Author ⧫ Editor ⧫ Teacher
Sørina Higgins is an editor, writer, English teacher, and scholar of British & Irish modernist literature. Dr. Higgins earned her PhD at Baylor University, where she studied the role of ceremonial magic in modernist theatre. She has taught courses in literature, creative writing, and academic writing for over two decades and served as an editor and writing coach in a variety of settings. Dr. Higgins is currently writing a series of lectures on the Inklings for one of The Great Courses from The Teaching Company; she previously edited an academic essay collection entitled The Inklings and King Arthur. She is also the author of the blog The Oddest Inkling, devoted to Charles Williams’ works. As a creative writer, Sørina has written a volume of short stories, Shall these Bones Breathe?, and previously published two books of poetry, Caduceus & The Significance of Swans. Sørina and her Irish husband are the stewards of Avondale Homestead in upstate New York, where they wrangle a brace of cats, a chattering of chickens, and a variety of vegetables.
What I Offer
| SERVICES: | ASK FOR A QUOTE | Developmental Editing (Nonfiction) | 📧 | Developmental Editing (Fiction/Poetry) | 📧 | Beta Reading | 📧 | Copyediting (Nonfiction) | 📧 | Copyediting (Fiction/Poetry) | 📧 | Proofreading (Nonfiction) | 📧 | Proofreading (Fiction/Poetry) | 📧 | Fact-checking | 📧 | MLA Citation Management | 📧 | Ghostwriting | 📧 | Literary Research Consultation | 📧 | Writing Tutorial Sessions | 📧 | Literature Classes | 📧 | Creative Writing Workshops | 📧 | Publication Mentorship | 📧 | Indexing | 📧 | Zotero Training | 📧 | Conference Paper Consultation | 📧 | Public Speaking Tutorials | 📧 | Academic Counseling | 📧 | Thesis/Dissertation Tutorials | 📧 |
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Editing is as important as writing your book, though it looks and feels very different. Editing is turning the raw words into tightly crafted prose or poetry that communicates clearly and incisively. Having an outside reader with experience in organizing material and honing syntax allows you to see your own writing in a new light and polish it to its brightest possible sheen.
Students and scholars alike need a guide through the process. When you need a perspective outside your home institution, come to me for suggestions, advice, or tutorials on everything from choosing a topic to developing an argument, maximizing study time, annotating a text, tackling a dissertation, and more. I can also edit and/or proofread your papers, articles, thesis, or dissertation in literature and other humanities fields.
If your goals expand beyond an individual project and you want to increase your abilities in specific areas, you can hire me for one-on-one tutorial sessions or group classes. Want to learn better paragraphing? formal poetry? avoiding mixed metaphors? managing citations? tightening up syntax? mastering tone and diction? Work with me to complete your writer's toolkit and gain the skills you need to write with ease.