval Studies.
Clients
Current and recent clients include Cambridge University Press; Routledge; Taylor & Francis; Head of Zeus; The History Press; ARC Humanities Press; The Mystery Press; Sage journals; the University of Warwick; Hodder Education; individual academic and PhD student clients. I have also worked with fiction clients looking either to self-publish or to submit to an agent or publisher.
Training
Editing with Word (SfEP) 2017
Successful editorial freelancing – pass with distinction (Publishing Training Centre) 2014
Basic proofreading by distance learning - pass with merit (PTC) 2011
Media
Books (academic and general), journals, magazines, multi-author books, newsletters, theses and dissertations
Testimonials
A keen eye for detail, Catherine Hanley provides an excellent editing service and can be relied upon to give valuable advice on text content, flagging up inconsistencies in style and any discrepancies within the plot – highly recommended.
Editor, The Mystery Press
Catherine’s acumen in copy-editing and proofreading has been invaluable to Reinvention over the past seven years. Some of her many strengths in this area include a thorough knowledge of all aspects of style in academic publishing, a meticulous attention to detail, complete reliability in terms of meeting deadlines, and the flexibility and expertise necessary to work on papers in a wide range of subject areas. She provides constructive and thoughtful advice to our authors and her input has been critical to the overall success of the journal. We would highly recommend her work.
Managing Editor, Reinvention journal
Thank you very much for this very thorough edit on challenging material and for your extra explanatory documents which were very helpful.
Editor, The History Press
We appreciate how easy you made the editing process. Your communications were professional, straightforward, and always respectful of the authors’ intentions. Thank you for keeping us informed throughout the process.
Academic client
I owe thanks to you: the speed and quality of your work was amazing. Thanks very much for saving me from so many errors and improving the book – I very much appreciate it.
Academic client
Many thanks for your comments on the book. I’ve had a chance to read through them and I’m really pleased with how thorough they are. It’s good to have had a fresh pair of objective eyes evaluating the text in detail. You’ve picked up on numerous issues I’d overlooked and some I was aware of but hadn’t properly addressed. I found your notes constructive and I appreciated your positive observations on various aspects of the writing and characters.
Author of historical fiction
Your notes and comments are SO useful – I’m wondering why it’s taken me so long to go through this process! You have picked up things which I really should have noticed before.
Author of historical fiction