Joey Quince – Editor

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR + BOOK EDITOR + GHOSTWRITER + AUTHORI like to think of what I do as 'creative auditing' - unleashing the author's story with snappish and rigorous editorial observations, diction dieting, faultless research, and an acute eye for angling for the market - be that content or copy, the macro or the micro. I understand the commercial market, world of agents, and this informs my editing.That said, the types of things I look to ensure a manuscript is brimming with are all the things the reader of that genre wants to read about. So, whether that be 'movie picture' scene transitions for thrillers; credible conflict between complex characters of lit-fiction; 'fleshy' subplots for that slow burning romance; or touchable, textured world-building in fantasy fiction and sci-fi -- I'll tailor it accordingly.From starting out in London publishing houses, editing books that have been published and distributed by large publishers including Bloomsbury and Penguin Random House, I am now the Editorial Director of Arcadian Library imprint White Mountain Books. Alongside this, I am a ghostwriter of over fifteen published books, many of them novels, founder of a book packaging press, and advanced register professional with the Society of Editors and Proofreaders. Editing, however, is my main passion. I have experience across a range of publications: from the memoirs of notable bankers and oil men; to literary, YA, sci-fi, fantasy and historical fiction; to academic texts, as well as collections of poetry and children's stories.I can also quote for a range of slimmed down packages: from polishing up prose, to a dialogue package focussing only on speech, to character clean-ups. If you decide that I might be the fellow to ensure you're doing that, what you'll also receive is a vibrant and dynamic working relationship, and a shared goal of reaching your endgame. All of my relationships with writers I have worked with in the past have been built on a lot of energy, no lack of humour, and a great slice of passion into whatever the project entails.