About Becca

Becca O'Donovan

When I was five years old, I asked my mom to read to me. Instead, she replied, “You can read!” I was elated when I realized that she was right. Since then, I have read everything I could. In fact, the only trophy I received from primary was a trophy for reading the most books in the school for its Book-It! program (108!).

Since then, I have graduated from college with a degree in creative writing, edited auto enthusiast magazines, worked as a freelance copywriter, and taught first graders common core math. (That’s a fact that surprises me as much as it does you. Trust me.)

After teaching for a while, I am once again entering the realm of a world that makes me feel comfortable. I love looking at words on a page and seeing how they can be improved, or just admiring their quality. Impeccable syntax is an art. While I am by no means perfect, being able to hone my craft is something that brings me absolute joy.

In my family and circle of friends, I am the go-to girl for grammar checking: comma placement, subject-verb agreement, dangling modifiers…you get the drift. These may be boring conversations for some people, but they thrill me.

That being said, I am also not the girl who gives unsolicited grammar and spelling criticism. If you have something to say but just can’t get the blinking cursor to inspire you, let me know. If you wrote something and want a new set of eyes to look over it, I’m more than happy to help.

That’s as nerdy as I get, I promise.

Testimonials

Hear from people I've worked with.

Rebecca has been a tremendous help with editing the past three children's books I have written. She is always so easy to work with. Rebecca is both professional and prompt in her responses. She has always had fair prices with a quick turnaround time as well. She catches all of my errors and even makes me aware of other issues I was unaware of. I will definitely be using Rebecca again in the future!

Copy By Becca was fantastic to work with. We had a tight January deadline and she responded to the challenge. We loved the feeling of confidence that there were no mistakes in our final publication when we shared with others. The clean and crisp flow of words in our document have garnered praise from all who have read it. Many thanks to Copy By Becca for making our publication a top-notch document.

Maurice M.

I hired Copy by Becca for a copyediting service of my short story. She did a phenomenal job! I did not expect her to be so thorough. Her feedback made me want to develop my protagonist more. I think that improved my story. Then Becca threw in a proofreading service, which was next on my list to self-publication. Ultimately, it was her degree in Creative Writing that made me choose her out of pages upon pages of copyeditors. I will not hesitate to use her services in the future!

Adah G.

Thank you, Becca, for doing a wonderful job of proofreading our letter. The corrections were easy to understand. Your suggestions made the wording of the letter much better. We appreciate that you responded and did the correction so quickly.

Sarah H.

Becca is my go to for all things grammar. For years my important documents and emails and resumes have been sent to her for a look over. If this wasn’t my recommendation of her I might even have her look it over! She never lets me down!

Stephanie M.