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Baltimore, MD, United States
Passionate about helping writers realize their visions. I love picture books (especially rhyme!), young adult, fantasy, memoir, and more.
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Services: Editing Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review
Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction
New York, NY, United States
I'm a literary agent with a passion for collaboration and a love of storytelling. Always thoughtful, engaged, and optimistic.
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Services: Editing Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review
Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Women's Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Sex & Relationships, Literary Fiction
Maplewood, United States
Top editor for 30 years, novelist, sf/f story writer, poet. Specializes in nonfiction and SF/F. I'll help you write a book you're proud of.
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Services: Editing Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Historical Fiction, Short Story, Fantasy, Sports & Outdoors, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Science Fiction
New York, United States
I'm an editor with nearly two decades of experience in publishing, most recently at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review
Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Story, Middle Grade, Children's, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Dystopian
Somerville, MA, USA
Sharp fiction and CNF editor. Experience: Hachette, Macmillan, and MIT Press. Let's free that book from your mind's captivity.
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Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Story, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Women's Fiction
Murray, KY, USA
A passionate Deaf author/editor with nearly a decade of experience in fantasy and young adult fiction, as well as research publishing.
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Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review
Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Story, Young Adult, Anthologies, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Writing & Publishing
Calais, VT, USA
I've been a freelance editor for 25 years, working with clients on novels and memoirs later published by Dutton, W.W. Norton, Scribner, etc.
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Services: Editing Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction
Portland, Oregon, USA
A sharp, sensitive editor of fiction and creative nonfiction with twenty-five years of experience in publishing.
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Services: Editing Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Anthologies, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Writing & Publishing, Coming of Age, Short Story
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Writing and publishing a short story might seem easier than writing a novel, but in truth they can still be very hard to put together. A short novel means you've got to play your cards (or better say, words) right. That's why you should consider to hire a short-story developmental editor to revise your structure, form, plot, and character development.
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