About Perfectly Write/Máire O'Dwyer
Perfectly Write is the business name of Máire O'Dwyer. I set up the business in 2013 and now specialise as a public sector, legal and technical copywriter and editor, although I also undertake work in other fields. My qualifications and professional memberships are listed here.
Professional memberships
- Professional member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)
- Professional member of the Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers (AFEPI)
- Member of the Plain Language Association International (PLAIN)
Academic qualifications
- Post-graduate Diploma in Computer Science, University College Dublin
- Solicitor's Professional Qualification, Law Society of Ireland
- Post-graduate Diploma in European Law, University College Dublin
- Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), University College Dublin
Editing qualifications and CPD
- Plain English for editors, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
- Plain English business writing, Plain English Campaign
- eLearning essentials: instructional design, Flex Labs
- Advanced PerfectIt, Cadman Training
- Practical mark-up of PDFs, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
- Book jackets and blurb writing, Publishing Ireland
- Non-fiction editing, Publishing Ireland
- Editing in Word, Publishing Training Centre
- Advanced copy-editing, Publishing Training Centre
- Copy-editing: Mentoring, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
- Copy-editing: Progress,
Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
- Copy-editing: Introduction, Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
- Basic proofreading by distance learning, Publishing Training Centre