Overview
Let’s turn your draft into a publication-ready manuscript that informs, inspires, and resonates with readers and opens doors for you.🥳
Since 2012, I’ve been the secret weapon behind dozens of impactful nonfiction books.🥷
A fun, approachable, and supportive professor turned full-time editor and book coach.
Author of 2 books and over 100 articles on writing, publishing, and book marketing. Trained by a Pulitzer Prize-winner.
Best fit:
🔹edgy, unique, or creative topics, approaches, or audiences
🔹books that inform😲, inspire🤩, or make people laugh😅
🔹first-time authors and/or those aiming to get to the next level
🔹books that are shorter or longer than average
Request a quote and let’s talk about your book!📩
Many of the authors I work with are content creators, coaches, therapists, comedians, historians, teachers, and attorneys.
Most projects take 2 to 6 weeks.
📖Nonfiction Genres: Self-Help & Personal Transformation; Dating; Sex & Relationships; Health & Wellness; Humor/Comedy; US History, Biography, Politics, Pop Culture; Reference Books, Guides, and Glossaries; Geology/Popular Science; books for Millennials.
Looking forward to drawing on my 8+ years of full-time experience to help you create a publication-ready manuscript you can be proud of—with your genre, goals, voice, and readers in mind.
Recent author successes: 200+ Amazon reviews within 2 weeks of publication; #1 New Release status; praise from the Wall Street Journal; speaking gigs booked and doors opened; pride and accomplishment!
💡Nonfiction Editing and Book Coaching:
🔹Copy editing, line editing, developmental editing
🔹Book outlines, structure/organization, and writing check-ins
🔹Amazon KDP keywords and categories and self-publishing strategy
🔹Book query letter and proposal editing and traditional publishing strategy
I edit in American English, using The Chicago Manual of Style.
😁 Fun facts: Former radio DJ. I love Detroit pizza, UConn women’s basketball, cover bands, and muscle cars. Broke my leg twice in a year—in sixth grade. Outdoorsy. Fav. musical instrument: the triangle.🤣
Services
Non-Fiction
Languages
Awards
- George C. Rogers Jr. Award, South Carolina Historical Society
Certifications
- PhD, history
Work experience
Self-employed
Colby College
Portfolio
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