🚀 Science fiction/fantasy & Life sciences/Nature/Travel editor 🌱 Fluent in English and French ⏳ 14+ years of experience
I dive into your unique world while maintaining the objectivity needed to provide you with insightful notes and suggestions. Some things I'll analyze and advise you on: infodumping/incluing (a term coined by the amazing Jo Walton); choice of narrator - limitations, pros and cons, how it serves the story and your voice; character development, to paint your characters in all their complexity; World building, to ensure your world makes sense and does wonders. And much, much more!
**Life sciences/Nature/Travel**
I've been reading and annotating nature books forever - and that's when I'm not busy taking online classes in astrobiology, microbiology, or mycology. There's so much we know about nature, yet so little. The application of non-human animal ethics and queer theory to life sciences has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life! And the recent mainstream appeal for fungi is also helping people all over the world reconsider their understanding of collaboration, gender... the list goes on.
There's a particular skillset involved in choosing to write these essays. Often the line between non-fiction and storytelling gets blurred and it's wonderful, but also tricky to navigate. As your editor, I'll make sure to understand your voice and lift it. We'll look at how to engage the targeted audience; ponder language intricacies that will make all the difference in how you portray nature and other beings; we'll discuss outlines and how to choose a structure carefully.
📒 About me 📒
⏳ 14+ years as science fiction, fantasy, and travel editor + in writing, publishing, and content development
🌻 Background in anthropology, biology, and languages (Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish)
🏳️🌈 I’m a queer person who’s deeply committed to lifting voices from the community
🖋️ A writer myself, I understand the work that comes with the craft. I work with two perspectives — the writer’s and the editor’s
🌏 Lived in France, the U.S. and in Canada
🔥 5 reasons we should work together 🔥
⚡ We stay connected throughout the project! I’ll send you reading suggestions and/or writing exercises, so you can start thinking about/working on the next steps!
✨ My job: story shiner! I’ll read your manuscript twice to understand your story in-depth and suggest improvements that keep the spirit of the story intact.
🎶 I’ll help you find/refine your voice. My notes are full of suggestions and examples to arm you for any roadblock, now and in the future.
💪🏻 I’ll challenge you: I’ll ask you to go deeper and question things you didn’t think about, and I’ll tell you why and how.
One of the best jobs I've ever had: I present curated selections of books on any topics I'm interested in. I tend to mix science-fiction/fantasy, natural history/life sciences, and queer fiction/non-fiction.
I write travel content for several of Hachette's imprints. Some titles I've worked on: Norway, Japan, Rajasthan-Gujarat, Tuscany, United States, China, Egypt, Portugal.
Surrounded by the brightest minds of the social sciences field, I planned seminars, reviewed and translated books and speeches, and developed online content for journalists, publishers, and various institutions.
I managed the production of textbooks from manuscripts to final printing. I worked on a variety of topics ranging from Physics to Criminal Law.
I was awarded a distinction from the Québec Ministry of Higher Education, for the title Analyse financière (published in Jan ’14)
I coordinated travel guides development from inception to printing, working closely with the many departments involved in bringing books to life!
I worked for the speculative fiction collection Lunes d'Encre. My job involved a mix of manuscript reading, working with authors on their upcoming publications, designing and creating catalogue content and organizing events related to new publications.
McCoy, Brandon, Jones, Carrie
Mercurio, Philippe, Chalfoun, Célia
Mercurio, Philippe, Chalfoun, Célia
Didier Fassin
How can we think of life in its dual expression, matter and experience, the living and the lived? Philosophers and, more recently, social scientists have offered multiple answers to this question, often privileging one expression or the other – the biological or the biographical. But is it possible to conceive of them together and thus reconcile naturalist and humanist approaches? Using resear... read more
Damien Snyers
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Jean-Philippe Depotte
Jean-Claude Dunyach, Maheva Stéphan-Bugni, David Calvo, Fabrice Colin, Philippe Curval, Thomas Day, Daylon, Catherine Dufour, Emmanuel Werner, Léo Henry, Éric Holstein, L. L. Kloetzer, Xavier Mauméjean, Jérôme Noirez, André Ruellan, Serge Lehman
Hal Duncan
Editeur : Denoël Date de parution : 2008 Description : In-8, 668 pages, broché, occasion, très bon état. Envois quotidiens du mardi au samedi. Les commandes sont adressées sous enveloppes bulles. Photos supplémentaires de l'ouvrage sur simple demande. Réponses aux questions dans les 12h00. Librairie Le Piano-Livre. Merci
Charles Duits
Linda Lewis
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Une capitale trépidante, des châteaux forts dans le Kansai, des quartiers de samouraïs dans le Chûgoku, le pèlerinage de Shikoku, la beauté sauvage du Chûbu et de Hokkaidô... Suivez le Guide Bleu au pays du Soleil-Levant. Découvrez à Tôkyô les quartiers villageois à l'ombre des gratte-ciel, prenez un bol d'air et d'art contemporain sur les petites îles-musées du Shikoku, plongez-vous dans les ... read more
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