Jean Lucas – Editor

While I'm comfortable working in many different genres, I have particular expertise in the illustrated lifestyle, cookbooks, mind-body-spirit, self-care, sports, and biography categories. In the children's category, I specialize in middle grade fiction including illustrated novels and graphic novels. I love discussing and envisioning how the illustrated or photographic elements will coordinate with and complement the text to enhance the visual storytelling. I work in a completely collaborative manner and like to break down the development process into steps starting with a basic idea for a book. I can guide the writer on making their book unique to stand out from the competition in the marketplace. I start by developing a structure for the entire book by organizing the content to be included. Then I proceed with filling in the details for each chapter to create a book that's not only engaging to read and understand, but also a gorgeous, visually engaging book! On the fiction side, I can help tease out what makes a fictional character interesting, so that the reader can't wait to find out what happens to them next.