Overview
Whether you are going traditional or self-publishing, I can help you bring the best out in your work to compete in today's marketplace. With an extensive developmental edit, I include edits and comments in track changes within the manuscript and a full written report. A query letter critique can be included for an additional charge. I also offer a comprehensive service for queries that includes a full edit of the query letter draft with up to a two page synopsis and a thirty minute consult to go over your letter and pitching strategy.
I have had the privilege to work with many bestselling and award winning authors in genres of thriller/suspense, women's fiction, historical fiction, romance, Sci-fi/Fantasy adult and YA, and literary fiction. In nonfiction I work with memoir, self-help/personal growth, and prescriptive. Recent authors include: Catherine Ryan Hyde, Dr. Bernie Siegel, Marko Kloos, Nancy Herkness, DM Pulley, Marc Allen Edelheit, Evan Currie, Craig Schaefer, Ashley Farley, Boo Walker, Suzanne Kelman, and many more. I enjoy working with enthusiastic new and published authors with a desire to learn, grow, and succeed in the publishing business.
I've worked as an instructor for MFA creative writing programs, a conference teacher, and a webinar presenter for Writers’ Digest. As a literary agent, books I have worked with, both well-crafted fiction and high profile adult nonfiction have gone on to publication, appeared on the Oprah Show, Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America, National Geographic network, and in the NY Times. I work with Penguin Random House authors, St. Martins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sourcebooks, Hay House, Lake Union Publishing, 47 North, Montlake, Thomas & Mercer, New World Library, and many more.
I look forward to working with you and your book and making it the best it can be.
" Andrea is nothing short of a literary wizard, with astounding editing prowess. No one I’ve encountered is better at finding the cracks in the foundation of a story, and even better, she knows how to fix them." Boo Walker bestselling author of An Unfinished Story and the Red Mountain series.
"Special thanks to Andrea H., my superb developmental editor and fellow animal lover, who applies both sensitivity and a tough eye to make my books better, faster, stronger."
~Nancy Herkness, bestselling, award-winning author of The Place I Belong and the Whisper Horse Series.
"Thanks to my developmental editor, Andrea H., who suggested ALL THE CHANGES. She made me rewrite the stuff that sucked until it didn’t, and it’s a much better novel for that."
~Marko Kloos bestselling author of Terms of Enlistment and the Frontline Series.
"The insights and feedback that Andrea gave me not only helped improve my book, but also made me a better writer. She and her staff are extremely friendly and professional–it was a true pleasure working with Andrea H. and Associates."
~ David Estes - YA Author
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- Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Authors
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- BA Expressive Arts
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Self-employed
I have worked in the publishing business for over 25 years in various capacities. My expertise is as a developmental editor for fiction and nonfiction for the Amazon publishing imprints including Lake Union Publishing, 47 North, Montlake, and Thomas & Mercer and authors for major New York publishers including Penguin Random House, and many others.
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