Jen Anderson

Jen Anderson – Editor

I'm a boutique editor specializing in literary fiction, short story collections, and poetry.

Overview

Jen is a trusted communications expert with more than 15 years of experience. She stays current on language trends and training opportunities so that your manuscript is critiqued with today’s editing and publishing standards in mind.

Her clients include independent writers, poets, magazine producers, small businesses, and other creators looking for a nuanced, personal approach to editing and content development. Jen prefers to work with writers directly, one at a time, and develop productive, long-term relationships. Her goal is to use her time and talents to help you become a better writer and self-editor.

Jen holds a certificate in copy editing from UC San Diego Extension and a bachelor’s in fine arts from Roger Williams University, where she studied creative writing, photography, and marine biology. There, she helped develop and launch a student-run literary magazine featuring poetry and fiction from established and emerging writers.

She currently lives in mid-Michigan with her husband and three cats. Much of her free time is spent reading, cooking, running, and gaming. At her day job, Jen develops communications programs and organizational strategies that support oral health equity, especially for people with disabilities.

Above all else, Jen believes in the power of storytelling to inspire and empower.

Services
Fiction
Literary Fiction Poetry Short Story
Languages
English (US)
Certifications
  • Copy Editing, UC San Diego Extension
  • Creative Writing, Roger Williams University

Work experience

Self-employed

Aug, 2013 — Present
Provides comprehensive editing services and creative content development for independent writers, poets, magazines, small businesses, and other creators looking for a nuanced, personal approach to editing and content development.

Portfolio

Copy Editing
Copy Editing
In How Other People Make Love, Thisbe Nissen chronicles the lives and choices of people questioning the heteronormative institution of marriage. Not best-served by established conventions and ... read more
Copy Editing
Alison Swan’s collection of poems, A Fine Canopy, illustrates how the natural world envelops and encloses us with so many beautiful things: crowns of leaves, the ubiquitous blue sky, our lumin... read more
Copy Editing
In a thrilling interconnected narrative, You’re in the Wrong Place presents characters reaching for transcendence from a place they cannot escape. Charles Baxter stated that "Joseph Harris has... read more
Copy Editing
<p>If you thought the suburbs were boring, think again. Kelly Fordon&;s <i>I Have the Answer</i> artfully mixes the fabulist with the workaday and illuminates relationships and characters with... read more
Copy Editing
Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers is a collection of poetry by award-winning Ojibwe author Lois Beardslee. Much of the book centers around Native people of the Great Lakes b... read more
Copy Editing
Irregular Heartbeats at the Park West (Made in Michigan Writers Series)

Brakefield, Russell

Wayne State University Press

Copy Editing
What Can the Matter Be? (Made in Michigan Writer Series)

Taylor, Keith

Wayne State University Press

Copy Editing
Diver Beneath the Street (Made in Michigan Writers Series)

Kuppers, Petra

Wayne State University Press

Copy Editing
Copy Editing
Copy Editing
The Second Stop Is Jupiter

Davis), Upfromsumdirt (aka Ron

Copy Editing
Copy Editing
Copy Editing

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