Harrison Demchick - Editor
The world's most thorough content editor. Expert in fiction and memoir. More than 70 books and 60 authors guided toward publication.
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Harrison Demchick came up in the world of small press publishing, working along the way on more than 60 published novels and memoirs, several of which have been optioned for film. An expert in manuscripts as diverse as young adult, science-fiction, fantasy, mystery, literary fiction, women's fiction, memoir, and everything in-between, Harrison is known for quite possibly the most detailed and informative editorial letters in the industry--if not the entire universe.
Harrison operates under the principle that it's not enough to tell you what isn't working. You also need to know what is working, so you know what you're doing well. And when it comes to what isn't, you need to know exactly why and, most importantly, how you can make it better.
Aside from his editing work, Harrison is also an award-winning, twice-optioned screenwriter, and the author of literary horror novel The Listeners (Bancroft Press, 2012).
Harrison operates under the principle that it's not enough to tell you what isn't working. You also need to know what is working, so you know what you're doing well. And when it comes to what isn't, you need to know exactly why and, most importantly, how you can make it better.
Aside from his editing work, Harrison is also an award-winning, twice-optioned screenwriter, and the author of literary horror novel The Listeners (Bancroft Press, 2012).
Languages
English (US)
Fiction
Action & Adventure
Fantasy
Horror
Humor & Comedy
Literary Fiction
Middle Grade
Mystery & Crime
Plays & Screenplays
Romance
Science Fiction
Short Story
Thriller & Suspense
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Certifications
- BA in English with a Creative Writing concentration from Oberlin College
Awards
- Baltimore Screenwriters Competition (First Place)
Work experience
Developmental Editor
Freelance Editorial Boutique
March, 2012
–
Present
(about 8 years)
Developmental editor handling all fiction and memoir for a prominent freelance editorial boutique representing a collective quarter-century of traditional publishing experience. We operate under the principle that every edit is not just an opportunity to improve your work, but also to provide you a personalized, one-on-one lesson in writing, with your manuscript as the example.
Most importantly, it's our job to help you attain your vision.
Really Good Editor
Really Good Editing
June, 2011
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April, 2012
(10 months)
Developmental freelance editor.
Deputy Publisher
Bancroft Press
June, 2005
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February, 2014
(over 8 years)
Editing. Marketing. Distribution. Screenwriting. Absolutely everything involved with small press traditional publishing, and then some.
Portfolio (73 selected works)
Black Eyed Susan
Elizabeth Leiknes
My name is Susan Spector. I have one black eye, and one blue eye. I am colorblind. I experience synesthesia. My blood type is AB negative. I was born on a leap year. Do I sound like a freak yet? Oh yeah, and I'm dying of stage four lung cancer. My diagnosis prompted me to review my life to that point. I had spent the past decades of my life wandering, not really living. I couldn't die yet. The... read more
The Paragon english version
SOFI AGUILERA
“Find the descendants.”Those are the final words Matt Anderson hears from his dying father on the floor of his parents’ bedroom on Matt’s seventeenth birthday. But Matt has never heard of descendants. He knows nothing of the mysterious world his father has kept from him.Until the day his parents were killed, Matt was a happy kid in the suburbs of Boston, making his way through high school and ... read more
The Delusion
Laura Gallier
Fans of Frank Peretti, Ted Dekker, Bill Myers, D.I. Telbat, and Stephenie Meyer will love this debut thriller by Laura Gallier!*****We all have our demons.Are unseen spiritual forces actually at work in my life?It's an intriguing question that confronts us all and begins to haunt Owen Edmonds. Literally.By March of Owen's senior year, eleven students at Lincoln Forest High School have committe... read more
The Trials of the Core (Guardian of the Core Book 1)
Michael E. Thies
As Edwyrd Eska approaches his two-hundredth year as Guardian of the Core, he must find an Apprentice to train under him. His title and role compels him to safeguard and govern his universe, Gladonus, as each Guardian before him has done and those after him shall continue to do until relieved of such duties by will of the Ancients. Prince Hydro Paen, Eirek Mourse, and Zain Berrese—amongst other... read more
False Gods
L.R. Trovillion
They say there’s no harm in trying. Or is there? Cory Iverson has her sights set on riding in the prestigious Washington International Horse Show—a tall order for even the most experienced competitors. Problem is, she doesn’t even own a horse. But there’s an even bigger problem: she’s a quitter. Not a casual quitter, but a hard-core, serial, when-the-going-gets-tough quitter. This all starts t... read more
Purple Jesus
Ron Cooper
Purvis Driggers is a South Carolina Low Country loser. With little judgment and even less chance for a decent life beyond his parents' house, home town, and whatever part-time work he can scrounge up, he's sure he's figured a way out: Rob an old man of the rumored millions hidden in his house. But all he finds is the old man dead and the money, if there was any, already gone.Disappointed and d... read more
Hume’s Fork
Ron Cooper
"Barely adequate philosophy professor Legare Hume has a mind-body problem. No matter how far he goes, no matter how hard he thinks, he can't escape the world he lives in. On the run from his wife Tally, Legare joins brilliant but exceptionally awkward colleague Saul Grossman to attend the American Philosophical Association’s Charleston, South Carolina conference, where worlds and walks of life... read more
The Samaritan
Stephen Besecker
After a youth marked by the death of his parents and a childhood spent with his shaman grandfather on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, Kevin “Hatch” Easter has found a job he believes in—tracker for the CIA—and a wife, Karen, he cherishes. But his life is shattered on a hot August night in New York City when a mob collection gone wrong leaves three people dead, Karen Easter among them.Just ... read more
Renhala
Amy Joy Lutchen
Kailey Rooke, timid accountant, dedicated to philanthropic work, finds herself spiraling into a deep depression after she suffers a horrifyingly odd and humiliating assault, to only discover more of these freakish assaults occurring across the globe. A chance discovery leads Kailey to a meeting with elderly Gunthreon, actual master of persuasion. Gunthreon, who seems to know too much of Kailey... read more
The Understory
Elizabeth Leiknes
Story Easton knows the first line of every book, but never the last.She never cries, but she fakes it beautifully.And at night, she escapes from the failure of her own life by breaking into the homes of others, and feeling, for a short while, like a different, better person.But one night, as an uninvited guest in someone’s empty room, she discovers a story sadder than her own: a boy named Coop... read more
"In 1903, five truly brilliant young inventors, the children of the world’s most important scientists, are taken from their lives and their parents by the mysterious men in black. They take twelve-year-old Jasper and six-year-old Lucy Modest from London, England; nine-year-old Wallace Banneker from New York, United States; twelve-year-old Noah Canto-Sagas from Toronto, Canada; and thirteen-yea... read more
Meet Woody Robins, a bon vivant, devil-may-care wine guru who specializes in investigatory work involving rare artifacts of a vinous nature. Amidst the backdrop of world-famous Napa, California wine country, and upbeat, cosmopolitan “city by the bay” San Francisco, Woody finds he’s bitten off more than he can chew when hired by a wealthy grape grower to retrieve his stolen, rare, priceless, la... read more
The Listeners
Harrison Demchick
Before the plague, and the quarantine, fourteen-year-old Daniel Raymond had only heard of the Listeners. They were a gang, or at least that’s what his best friend Katie’s police officer father said. They were criminals, thieves, monsters―deadly men clearly identifiable by the removal of their right ears. He didn't know much in those days. The doctors and emergency medical personnel said the pl... read more
Not just the United States, but the entire world, remembers that fateful November day back in 2018 when Al Qaeda terrorists held the entire nation hostage in exchange for the public disclosure of an anti-terrorist bio-weapon that may not have even existed. In that darkest hour, salvation came not from the United States government, but from fantasy government, a cabinet of independent thinkers ... read more
Mia the Magnificent (Mia Fullerton)
Eileen Boggess
A contemporary Washington mystery with a high tech, China twist… A brilliantly-conceived spy novel introducing seven engaging characters whose lives are transformed by crisis.It begins as a drinking club in an academic backwater on the Stanford University campus of the late 1970s. A post-Nixon/post-Mao generation of China scholars plots to make a better world. Suddenly, the U.S. recognizes the... read more
Mia the Melodramatic (MIA Fullerton)
Eileen Boggess
Summer has finally arrived, but Mia Fullerton does not have much to celebrate. Her best friend, Lisa, is spending the summer at a Mensa camp, and her boyfriend, Tim, will be at his grandparents house in Maine. So, stuck with a choice of spending the next two months hanging out with her younger brother, Chris who has declared a prank war on her or taking a job on the stage crew at a local child... read more
Jackie O: On the Couch
Alma H. Bond
Jackie O: On the Couch is the story of Jackie Kennedy Onassis as she might have written it. This is not just another biography. For the first time, Jackie O: On the Couch highlights Jackie’s life from her own perspective, as imagined by author Dr. Alma Bond, a psychoanalyst and long-time student of Jackie lore. The facts are all historically correct, as are the ideas, the Washington intrigue a... read more
Scholars, professors, and historians have wondered for centuries how and why Lady Macbeth, the beautiful, beloved wife of a nobleman, had to encourage--nay, push--her husband, Prince Macbeth, to commit the ghastly crime of killing the king. The great Sigmund Freud himself said that nobody knows why the Lady did so. Dr. Alma Bond spent many years searching for the reason. Read Lady Macbeth: On ... read more
It has been mere days since the brilliant children of the Young Inventors Guild escaped from the clutches of the horrible Komar Romak.They've escaped with their lovely and caring schoolteacher, Miss Brett; with their long-absent parents; and with their bizarre captors, protectors, or both―the mysterious men in black. And now they travel by train, destined for parts unknown.But a note torn from... read more
An eleven year old son of an Essex County village working class family changes the destiny of the Cane family. The familys mantra of living your life by playing the cards that you have been dealt, never loses its influence on him. Pre-Victorian values, and societys morays influence how our victim plays his life situations, without indulging in self pity. Rural wits are pitted against street sm... read more
Sir William never dealt with the little people. While they sold basics like food and clothing, through the Royal Shipping Line, he sold silks, gold, spices, oriental rugs, and Persian carpets, fetching more money per item than his tenants earned in a year. Little people were just that, little people, with little thinking and little doing, of little worth. They were worth, to be exact, little o... read more
Now Who's The Joker
Peter C. BonSey
Takes up the intertwined lives of two families from opposite ends of mid 1800s English social strata as progressive attitudes and morals insert a wedge through which the protagonist manages to tear down those that he blames for his situation. Can the ironic ending solve this twisted sagas web of deceit. You be the judge.
NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 1 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. Jayne Sparks, a potty-mouthed, rebellious seventeen-year-old and her best friend, shy and bookish Tony Green, have a pretty typical high school existence, until several seemingly unrelated incidents converge, causing a cascade of events that change their lives forev... read more
A Northern Thunder
Andy Harp
North Korea, a Communist nation in desperate financial straits, concentrates its military resources on a scientist bent on swiftly creating missile technology that can: a) take out other countries satellites in space; b) disseminate nuclear payloads to all parts of the earth, thus giving it the power to extort trillions from the rest of the world; and c) be sold to terrorists and rogue nations... read more
Contract City
Mark Falkin
The year is 2021 and the money is still green. The fully privatized city of Tulsa, OK, is home to Sara Paige Christie, a teenage girl with her heart set on a film career in L.A. and her camera trained on the graffiti-covered walls of the city’s outskirts. In pursuit of a documentary subject that might propel her from college hopeful to film school admittee at USC, Sara has focused her ambition... read more
Pinot Envy: Murder, Mayhem, and Mystery in Napa
Edward Finstein
When it comes to surviving the joys of parenthood, take Sandi Kahn Shelton’s advice: You Might As Well Laugh. In this hilarious collection of essays and columns, Shelton offers humor as the best therapy for post-modern parenting. From lost keys and broken appliances to chicken pox and outrageous homework assignments, this working mother of three explores the everyday quirks and joys of fast-pa... read more
Calvert the Raven in The Battle of Baltimore (Flying Through History)
Jonathon Scott Fuqua
You think history is boring? Baltimore kid Daniel does―until a chance encounter with a magical talking raven named Calvert sends him flying back to 1814, where he finds his home city under siege by a British army on the verge of defeating the United States of America in the War of 1812. The beautifully illustrated pages of Calvert the Raven in the Battle of Baltimore, the first book of the Fly... read more
The Secrets of the Greaser Hotel
Jonathon Scott Fuqua
" The True Secrets of the Greaser HotelThe Greaser Hotel is an eyesore even by eyesores’ standards. A long forgotten place, it sits dilapidated and mostly vacant amid a sea of Baltimore vacancies. But this building, this former lap of luxury, is much more than it appears. The Greaser Hotel is a place of magic and of secrets peopled by masters of secret-keeping. And soon, for one kidnapped litt... read more
Back Creek
Leslie Goetsch
"It’s the summer of 1975. Eighteen-year-old Grace Barnett knows she should be preparing to leave for college in September. But a strange Memorial Day boating accident on the creek near her Virginia home―she’s the only witness to the apparent suicide―kicks off a series of events that will define her family’s future as well as her emerging view of life.On the very day of the victim’s funeral, Gr... read more
Kaufman's Hill: A Memoir
John Hampsey
A PROFOUND AND INTENSELY MOVING BOYHOOD MEMOIRKaufman’s Hill opens with a prosaic neighborhood scene: The author and some other young boys are playing by the creek, one of their usual stomping grounds. But it soon becomes clear that much more is going on; the boy-narrator is struggling to find his way in a middle-class Catholic neighborhood dominated by the Creely bullies, who often terrify hi... read more
Butterflies in May
Karen Hart
"Ali Parker, a high school senior, is in love for the first time in her seventeen-year life. Her Mr. Perfect boyfriend, Matt Ryan, is a talented artist who hopes to attend Pratt Institute in New York, and Ali plans to major in journalism at a prestigious college. Both Ali and Matt are outstanding students. Their future possibilities seem endless.Then the inconceivable happens―Ali becomes pregn... read more
Singled Out
Sara Griffiths
There was a time when all was right in Taylor Dresden's world―that is, as long as she was on the baseball diamond, pitching with all her heart. But that was years ago. Now, there's no competition in her New Jersey high school, and summer league is not much better. With the scouts losing interest due to her poor grades, and with the challenge of the game gone, Taylor has made a difficult decisi... read more
Thrown a Curve
Sara Griffiths
Ever since his mother left, life hasn't been easy for Heath Wellington, III. Between his father’s (Junior’s) bouts with alcoholism and literary rejection, and Heath’s own wrongful suspension from school, there hasn't been all that much to be thankful for.But following the tragic death of estranged grandfather Senior, father and son alike stand to inherit a life-changing fortune… with one catch... read more
STOLEN VOTES
Joseph Guion
A group of Washington DC insiders plan to steal the 1986 Senatorial Election using murder, kidnapping and technology. A Disgraced former Navy SEAL and his girlfriend Beth become possible victims when they witness the murder of a computer programmer friend. Dan, The Cat, Haggery must regain his warrior persona lost in Viet Nam to thwart several attempts to murder him. His girl friend is kidnapp... read more
American Death Songs: Stories by Jordan Harper
Jordan Harper
"Unsparing, brutal, and strangely beautiful." Allison Glasgow, editor at ThugLit "A harrowing, hallowing ode to those whose options boil down to a bullet, a bank or a strange stretch of highway. American Letters has found in Harper an agent worthy to take the crime fiction tradition into the 21st century." - Hardboiled Wonderland "I've never read a Jordan Harper story that didn't leave me shak... read more
An Unconventional Childhood: Growing up in the Catskill Mountains During the 1950s and 1960s
Marilyn Mayes Kaltenborn
This light-hearted memoir takes place in Fleischmanns, NY, a small Catskill Mountain village whose population increased from a few hundred to many thousands during the summer in the 1950s and 1960s. While some people think small towns are boring places to live, the author and her brothers were seldom bored, usually thanks to their parents' ideas on how to occupy their time. While the family wa... read more
That Ever Died So Young
Judy Kelly
Scott Kersey speeds off to the park’s bike and run trail to help his mother. When he and his father arrive, Scott sees the police, an ambulance, and someone in a body bag. After realizing that the body in the bag is his mother, he regrets the fact that he deliberately didn’t answer her when she asked him to run with her that morning. Scott now blames himself for her death. If he could just do ... read more
Aftershock: A Novel.
Joe Lane
Major Penelope Baldwin, accomplished pilot and tactician, could have expected a bright future and stable military career until a dubious flight mission over Al A’Zamiyah, Iraq, results in the loss of her left leg. As Penelope struggles in recovery, her mother, Evelyn, struggles to secure their financial future and places her savings in the derivatives market, a bubble that is on the verge of b... read more
The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns
Elizabeth Leiknes
Lucy Burns wants a normal life: friends, love, and a family of her own. And she could have it all if only she could break free from the job she hates.That job? Facilitator to hell.And her boss is a real devil.At the age of eleven, to save her sister’s life, Lucy writes a desperate letter to “To Whom It May Concern,” but when He writes back, Lucy is bound for life. There are perks, sure--she’s ... read more
Touchdown (Crimson Romance)
Yael Levy
New York socialite Goldie Fischer seems to have it all: wealth, beauty, and a fiancé to die for. Until she’s murdered on her wedding night by a jealous witch and instantaneously loses everything. Angry and seeking revenge, Goldie becomes a dybbukher soul possesses the body of Southern football hero Clay Harper and she refuses to join the light until the wrongs are rectified.Only Clay has issue... read more
The Goddess Letters
Vicki Matthews
Winner, New York Book Festival: RomanceFinalist, 2014 International Book Awards: New Age Fiction Finalist, National Indie Excellence Award: Visionary FictionFinalist, National Indie Excellence Award: New Age FictionFinalist, USA Best Book Awards: New Age FictionHonorable Mention, London Book Festival: FictionHonorable Mention, San Francisco Book Festival: General FictionHonorable Mention, Midw... read more
Rebooting in Beverly Hills is Sex and the City for the next generation. It's the witty, charming, and absolutely true account of Marcy Miller, a competent, attractive professional woman, as she struggles to re-enter the dating world after the esteem-killing divorce of an adulterous husband. Set in the opulent oasis of Beverly Hills, Marcy riffs on pickups, fix-ups, Internet dating, matchmaking... read more
Reality Jane
Shannon Nering
Set behind the scenes of America's most popular guilty pleasure―reality TV―Reality Jane delivers a high-spirited, delicious tale of finding love and a career in Hollywood while juggling lipo envy, singlehood angst, and the resounding results of success. Reality Jane follows Jane Kaufman, a Canadian journalist who, because of a lucky connection, finds herself in Los Angeles as a producer on a h... read more
The Murder of Wednesday's Children
N. S. Patrick
When Archer and Ione are invited to take part in the newest venture by an industrial tycoon at his summer home on Mantioch Island, they are ready for the challenge. Once arriving, an investment presentation is hosted by a man named Dr. Chapman. During this time, Archer and Ione meet an odd assortment of investors. The only investor their host seems to know personally is Ernst Meier, who is for... read more
Dracula Is Dead
Sheilah Kast, Jim Rosapepe
In December 1989, Romanians overthrew dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, ending more than forty years of Communist totalitarianism. Five years ago, on the twentieth anniversary of the fall of Communism in Romania, former United States ambassador to Romania Jim Rosapepe and his wife, award-winning journalist Sheilah Kast, wrote Dracula Is Dead. Now, on the twenty-fifth anniversary, they've updated it ... read more
Changing Michael
Jeff Schilling
"Don’t Let Them Know Who You AreMatthew knows how things work. He’s pretty much an expert.For example: friends. Friendship requires both give and take, and Matthew strongly prefers taking. The solution is close acquaintances―people who think you’re their friend because you nod and act interested about whatever the hell they’re talking about.School? Perfectly pleasant as long as you don’t pay a... read more
After the Curtain Falls
Ainsley Shay
Erik never had to be anything other than a freak...until now. Two hundred fifty-three days is a long time to fake being normal when night after night you perform miraculous feats on stage in a freak show. Thousands have paid to witness the miracle, suspecting nothing more than a hoax. But it is very real and it is slowly destroying him. Erik is weakened to the point where he'll stop performing... read more
Queens of All the Earth
Hannah Sternberg
As her freshman classmates move into dorms at Cornell University, Olivia Somerset suffers a nervous breakdown. Big sister Miranda decides the sisters should fly off to Barcelona for some vacation therapy. When a mistake at their Barcelona hostel leaves the Somersets in a large co-ed dorm room, Olivia and Miranda are saved by kindly Mr. Brown and his son Greg. But while Olivia feels an instant ... read more
The Case Against My Brother
Libby Sternberg
Orphaned and penniless in 1922 Baltimore, Maryland, fifteen-year-old Carl and seventeen-year-old Adam Matuski are forced to move across the continent to live with their Uncle Pete in Portland, Oregon. Almost from the beginning, homesick Carl desperately wants to return east with his brother, but his plans fall apart when Adam is sought by police for the theft of expensive jewels from his wealt... read more
How to lose your job and find true love… Fed up with impossible deadlines and meaningless busywork, Anne Wyatt goes to work one day determined to resign. But that's the day her boss announces someone's getting laid off (and with a generous severance package). Now Anne has one day to ruin her career and convince her boss that someone should be her. Anne's hysterical tactics are unwittingly unde... read more
It's Bianca Balducci's junior year in high school, and she's got more than enough on her plate―impending SAT scores, college admissions, and the mixed signals of sort-of-boyfriend Doug. But when she finds out her mother, widowed as long as Bianca can remember, plans to marry Officer Steve Paluchek, a longtime family friend, things get even worse very, very quickly―because Paluchek, according t... read more
Whispers: Behind the Eyes and Mind of a Schizophrenic
Crystal Drake Toennis
Whispers: Behind the Eyes and Mind of a Schizophrenic is a true story. This is my story of what it's like living with schizophrenia. Since I was a young girl, I experienced a lot of unexplained abnormal activities. As I got older, my symptoms got worse, and I was in and out of hospitals. Over the past six years, I've learned to deal with my illness. I can now pass along some of my daily life e... read more
"How does one arrive at a life in politics and policy? What happens to one’s ideals when confronted with the reality that the only way to get things done in Washington is compromise? Who are the men and women who help shape our national agenda, and what drives their work? Dispatches from the Eastern Front provides fascinating, intensely personal, yet universal answers to these central question... read more
The year is 635,039 A.D. The primitive Homo sapiens 'bowlheads' are just a bad memory. Their remnants have split into six species, only one of which chooses to call themselves human. Like the wolf and the eagle, these new humans have learned to live sustainably with the planet. But trouble is brewing. The rival species are advancing, hell-bent on eradicating the last of the humans. Adam Windre... read more
The Fast Track 50: The Get-Ahead Guide for Temporary Employees
Tim Whitney, MBA
The Fast Track 50 is a simple system, designed by an in-the-trenches procurer of temp services, to substantially improve a temp’s chances of achieving a full-time position. The 50 tips are designed to help any temp get quickly up to speed on any employer s basic team-building requirements. These 50 steps are considered minimum requirements by many of today’s employers.
The Ringling Chronicles: Rinascimento
Tim Whitney
Indie Review:"THE RINGLING CHRONICLES presents one of the true masterpieces of Renaissance Florence to Young Adult readers.""THE RINGLING CHRONICLES is a Young Adult story of Renaissance Florence, especially about the building of Il Duomo, the Dome on Florence’s Cathedral. The history behind this grand work of architecture is told as Michaela meets Donatello, Masaccio and the architect, Brunel... read more
Thanksgiving at the Inn
Tim Whitney
There was a time when all was right in Taylor Dresden’s world―that is, as long as she was on the baseball diamond, pitching with all her heart.But that was years ago.Now, as she heads toward her senior year, the magic is gone. There’s no competition in her New Jersey high school, and summer league is not much better. With the scouts losing interest on account of her poor grades, and with the c... read more
Brave Hearts
Erin Williams
Sam feared her infertility would forever be an obstacle to finding a lasting relationship, and when her boyfriend of two years unceremoniously breaks up with her, she is ready to give up on love altogether. With help from her effervescent friend, Holly, and her happy-go-lucky boy friend from college, Jb, she begins to see that the relationship was more flawed than she ever imagined. After a ch... read more
Gedlund (A Tale of the Verin Empire)
William Ray
"This bracing, complex tale pits a fantasy-world version of the Victorian British Empire against a sorcerer-dictator out of The Lord of the Rings." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Thanks to rifle and iron rail, humanity now flourishes after centuries of submission. With the oppressive power of the Elves ended at last, human nations have grown mighty, and the Verin Empire’s colonies spread ci... read more
Miss Fortune
Albina Hume
Memoir Miss Fortune is a rollicking account of a woman coming of age in modern Ukraine. Finalist at the Kindle Book Awards 2016. Albina Hume is often asked the same question - how did she meet her South African husband John, a property developer and the man who bred 1,000 rhinos? She has always kept her response simple. Until now.Born with a speech impediment that turned into a childhood fear ... read more
One Murder More
Kris Calvin
Silver Falchion Awards 2016 Winner: Best First Novel, Best Political Thriller, Best Female Detective/Sleuth In Kris Calvin's debut mystery One Murder More, a beautiful legislative aide is found stabbed to death in California's Capitol building. Maren Kane, a lobbyist for a fledgling Sacramento-based toy company, is in the midst of a legislative fight that could make or break her career. She do... read more
Waiting for Paint to Dry
Lia Mack
When mere survival blossoms into love . . . For the past decade, Matty Bell has lived safe in a self-made monochromatic life of work-eat-sleep-survive. Living vicariously through her best friend Claire's perfect life wasn't the plan, nor her ideal. However, Matty learned long ago that it's easier to run and hide from life than to deal with the pain of the post-traumatic stress she’s suffered f... read more
Finding the Gray
Sara Landers
Imagine winning the lottery - then losing your ticket before you cash it. Andi Selby, a 27-year-old single mother of one living paycheck to paycheck, refuses to date and may possibly be cracking up due to longstanding loneliness and financial anemia. Andi makes a last-minute decision to buy a lottery ticket for a drawing worth $212 million and learns that she is the sole winner. After she quit... read more
The Show
Filip Syta
"An eye-opening tale of all the money, sex and drugs washing through the tech world, from someone who lived it." ― Jim Edwards, Editor-in-Chief, Business Insider UKThink of the greatest tech company in the world. Imagine getting a job there. Picture the perks: free gourmet food, free booze, a gym, a swimming pool, and a holiday bonus . . . every month. Brilliant coworkers. No dress code. Great... read more
Under a Cloud of Rain: A Nick Noelle Mystery
A.R. Baumann
Nick Noelle, a salt-of-the-earth, Creole-born detective, has always been his own man, playing by his own rules. When police discover that the mutilated victim found in the swampy bayou is the body of Julia Brunswick, daughter of the richest oilman in Texas, Noelle and his god-fearing partner Juan Lopez are put on the case. The story twists and turns, entrapping readers in the drama of Houston ... read more
Gemini Rising
Erin Williams
The Bullfrog Bar in the sleepy town of Willow seemed like the ideal place for 21 year old Kit to start a life free from the abuse she’d known until now. After befriending the locals and catching the attention of the handsome twin men who own the bar, she dares to hope that a new beginning is really possible. But when past bad decisions continue to haunt her, and her violent ex-boyfriend return... read more
The thrilling, un-put-downable sequel to The Year of Four.According to the press, Phoebe Pope and teen movie star Colten Chase are no longer an item—which is just how the happy new couple like it. And yet there’s trouble in paradise . . . Phoebe is haunted by dreams that show her things she can’t possibly know about—including a pact between Colten and a wanted assassin. In the daylight, she st... read more
The Wardens have returned.Traitors to humanity, the Wardens were an ancient order of men and women seeking to once more enslave their own people to the Elves. With the rise of rifle and iron rail, Elves were finally driven from the world, but in secret enclaves, the Wardens speak of the Great Restoration, which will bring their masters back into power…Nearly a decade after fighting the war in ... read more
Slideways (A Brother of the Multiverse Novel) (Volume 1)
Jeffrey Grode
A troubled home, a family secret, and a technological breakthrough turn a teen’s world Slideways. If fifteen-year-old Ben believes his life is forever shattered after his brother’s accident, he is about to be amazed. After Ben’s grandfather, GranPat, a highly regarded scientist, is mysteriously kidnapped, Ben stumbles upon GranPat’s scientific discovery – a portal to a parallel universe and a ... read more
The Sword and the Songbird: Turalynn Book 1
K.C. Causey
Aine Pennington is young. Beautiful. Famous far beyond County Pim and through all of Turalynn for her rhapsodic voice. Between her concerts, her bank fortune, and her mastery of the futures markets, she can buy and sell most earls and lords.And she wants so much more.Her best friend Kiyoe Amano wanted more, too, and has worked for all of it. She’s survived abusive parents and pedophilic bishop... read more
Death in Disguise (A Beth Getty Mystery Book 1)
Karen Neary Smithson
Teenage girls are being murdered in Los Angeles. Four in one week. The latest victim isn’t like the others—not a runaway or prostitute—but a nanny working for a celebrity couple. And this has Sibeal “Beth” Getty, perplexed. Beth, an Irish born fashion model gifted with an uncanny sixth sense, was acquainted with the nanny and knew of her aspirations to become an actress. The veiled motive for ... read more
The long-awaited Strange Round Bird brings Eden Unger Bowditch’s Young Inventors Guild trilogy to a satisfying conclusion―no mean feat with so many threads and mysteries to be resolved. The children―young inventors all―are brought together with their parents at last in what seems like a peaceful retreat. But the evil Komar Romak waits behind the scenes and innocents may get hurt. While parents... read more
Contract City
Mark Falkin
The year is 2021 and the money is still green. The fully privatized city of Tulsa, OK, is home to Sara Paige Christie, a teenage girl with her heart set on a film career in L.A. and her camera trained on the graffiti-covered walls of the city’s outskirts. In pursuit of a documentary subject that might propel her from college hopeful to film school admittee at USC, Sara has focused her ambition... read more
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My novel had already been through several editors, but I asked Harrison to take a final look before I sent it off to literary agents. He came back with fourteen pages of comments about what was working and what wasn't.
He evaluated everything--title, audience, writing style, tone, structure, opening, plot, pace, character, dialogue, setting, and formatting. Thanks to his careful reading and e...
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Lori Alden, May 2020
Working with Harrison was very easy. He did everything he said he was going to do and let you know beforehand what to expect. His notes, critique, and feedback were spot on, and after following them it definitely improved my manuscript.
I recommend working with him and look forward to doing so on my next project. You're in good hands with him.
Tony Quirk, April 2020
I worked with Harrison as a developmental editor for a first book. I learned a lot from him, in particular my habit of "over writing". He convinced me to let go of my lifelong love affair with adjectives and adverbs, and get to the point.
Since my book is comedy, as I am working on Draft-3 / final -- I have embraced: "Get readers from punchline to punchline as quickly and easily as pos...
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Seymour Hinie, January 2020
Harrison was great to work with. He was highly professional, prompt, experienced and in-depth. I've learned a ton from him and he is absolutely worth having on your editorial team. His ability to collaborate to resolve the manuscript issues is top notch. The phone call follow ups are an excellent tool of his. Thanks again!
Nick Whitcomb, January 2020
The first person I've work with on reedsy. Harrison is the reason I did not publish my book so soon. He is the reason I took my time and worked on it some more. He is the reason I kept on writing. Harrison would always check on how I was doing. As we exchanged conversations, I was learning to write better just by reading his work.
Thank you Harrison.
Sincerely Jonathan. M. Hernandez
Jonathan Hernandez, December 2019
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