Kase J. – Editor

Over the last 20 years, I have worked as a managing editor for the Department of Defense's Software Engineering Journal, as a developmental editor for one of the premiere sports publishing houses, as a staff writer for newspapers, as a journalist and columnist, as a university writing professor, and as a prolific writer -- my novel, Let the Wild Grasses Grow, was named a finalist for the 2022 High Plains Book Awards, and my memoir was awarded the Gold Quill in Nonfiction by the League of Utah Writers (2015).

My editing specialties are the following: full-length memoirs, essays, and instruction-based sports books.

Memoir and Personal Essay Developmental Editing

Writing memoir is hard. This is what I tell everyone I ever work with. In my mind, it is so much harder than writing fiction. The writer must tell a true story and also make the writing engaging and entertaining for the reader. Most of all, the writer must create stakes. My number one piece of advice to memoirists: Don't be like Chunk from the Goonies. When the Fratellis ask him to tell them everything, he tells them EVERYTHING, but what they want to know is where the Goonies went and why they went there. Writing memoir is hard, but I can help you find out where to start, where to end, and how to write your memoir in an intriguing and entertaining way.

Sports Instruction and Inspiration Developmental Editing and Structuring.

There are a lot of coaches and athletes who have experience and lessons learned to share, but they are not practiced writers. I can help athletes and coaches who are not practiced writers brainstorm, develop, and edit instruction-based sports books. I have worked with some of the top coaches in the country to develop and shape their skills, games, and coaching books. Even if you are not a writer, we can work together to make you one.