Overview
My experience centers around young adult fiction and romance. So far, I've assisted on two complete trilogies and one duology, tracking consistency in plot, character, voice, and world building between books. I've also evaluated hundreds of query letters with an eye for acquisition and would be happy to help authors perfect their pitches.
When I edit a full manuscript, I make a lot of in-document comments, letting the author know how I think readers will experience and interpret their story. I like to pose a lot of questions in hopes of pushing the author to uncover those little details that transport a reader and deepen the emotional experience. I also like to call out the elements that make an author's voice special, encouraging them to lean into those things for maximum impact.
I've assisted in editing more than fifteen published books and two published novellas, including a USA Today Bestseller, a RITA award finalist, three Amazon bestsellers, and one Kirkus starred review.
If you have concerns about your budget, please talk to me about it. We can work something out.
When I edit a full manuscript, I make a lot of in-document comments, letting the author know how I think readers will experience and interpret their story. I like to pose a lot of questions in hopes of pushing the author to uncover those little details that transport a reader and deepen the emotional experience. I also like to call out the elements that make an author's voice special, encouraging them to lean into those things for maximum impact.
I've assisted in editing more than fifteen published books and two published novellas, including a USA Today Bestseller, a RITA award finalist, three Amazon bestsellers, and one Kirkus starred review.
If you have concerns about your budget, please talk to me about it. We can work something out.
Services
Fiction
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Humor & Comedy
Romance
Science Fiction
Young Adult
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
Entangled Publishing
Mar, 2015 —
Aug, 2018
(over 3 years)
Evaluated query letters and full manuscripts submitted by agents and unagented authors for potential acquisition. For acquired manuscripts, contributed to developmental edits, including notes on story structure, voice, tone, pacing, setting, character development, and plot. Also contributed to line edits, including detailed checks for consistency within the story and voice, limited fact checking, confirming flow of prose, and trimming unneeded words.
Portfolio
Nora Miller, an aspiring writer, struggles to come up with a book idea. Inspiration strikes when she meets Kellen Atwood, the mysterious coffee shop guy who saves her from disaster one minute and vanishes the next.Years later, Nora’s published book, Coffee, My... read more
Azrael’s Black Blade meets his match… Over two hundred years, Gregor Schwarz earned his brutal notoriety. As the necromancer Azrael’s pitiless enforcer, few—living or dead—dare to cross him. But when he’s sent to Los Angeles to satisfy one of his boss’s debts,... read more
I’m a walking contradiction.School principal who liberally drops the F bomb.Fiercely independent yet willing to auction myself off for charity.Serial monogamist who’s down for a no-strings one-night stand.Except now I’ve gone from one-working-ovary to co-paren... read more
The immortal mages have risen, and they're out for blood.Khya arrived at the Ryogan coast too late to stop the invasion. Now, cities are falling before the unrelenting march of an enemy army, and Khya's squad is desperately trying to stay ahead of them. Warnin... read more
Worst. Road Trip. Ever.Escaping with Reid Wentworth should have been fun, but how can I enjoy it when I just (accidentally) killed someone, my mom and brother are in danger, and the Consortium is trying to enslave humanity? (Yeah, they aren't fooling around.) ... read more
Hana isn't supposed to exist. She's grown up hidden by her mother in a secret room of the bioship Cyclo until the day her mother is simply gone—along with the entire crew. Cyclo tells her she was abandoned, but she's certain her mother wouldn't leave her there... read more
LOCUS Magazine: A Best Book of 2017! I am Anda, and the lake is my mother. I am the November storms that terrify sailors and sink ships. With their deaths, I keep my little island on Lake Superior alive.Hector has come here to hide from his family until he tur... read more
Something is wrong in Hidden Creek. The sleepy Alabama town is more haunted than any place fiend hunter Grisham Caso has ever seen. Unearthed graves, curse bags, and spilled blood all point to an evil that could destroy his gargoyle birthright. The town isn’t ... read more
Per her 537 rules, Harper Campbell keeps her life tidy—academically and socially. But the moment Sterling Lane transfers into her tiny boarding school, her twin brother gets swept up in Sterling’s pranks and schemes and nearly gets expelled. Harper knows it’s ... read more
Julia Bishop has led a very sheltered life. Protected by her family from those who might ridicule her for her secrets, she stays hidden away in the country. But she longs for more, if only for an evening. To kiss a rake in full view of the stable boy. Unchaper... read more
A horse race in trousers on Rotten Row. Visiting a gaming hall in a dress that would make her mother faint. Sneaking an invitation to a masquerade ball attended by only the wickedest, most debauched members of society… None of these things are scaring off book... read more
The only way for Khya to get her brother back alive is to kill Varan—the immortal ruler who can’t be killed. But not even Varan knew what he was doing when he perverted magic and humanity to become immortal.Khya’s leading her group of friends and rebels into t... read more
In Khya’s world, every breath is a battle.On the isolated desert island of Shiara, dying young is inevitable. The clan comes before self, and protecting her home means Khya is a warrior above all else.But when following the clan and obeying their leaders could... read more
It’s not chemistry between Tinka Foster and Sam Anderson that made them agree to fake date. With her parents trying to set her up with an annoying pro-track golf student, and intentionally single Sam’s family pressuring him to bring a date to his brother’s wed... read more
Danny Garland is so out of Holly’s league. And her family is only back in North Pole, Minnesota, long enough to sell Grandma’s house and say “Merry Christmas.” So telling her basketball-star, too-hot-to-be-real long-time crush that she’d like to kiss him under... read more
Elena Chestnut has been chatting with an anonymous boy late into the night. It’s a very You’ve Got Mail situation, and she has no idea who he is. He can’t be Oliver Prince, hot-and-bashful son of the family running the rival sporting goods store. Their fancy s... read more
Kiki Nichols might not survive music camp.She’s put her TV-loving, nerdy self aside for one summer to prove she’s got what it takes: she can be cool enough to make friends, she can earn that music scholarship, and she can get into Krause University’s music pro... read more
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