Cecile Shanahan - Editor
Cecile Shanahan is an experienced editor and proofreader who adores helping writers to make their words shine. She has a special interest in children’s and young adult literature and educational publishing, but often works on general fiction and non-fiction titles too. Since joining Jericho Writers she has assisted more than 20 authors to progress their writing projects through agent submission pack assessments, manuscript assessments, developmental edits, copy edits, line edits, proofreading and post-editorial support. Cecile has tertiary qualifications in Professional Editing and Proofreading, Secondary Education, English Literature and Journalism.
Testimonials
- Amy Doak, Author and Publisher; Of the World Books, Accidental Publishing & Fiosracht Press
- Juno Harvey, Author
- Pauline Wilson, Author of 'Conflict At Hanging Rock', published 2022
- Colin Sole, Author of 'Thirty Four' and 'Running Forever'
- Jonathan Lee, Author of '40 Single Gay'
WHY WE LOVE CECILE
Recently Cecile has delighted in working on the following; Proofread of soon-to-be-released young adult (mystery) fiction, beta read of soon-to-be-released young adult (mystery) fiction, proofread of The Future is Fair coffee table book for international not-for-profit organisation Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand, proofread of ebook A Sticky Situation by Juno Harvey, manuscript assessments – young adult fiction – for four different authors, and a structural edit of a historical fiction book (second time working with this author).
WHAT CECILE SAYS ABOUT EDITING
Editing (be it structural, line or copy) and proofreading isn’t just work for me — it’s a job that I happily chose (I left behind another successful career to start my own editing business in 2015) and I still get excited, every day, about using my expert skills to help craft my clients’ words into their very best shape.
Words have always been my ‘thing’ and I delight in sharing my love and knowledge of how best to use them with writers. To me there is no greater experience than reading the right book at the right time and being a small part of creating that right book for someone is what drives me to be the best editor I can be.
I read very widely and spend a lot of time researching and studying the publishing world. As such, I feel very well placed to offer up-to-date expertise on what readers are after and how writers can best meet the expectations of the market.
