Lee Elliott – Editor

As an author, you need an advocate to make your book or journal manuscript the best it can be. I am that advocate; I am on your side. If you would like to work with me as your developmental editor, editorial assessor, or copy editor, please feel free to contact me on the Reedsy Marketplace. I look forward to hearing from you.I specialize in the following genres: contemporary fiction, literary nonfiction, general nonfiction, and memoir.I specialize in the following services: editorial assessment, developmental editing, and copyediting. Previous projects that I have worked on include the following: 1) copyediting several novels, books of general nonfiction, and books of literary nonfiction, published by Harcourt's Adult Trade Division in San Diego, from 2003 through 2005; 2) copyediting a novel and a memoir, published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, from 2002 through 2003; 3) copyediting several works of fiction and nonfiction, published by Christian Book Services (Clovercroft Publishing and Carpenter and Son Publishing), based in Franklin, Tennessee, from 2014 through 2020, 4) copyediting of the D. H. Lawrence Review and Style Magazine, from 1980 through 1983, 5) copyediting for Bookmarks Magazine, from 2005 through the present.I do not consider myself a "style Nazi"; I am willing to "break" rules in order to edit your books to your satisfaction.