Laurie Devine – Editor

I have been writing and editing in various forms and media for more than 40 years and currently have my own editing company specializing in fiction book editing and grants for nonprofits. My fiction editing focuses on developmental editing and manuscript assessment, where I use the writing skills mastered in the writing of my own five novels, which were published in London by Andre Deutsch and in New York by Simon & Schuster. What I bring to the editing table is astute gift of assessing the strengths and challenges of a client's novel, including spine and scope, flow, authenticity, characterization and pacing. I'm a writer's editor mindful and respectful of an author's creative vision and value communication. In addition to my fiction writing and editing, my career and perspectives have been fashioned by a major journalism and broadcasting career for some of the most respected U.S. media centers (NBC, CBS, Time, Newsweek, The Boston Globe), as well as 20 years living in London, Cairo, Athens, Geneva and Dublin. I also earned a theology Master's Degree and worked for a decade as a healthcare chaplain, most notably providing compassionate support in hospices for 10,000 dying people and those who loved them.