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10/8/2025
Mary Flannery
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Geneva
Geneva
Switzerland
791 769801
(Mobile)
Pronouns (select all that apply): She/Her Gender: Female Highest degree or level of education you have completed: Doctoral degree Are you a veteran?: No
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Service Types: Book Coaching , Copyediting , Copywriting , Developmental Editing , Ghostwriting , Writing Open to Speaking Engagements and Presentations: Yes Do you use Artificial Intelligence? : No Experience Level : Expert (50+ projects) First Time Author Friendly : Yes In-House Publishing Experience: No Availability : Currently Booking Affinity Groups: Academic Editing Business Email: editor@flanneryediting.com Business Name: Flannery Editing Years in Editorial Field: 21 Years as Editorial Freelancer: 21 Member Directory Bio: A California native who has lived and worked in the UK, Australia, and now Switzerland, I specialize in helping clients craft more compelling narratives about their particular areas of expertise, whether in order to make a more powerful argument or to persuade a funding body to support their work. Skills: Academic Editing , Book Coaching , Book Reviewing , Consulting , Copyediting , Curriculum development , Developmental/Substantive editing , Ghostwriting , Grant Editing , Grant Writing , Literary Criticism , Research , Writing Other Skills: In addition to working as an academic and non-fiction editor, I’m also a published comedy writer with work in McSweeney’s, The Belladonna, Points In Case, and other online humor publications. I work with aspiring comedy writers to heighten their jokes, improve the rhythm of their ‘beats’, and come up with concluding punchlines that stick with the reader. Subject Area Specialties: History , Humanities , Humor , Interdisciplinary Studies , Women's studies Fiction Subgenres & Specialized Categories: Comedy Nonfiction Genres: Academic , Biography , Memoir , Trade Nonfiction Nonfiction Subject Areas: Cultural Studies , Humanities , Interdisciplinary Studies , Literature Nonfiction Materials: Books , Curriculum , Dissertations & Theses , Essays , Grants , Journals , Monographs Document Types : Academic Materials , Autobiographies/ Biographies , Book proposals , Essays , Newsletters , Reference materials , Resumes and cover letters , Speeches , Textbooks Audience Types: Adult , College Editing Languages: English Other Languages: I also speak French. Editorial Styles: Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) , Modern Language Association (MLA) Other Styles: MHRA Software: Acrobat , Excel , Google Docs , Google Forms , Google Sheets , PowerPoint , Word Other Software: Pages Do you edit explicit / graphic content?: Yes
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