Sarah Dronfield | Historical Fiction Editor
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About Me

I am an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) – formerly the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) – and I adhere to their membership codes.

I live in Cwmbran, South Wales, the town where I grew up – a new town surrounded by history, from an Iron Age hill fort (Twmbarlwm), to the Roman remains at Caerleon and Caerwent, and the castles of Gwent. When I was a child, our family outings usually consisted of visits to these places and more; wherever we went we would almost always end up visiting places of historical interest – such as the stately homes of Cheshire and the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, Yorkshire. This was a habit that I carried on into adulthood; when in Arizona I made sure to visit the site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, and in Melbourne, Australia, I visited the Old Melbourne Gaol, where Ned Kelly was hanged.

Following my travels I went on to study archaeology at university and worked as an archaeologist for a while.

I live with my husband and son. When I'm not editing historical fiction, I'm either reading it for pleasure or writing book reviews for the Historical Novel Society. I also enjoy knitting, yoga and researching my family history.

You can find out more about me on my LinkedIn profile, or by reading my blog.
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Editorial Training

  • Publishing Training Centre (PTC) Essential copy-editing – merit
  • PTC Basic proofreading – merit
  • PTC Grammar at work
  • SfEP Introduction to copy-editing
  • SfEP Editing with Word
  • SfEP Introduction to fiction editing
  • Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) Developmental editing of fiction – intermediate and advanced
  • EFA Introduction to editing children's books

Continuing Professional Development

  • SfEP Conference 2017, Wyboston Lakes
  • Editors Canada webinar: Getting your self-publishing client to a finished product
  • Writers' Academy masterclasses: crime, fantasy, children's books
  • Book Reality Academy: Formatting for e-book
  • SfEP Mini-conference 2018, Bristol
  • OpenLearn: Exploring books for children: words and pictures
  • SfEP Conference 2019, Birmingham
  • CIEP Conference 2022, Milton Keynes
  • CIEP Conference 2024, Birmingham

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