Services
Deep experience in writing and editing non-fiction, creative, non-fiction, travel writing, reviewing, memoir, reportage, ghost-writing.
WRITING COACH
The first chapter flowed but the second is stuck. You have talent but need a push. The research direction seemed clear but now seems muddy. I can help get you unstuck and find your voice.
WORKSHOPS
Produce writing that someone - maybe just you - wants to read. I conduct clear, literate communication achieved through exercise, discussion, games and the all-important art of rewriting.
EDITING
I can help you shape your manuscript, discover what is missing, what is out of place, what tone is wrong, what pacing can be improved ... all the minute details that make a work excellent.
writing
Selected Journalism
Filling Up On Irish Hospitality
New York Times
God speaks through his women
New York Times
Soul Searching
New York times
Diary of a Political Education
Persimmon Tree
The Night Phyllis Schlafly Went Over the Rainbow
The Baffler
Jane O'Reilly outpaces the girl she left behind;
Christian Science Monitor
Liberal Parents, Radical Children
New York times
Selected Books
Filling Up On Irish Hospitality
New York Times
God speaks through his women
New York Times
testimonials
“My happiest memories amongst a creative, slightly raucous, supportive, occasionally kooky and brilliant community of writers. Jane is quite simply marvelous!”
“I take a deep bow in the direction of Jane O’Reilly-my own personal Maxwell Perkins in an era where the position of editor in the publishing world has, alas, become redundant. She read my manuscript in several versions, set me straight on plenty of occasions and provided support over many a rough bump. Hire her. She will make your writing better!”
“Jane O’Reilly has a gift for correct without intimidaint. She approaches each person as an individual without asking anyone to meet a group standard. Result: they keep coming back for more.”
“Jane gave me outstanding, detailed feedback on my writing that pushed me to be a better writer in that piece and far beyond. I highly recommend working with, and learning from, her.”
“ I highly recommend Jane as a teacher. She inspired, cajoled, pushed (shoved sometimes), criticized and praised our efforts, and in the process we all wrote some of the best pieces of writing we’d ever written, or probably will ever write in our lives. We also had a lot of fun. ”
“Jane O’Reilly’s Writing Workshops are great. BANK ON IT. I id. Two pieces published and a third accepted. Thank Jane.”
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about Jane
Best known for the feminist class Click! The Housewife's Moment of Truth, Jane O'Reilly co-founded MS. Magazine and was a regular contributor to the New York Times, Time, Vogue and New York magazine.
A noted book reviewer and travel writer, Jane also spent years in Key West living among treasure divers.
After leaving New York City, Jane lived in Vermont for many years, serving on the Town Council and teaching writing workshops.
She now lives in East Boston and is working on her memoir.
