Cortni Merritt - Editor

Through Upwork, I provide freelance writing and editing services for a variety of businesses and indivuals. From blogs and online articles to full editing for PhD dissertations. I specialize in SEO optimization for on-page business website copy.

I am an insatiable reader of both fiction and non-fiction from writers around the world and topics that span every shelf in the library. I am truly passionate about helping writers polish their prose for publication.

Blood of a Queen: Book 1

Toi Powell

A secret so deadly, she should have stayed hidden.A young woman’s newfound independence takes her into the heart of a dangerous city in New York; a place her parents forbade her to return to. Ruby, beautiful, yet, sheltered and naive, unearths a web of deception, betrayal and love triangles. She stumbles upon a family secret so deadly, she makes it her mission to prove the serious accusations ... read more

A secret so deadly, she should have stayed hidden.A young woman’s newfound independence takes her into the heart of a dangerous city in New York; a place her parents forbade her to return to. Ruby, beautiful, yet, sheltered and naive, unearths a web of deception, betrayal and love triangles. She stumbles upon a family secret so deadly, she makes it her mission to prove the serious accusations ... read more

Hello God: How to Get Your Kids to Heaven and Grow Your Ministry

JJ Vasquez

75% of the teenagers and young adults who have dropped out of church say they have never heard Jesus speak to them in a personal way. Are your children doomed to die without Christ? Is Christianity no longer relevant to this generation? Is it not cool enough? Has it finally become too opposed to the cultural norms? Or is it simply just unbelievable? No, we misjudged what this generation wants ... read more

75% of the teenagers and young adults who have dropped out of church say they have never heard Jesus speak to them in a personal way. Are your children doomed to die without Christ? Is Christianity no longer relevant to this generation? Is it not cool enough? Has it finally become too opposed to the cultural norms? Or is it simply just unbelievable? No, we misjudged what this generation wants ... read more

Go Deeper: Inspirational Life Lessons That Took Me From Merely Surviving to Purposeful Living

Tina Jackson

Years of abuse and neglect created in me the desire to grant mercy and forgive quickly. My prayer is that Go Deeper will open up a dialogue within you that will begin your own journey towards a greater sense of compassion and understanding. As you take this journey with me, allow your walls of selfishness, anger, and strife to fall completely down. This will make way for an awakening in your s... read more

Years of abuse and neglect created in me the desire to grant mercy and forgive quickly. My prayer is that Go Deeper will open up a dialogue within you that will begin your own journey towards a greater sense of compassion and understanding. As you take this journey with me, allow your walls of selfishness, anger, and strife to fall completely down. This will make way for an awakening in your s... read more

Ride Like the Wind

Luann Reynolds

Ride Like the Wind is the fifth book of the series "Let the Wildflowers Bloom." The heroine, Victoria Alexandra Highland, receives enlightening information from her dead mother, Sarah Margaret Mathieson, which ignites a journey west for Edwin Morgan and Inspector Southerland, hunting the slayer Frances Highland. Lorenzo Dow Parrish is hired to keep a watchful eye on Alex. Time with Lorenzo ini... read more

Ride Like the Wind is the fifth book of the series "Let the Wildflowers Bloom." The heroine, Victoria Alexandra Highland, receives enlightening information from her dead mother, Sarah Margaret Mathieson, which ignites a journey west for Edwin Morgan and Inspector Southerland, hunting the slayer Frances Highland. Lorenzo Dow Parrish is hired to keep a watchful eye on Alex. Time with Lorenzo ini... read more