Editing and Consulting Services
From copyediting to consulting, Bookbernediting offers professional writing assistance on the journey to publication.
Services
Copyediting
The final, careful check before publication. Scanning for punctuation, capitalization, and stylistic bloopers, as well as typos. Ensure that your work appears to best advantage!
Editing
Editing involves reviewing the structure and style of a complete work in need of polishing. At this stage suggestions for improving logical flow, paragraph cohesion, and sentence style are offered.
Consulting
For the writing project that needs help to come to completion. Working closely with you to understand the vision, I offer coaching to bring it to fulfillment. In addition to a careful reading of the text and extensive commentary, I offer video calls and a review of the final draft.
About me
Hello! I'm Bernadette O'Brien.
I'm a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California, with a degree in Liberal Arts.
From 2017 to 2024, I was the editorial assistant of Church, Communication and Culture, the SCOPUS-indexed academic review of communications at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome. In this position, I edited and proofread all articles published in English.
Since 2019, I have been freelance editing both fiction and non-fiction books for publication.
Trained by the Voyages in English series in grade school, and inspired by the likes of Robert Louis Stevenson and P. G. Wodehouse, I've always enjoyed the challenge and delight of using the English language as a precision instrument.
See below what clients say!
What clients are saying
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"I am very pleased with Bernadette O'Brien's professionalism in editing the English translation of my book. Not only was it technically well done, but I also noticed her interest and ability to address the topics in depth. I appreciate her comments and suggestions on points that were unclear to an English-speaking audience, which undoubtedly contributed to enriching the text."
"If your book isn’t springing fully formed out of your head, but is turning out to be a difficult birth, Bernadette’s deft literary midwifery may be just what you need. Attentive and abounding in suggestions, Bernadette has the necessary tact for the delicate task of the author’s auxiliary: helping you finish the job, not trying to do your job for you. My best recommendation is the fact that after my first novel, I hired Bernadette again for my second, a much easier delivery made even smoother by her sympathetic engagement and meticulous textual eye. All good books ought to be Berned!"
Rates
Contact me to discuss your project! Rates vary depending on the service, the condition of the text, and needs of the author.
Contact me
bern@bookbernediting.com