https://www.deborahodonoghue.com/home daily 1.0 2021-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609424749864-I6HEI8H53U55FIBFPQVQ/image.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609425301406-4YNKD6X7L4R4GYPJEDI6/image.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609425760434-H8MA0WXIB3Q4RRY9S6VQ/image.jpg Home https://www.deborahodonoghue.com/about daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609613265507-ILJTUFBWQZIPNXK3QGMR/_MG_1232-Edit-2.jpg About - About I’m a British-Irish author and former winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. My debut novel, Sea of Bones, was published by Legend Press in 2019. I’m also a staff travel writer for Travel Tomorrow and journalist. I’m passionate about the written (and spoken) word and want to help my clients bring great writing to wide audiences. A qualified and experienced English teacher and coach, I’m also trained in Performing Arts. Editing a novel, for me, is a bit like directing a play or perhaps producing a studio album: as well as honing technical and aesthetic aspects of language, I will bring the themes you want to the surface. I will ensure settings and characters are well developed and distinct. And my speciality, as a thriller writer, is to interrogate your plot as needed and keep the lines of tension taut to make your story unputdownable. I have worked with best-selling authors and those just starting out. I’ve dealt with acquiring editors and have insights into how they think. When you’re ready, I am able to offer advice on submitting to agents or self-publishing. Through it all, I will edit and advocate for your book as if it were my own. I also offer translation from French to English, commercial and corporate voiceovers, and I edit non-fiction texts for the cultural sector, ensuring the reach of museums, art galleries and other cultural institutions. https://www.deborahodonoghue.com/whatmyclientssay daily 0.75 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609357303266-SH0Y9XBMGAEM28GKA3MI/TMWDC.jpg What my clients say - Rosie Walsh ‘Working editorially with Deb is like rolling a six every time. She's warm and empathetic and always respectful of what I'm trying to achieve, yet able to make killer observations about my manuscript and get straight to the root of just about every problem. Because she writes literary fiction herself, I had some concerns about her ability to connect with my more commercial style - but, having worked with her for more than three years, I can say with confidence that she'd bring huge value to quite literally any type of fiction. Deb is ferociously clever, without ever being condescending, and will do a better job on your wonky grammar than any copy editor. She always has plenty of ideas and has single-handedly solved some of the biggest plot problems I've faced. It's actually quite embarrassing how many warmly-reviewed parts of The Man Who Didn't Call were down to her. I don't think I'd be able to write a book without her help anymore. If you're prevaricating about whether or not to get in touch, I'd wholeheartedly recommend you do.’ Author of New York Times bestsellers: The Man Who Didn’t Call / Ghosted and The Love of My Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609603826740-CGK4HPF35ZALFVKNFIWA/MartinWestlake.jpg What my clients say - Martin Westlake ‘I had published close to twenty academic studies, a full-scale political biography, and plenty of articles, research papers, and blog pieces, many of them peer reviewed. But when it came to writing my recently-completed historical novel, Other Than an Aspen Be, I sensed I needed the shrewd advice and critical eye of a professional wordsmith. Deborah was brilliant. She assisted me with plot, pacing, characters and setting, and not only helped the polished manuscript over the finishing line but subsequently accompanied me through the processes of making a pitch and finding an agent. Her support and advice were indispensable. I cannot recommend her warmly enough.' Academic and political biographer, and author of Other Than an Aspen Be (a historical novel now represented by Bill Goodall Literary Agency). https://www.deborahodonoghue.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://www.deborahodonoghue.com/writing daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609627792367-L5SA6HWHYARAM82E1WEC/Sea+of+Bones+Cover.jpg Writing - Fiction . . . Cathy continued in her soft Highland burr. “I’m sorry to say Beth’s disappeared. She’s had some sort of episode. It looks as though she destroyed her textiles. Set alight nearly all her university work. She was reported missing earlier today.” Juliet remembers the strange buzzing in her ears; the unprompted show reel of her niece. A little girl in the forest, giggling at Auntie Jet’s insistence on wearing beards of moss and speaking only in their moss-voices, shining almond eyes and gap-toothed grin the only features visible through the greenery. A willowy, teenage figure with bobbed caramel hair and a long summer skirt, dancing on the shoreline with her grandfather. The student visiting London, sitting on a high white bar stool, talking excitedly about fabric designs, sipping a cocktail through a straw, cheekbones outlined and eyebrows jauntily raised. Cathy was still talking. “The police rang me, unfortunately only after they’d already been to inform Erica.” Oh, my God, Erica. Juliet’s mind seized on the thought of her twin sister trying to take this all in from a team of uniformed officers. “They stayed with her until I got there,” Cathy said. “She’s in the clinic now. She came voluntarily in the end, and she’s named you next of kin. We’ve had to sedate her.” A flash of a little girl, sucking her thumb, sitting on her mother’s knee in a moment of stillness and calm. “Juliet?” “Yes. I’m…” She pinched the frown she could feel between her eyebrows. She wanted to ask more about Erica but did a quick mental triage. Erica was safe for now. “How long has Beth been gone? Where was she last seen?” Extract, Sea of Bones, Legend Press 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609633654858-9AI2R03OLL24U8XCPIUM/hippos.jpg Writing - Travel Writing I'd never thought of myself as a risk-taker. I didn't chase adrenaline-highs or seek out danger. But as I stood looking at the tiny figures jumping into the void and dangling from a rope attached to a railway bridge 128 metres above the thundering Zambezi River, my heart began to pound in my chest. They must be insane, I thought. The next thing forming inside me wasn't a thought, or even a feeling; it was just something I knew: I am going to do that too. Extract, The Day the Void Came for Me, Travel Tomorrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fecb7dec2646617cb1e0ace/1609622977173-PQDP4ERVFF0WWDF6HX2A/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Journalism . . . A half-full private jet is twelve times dirtier than economy air travel. Looking at this, it’s easy to become disheartened or cynical: if billionaires won’t pay the price for their environmental delinquency, why should ‘us ordinary folk’ be expected to give up our package holidays to Greece? But before you use your high horse to ride away from your environmental responsibilities, remember: it’s estimated that less than five percent of the world’s population has ever flown on a plane, so check your privilege, as the saying goes. The shocking truth is that questionable taxation is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to our governments’ attitude to the aviation industry. A 2017 review of Subsidies in Aviation authored by Prof. Stefan Gössling, Frank Fichert, and Peter Forsyth, finds that ‘significant subsidies are extended to manufacturers, infrastructure providers and airlines.’ Why? And what form do these subsidies take? Extract, Fly Me to the Moon: Are We Subsidising a Climate Apocalypse? Brussels Express https://www.deborahodonoghue.com/voiceovers daily 0.75 2021-01-04 https://www.deborahodonoghue.com/voiceovers/manageroftheyear monthly 0.5 2020-12-31