Sean Leonard - Editor
Proofreader/editor for 9+ years, reader for 40+, and as a lifelong fan, horror is my go-to genre.
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Overview
I have worked with Raw Dog Screaming Press, BPP, JournalStone/Trepidatio Publishing, as well as directly with individuals preparing to submit their work to a publisher. Most of my work has been in the horror/sci-fi genres, but I'm open to any genre where a good story can be told.
When you hire me to proofread your manuscript, expect the big things to be found - misspellings, grammar, the usual stuff - but I'll be checking those commas and semicolons and making sure your quotation marks are all pointed the way they should be too. If I notice a word is being used a little too often, I'll let you know. If I see potential timeline errors, character discrepancies, or just strangely worded paragraphs, I'll let you know that as well. And if you have other specific things you want me to watch for, whatever they may be, consider it done. You will see every single change/adjustment I make through the tracking tools, and I'll include notes anytime anything isn't self-explanatory. Basically, I want your final manuscript to look the best it possibly can, and I'll put in the time to make sure that it does!
When you hire me to proofread your manuscript, expect the big things to be found - misspellings, grammar, the usual stuff - but I'll be checking those commas and semicolons and making sure your quotation marks are all pointed the way they should be too. If I notice a word is being used a little too often, I'll let you know. If I see potential timeline errors, character discrepancies, or just strangely worded paragraphs, I'll let you know that as well. And if you have other specific things you want me to watch for, whatever they may be, consider it done. You will see every single change/adjustment I make through the tracking tools, and I'll include notes anytime anything isn't self-explanatory. Basically, I want your final manuscript to look the best it possibly can, and I'll put in the time to make sure that it does!
Services
Languages
English (US)
Non-Fiction
Entertainment
Fiction
Horror
Mystery & Crime
Science Fiction
Short Story
Work experience
Proofreader/Editor
JournalStone/Trepidatio
September, 2014
–
Present
(over 8 years)
Proofreader/Editor
Bizarro Pulp Press
January, 2014
–
May, 2017
(over 3 years)
Proofreader/Editor - intern
Raw Dog Screaming Press
June, 2013
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December, 2013
(6 months)
Raw Dog Screaming Press took me on as a volunteer to help me establish myself as a proofreader.
Portfolio (136 selected works)
We Can Never Leave This Place
Larocca, Eric
Drawn Up From Deep Places
Files, Gemma
Antioch
Leonard, Jessica
Angel Souls and Devil Hearts (Peter Octavian)
Golden, Christopher
The Occultists
Schattel, Polly
The Gathering Dark (Peter Octavian Book 4)
Golden, Christopher
The Gypsy Moths
Gifune, Greg F.
Midnight in the Chapel of Love
Davis, Matthew R
Beneath the Skin: The Sam Hunter Case Files
Maberry, Jonathan
Man with No Name: A Nanashi Novella
Barron, Laird
We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone
Malfi, Ronald
And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe
Kiste, Gwendolyn
Swift to Chase: A Collection of Stories
Barron, Laird
Psycho Therapy
Spencer, Alan
A Lightbulb's Lament
Wamack, Grant
Battering the Stem
Freville, Bob
Berzerkoids
Johnson, MP
The Fairy Princess of Trains
Boyle, Christopher
Girl in the Glass Planet
Cartledge, S.T.
The Great American Slasher
Hayes, David C.
How to Successfully Kidnap Strangers
Booth III, Max
Necrosaurus Rex
Day, Nicholas
Retch
Bernstein, David
The ADHD Vampire
Vaughn, Matthew
Pig Iron
Keaton, David James
The Last Projector
Keaton, David James
This Body of Death
Sessler, A.P., Algee, Scarlett
An Augmented Fourth
McMillen, Tony
Black Gum
Osborne, J David
Ambasadora: Marked by Light
Miller, Heidi Ruby, Sharp, Bradley, Bennett, Jenna
Greenshift: (From the World of Ambasadora)
Miller, Heidi Ruby, Sharp, Bradley, Marton, Dana
Cog
Wright, K. Ceres, Sharp, Bradley, Carey, Christopher Paul
Corpus Chrome, Inc.
Zahler, S. Craig, Sharp, Bradley
White Indians
Gills, Michael, Crenshaw, Paul
A Season of Loathsome Miracles
Stanton, Max D
A Still and Awful Red
Howarth, Michael
Aleister Blake
Cano, Valentina
As Summer's Mask Slips and Other Disruptions
White, Gordon B
At the Mercy of Beasts
Kurtz, Ed
Blackwood Estates
Holloway, William
Behold the Void
Fracassi, Philip, Barron, Laird
Black January (SPECTRA Files Book 2)
Wynne, Douglas
Black Water
Norman, Bobby
The Bleeding Season
Gifune, Greg F
Bleed
Kurtz, Ed
Blue Hell
Gifune, Greg F, DeLuca , Sandy
The Bone Weaver's Orchard
Read, Sarah
Chosen of Trees and of Talons
Pryor, Jeff
Come to Dust
MacLeod, Bracken
The Conveyance
Matthews, Brian W.
Cthulhu Blues: SPECTRA Files Book 3
Wynne, Douglas
Dark Blood Comes from the Feet
Emma J. Gibbon
Dark Rescue (Forever Man)
Matthews, Brian W
Darkest Hours: Expanded Edition
Thorn, Mike
Dead End
DiLeo, Chris
Deep Night
Gifune, Greg F
Devil's Breath
Gifune, Greg F
Divine Scream
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane
Doorways to the Deadeye
Guignard, Eric J
Every Crawling, Putrid Thing
Busboom, David
Eyes in the Dust and Other Stories
Peak, David
Fragile Dreams
Fracassi, Philip
Ghostflowers
Wornom, Rus
Halfway Down The Stairs
Braunbeck, Gary A.
Hallowed Days
Hale, Daniel
Hardboiled Horror
Jonathan Maberry, Heather Graham, Kevin J Anderson, Dan John Miller, Karin Allers, Journalstone Publishing
He Who Walks in Shadow
Talley, Brett J.
Hieroglyphs of Blood and Bone
Griffin, Michael
Hollow Skulls and Other Stories
Marzioli, Samuel
House Call
Schwamberger, Ty
I Wish I Was Like You
Miskowski, S. P.
Joe Ledger: Secret Missions Volume One
Maberry, Jonathan
King of Hell: Peter Octavian
Golden, Christopher
Lady Bits
Jonez, Kate
Life on the 64 Bus
Hodson, Brad
Limbus, Inc., Book III
Jonathan Maberry, Laird Barron, Seanan McGuire, David Stifel, David Liss, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Journalstone Publishing
Moon City: A Limbus, Inc. Novel
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane
Mr. Hands: The Cedar Hill Series
Braunbeck, Gary A.
Murder Ballads and Other Horrific Tales
John Hornor Jacobs, James Meunier, JournalStone LLC
Nobody Gets Hurt and Other Lies
Day, Nicholas
Of One Pure Will
Smith, Farah Rose
Of Starfish Tides and Other Tales
Willis, Suzanne J
Of Masques and Martyrs: A Peter Octavian Novel
Golden, Christopher
Of Saints and Shadows (Peter Octavian Book 1)
Golden, Christopher
Out of Water
Sarah Read, Elaine Wise, JournalStone LLC
Out of Tune
Armstrong, Kelley, Ketchum, Jack, Green, Simon R., Golden, Christopher, Liss, David, McGuire, Seanan, Braunbeck, Gary, Frost, Gregory, Holder, Nancy, Maberry, Jonathan
Out of Tune - Book II
Caine, Rachel, Priest, Cherie, Guignard, Eric J., Maberry, Jonathan
Paleo - The Doomsday Prepper (Journalstone's Doubledown)
Liss, David, Curtright, Eileen
Peel Back and See
Thorn, Mike
The Heart of the Phoenix: The Phoenix Girls, Book 3
Brian Knight, Sarah Sanford, Brian Knight
River of Souls
Bodine, T. L.
Rogue
Gifune, Greg F.
Rookfield
White, Gordon B
Sisters in Arms
Ruppert, Erica
Sacculina
Fracassi, Philip
Shadowdays
Schattel, Polly
Shelter for the Damned
Thorn, Mike
Shout Kill Revel Repeat
Jones, Scott R
Six Dreams about the Train and Other Stories
Haskins, Maria
Some Bruising May Occur
McMahon, Gary
Speaking to Skull Kings and Other Stories
Cataneo, Emily B
Spectral Evidence
Files, Gemma
Still of Night: Dead of Night Series, Book 4
Jonathan Maberry, Rachael Lavin, Ray Porter, Journalstone Publishing
Storm Shadows
Cain, Kenneth W.
Strange is the Night
Miskowski, S P
Switchboard
Post, Andrew
The Best of Both Worlds
Miskowski, S.P.
The Abyssal Plain: The R'lyeh Cycle
Brett J. Talley, William Holloway, Michelle Garza, John Pirhalla, JournalStone LLC
The American
Thomas, Jeffrey
The Art of Broken Things
Anderton, Joanne
The Cuckoo Girls
Lillie, Patricia
The Death of an Author
Edwards, S L
The Deer Kings
Wagner, Wendy
The Ghost Finders
McOmber, Adam
The Graves of Saints: Peter Octavian
Golden, Christopher
The Samhanach and Other Halloween Treats
Morton, Lisa
The Touch
Berkowitz, Adan
The Demons of King Solomon
French, Aaron J., Jones, Stephen Graham, Belanger, Michelle, Strieber, Whitley, Malfi, Ronald, Maberry, Jonathan, Chizmar, Richard, Sigler, Scott, Belcher, R.S., Horn, J.D.
The Fall of Never
Malfi, Ronald
The Fiddle is the Devil's Instrument: And Other Forbidden Knowledge
Talley, Brett J.
The Last Night
Dunn, Mark
Loonies
Bastianelli, Gregory
The Narrows
Malfi, Ronald
The Wilderness Within
Smith, John Claude
Timewalker
Monteleone, Thomas F.
Touched by Shadows
Jackson, Vaughn A.
Twisted Tales from the Torchlight Inn
Schwamberger, Ty, Erb, Thomas, Harrison, Dean
Waking Nightmares: A Peter Octavian Novel
Golden, Christopher
Wardenclyffe
Wilson, F Paul
Where All is Night, and Starless
Grant, John Linwood
Whistling Past the Graveyard
Maberry, Jonathan
Whitetooth Falls
Joschko, Justin
Zeroland
Winters, Ryan
And In Her Smile, the World
White, Gordon B, Allred , Rebecca J
The Golden Road
dePackh, Selene
Nature’s Perfume
Towse, Mark
Sean has 4 reviews
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Communication & Punctuality
Sean did a thorough job, and completed the project ahead of schedule. I would definitely work with Sean again.
Ben Johnson, December 2022
I enjoyed collaborating with him.
He did a great job.
I appreciated his notes and comments too.
Due to this experience, I intend to work with him again in the near future.
Kristjan Klavžer, October 2022
Just finished going over Sean's edits. I'm really happy with his work. He gave my novel a nice polish. His notes were helpful in helping me spot certain things that I had missed. I'm definitely going to continue to hire his services.
Adan Vega, October 2022
Sean did an excellent edit, his suggestions imrpoved the manuscript.
Mark All, October 2022
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