Richard Sheehan

Professional Member
Location Leicester, UK
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Web www.richardmsheehan.co.uk
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Introduction

Welcome! ​I am a qualified copy-editor and proofreader, and I have worked on over 200 books. I specialise in fiction and general non-fiction. In fiction, I have worked in a number of genres but I specialise in historical fiction, science fiction, literary fiction, thrillers, fantasy and horror.

As a qualified freelance copy-editor and proofreader, I am meticulous and flexible, and I offer an editorial service covering all areas of written material and publications. I am a Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and have been trained by the Publishing Training Centre and the SfEP. I wrote part of, and act as a tutor on, the Introduction to Fiction Editing course run by the SfEP. I have also provided editing workshops and masterclasses for The Literary Consultancy, The Society of Authors, the Historical Novel Society, Leicester Writes, Writing East Midlands and Leicester Writers' Club.

Services

I offer line editing, copy-editing, proofreading and proof-editing.

Clients

The Literary Consultancy, Ebury Publishing, Pan MacMillan/Tor Books, Wellcome Collection, Troubador Publishing, Intuitus Ltd, Hodder & Stoughton, Arvon Foundation, The School of Life, Alliance Publishing Press, The History Press, Biteback Publishing, The Robson Press, Stork Press, Roman Books, Black Library, self-publishing clients

Media

  • Books
  • Journals
  • Company reports
  • Newsletters
  • Catalogues

Experience

Freelance since 2012, I have worked on over 200 books and many other forms of documentation.

Training

Content, SEO and Editing (Copyediting.com) 2018, Brush Up Your Grammar (SfEP) 2017, Introduction to InDesign (Certitec) 2014, Copy-editing skills (Publishing Training Centre) 2012, Introduction to copy-editing (SfEP) 2012, Basic proofreading by distance learning – merit (PTC) 2011

Subjects

Fiction (general, literary, crime/mystery/thrillers, historical, romantic, science fiction/fantasy/horror, short stories, anthologies), non-fiction (general, history, memoir, biography, self-help/popular psychology), information technology (computer technology/software/hardware, networks, internet, IT security, technical support), literary studies (critical editions, literary criticism), sport (cricket, football, general)

Equipment and software

PC & Mac, Microsoft Office, PDF-XChange, Adobe Acrobat

Testimonials

Richard's copy-edits and proofreads are always extremely thorough, comprehensive and professional. A number of our authors have expressed their gratitude to Richard for providing such a high-quality edit

Lauren Lewis, Troubador Publishing Ltd

Richard tackled a long manuscript that included numerous terms from Southeast Asian languages with meticulous dedication. He noted a number of infelicities and embarrassing repetitions – thus improving and refining my work enormously

Christopher Hale, non-fiction writer, producer and director

Richard is the consummate professional and an absolute joy to work with

Marisha Pink, author of Finding Arun