Linda G. Hatton - Editor
Los Angeles County, CA, United States
A professional editor dedicated to making your work shine. Some of the genres I enjoy working on are fantasy, romance, and memoir.
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Overview
I am a professional editor with over ten years of experience.
A few of the authors I have worked with:
• Jill Sanders, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
• Christopher Heard, Canadian author and TV personality
• Richard Campbell (author of Writing Your Legacy: The Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Life Story) - worked on two of his fiction works
• Terri Lenee Peake, Penthouse Pet of October 1987
• Greg Dubuque (fine artist) - his novel and his screenplay
I created and ran the literary magazine Mouse Tales Press from 2010 to 2016, and I have experience editing web and app content for outside clients.
My education includes a copyediting certificate from University of California, San Diego; classes in proofreading, developmental editing, manuscript evaluation, and book mapping; and poetry, short story, screenplay, and novel writing, including middle grade and young adult genres. I have a theatrical background, including an education in acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, which has given me a good understanding of character development.
Whether you would like developmental editing, copy or line editing, research, or even book mapping, I can tailor my services to fit the needs of any client.
My virtual office allows me to work with anyone worldwide and to offer affordable per page or per hour rates.
I enjoy working with writers at all craft levels and I look forward to speaking with you about your project.
A few of the authors I have worked with:
• Jill Sanders, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
• Christopher Heard, Canadian author and TV personality
• Richard Campbell (author of Writing Your Legacy: The Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Life Story) - worked on two of his fiction works
• Terri Lenee Peake, Penthouse Pet of October 1987
• Greg Dubuque (fine artist) - his novel and his screenplay
I created and ran the literary magazine Mouse Tales Press from 2010 to 2016, and I have experience editing web and app content for outside clients.
My education includes a copyediting certificate from University of California, San Diego; classes in proofreading, developmental editing, manuscript evaluation, and book mapping; and poetry, short story, screenplay, and novel writing, including middle grade and young adult genres. I have a theatrical background, including an education in acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, which has given me a good understanding of character development.
Whether you would like developmental editing, copy or line editing, research, or even book mapping, I can tailor my services to fit the needs of any client.
My virtual office allows me to work with anyone worldwide and to offer affordable per page or per hour rates.
I enjoy working with writers at all craft levels and I look forward to speaking with you about your project.
Languages
English (US)
Fiction
Action & Adventure
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Mystery & Crime
Romance
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Business & Management
Self-help & Self-improvement
Certifications
- Copyediting Certification, UC San Diego
Work experience
Professional Copy Editor
Self-employed
February, 2014
–
Present
(over 6 years)
TESTIMONIALS
I have been a published author since 1997 writing for large houses and small ones and have had several editors, all of whom made my books better, but I can honestly state that through all those years and all those books I have never had an editor more efficient, more insightful, and more precise than Linda G. Hatton. My relationship with Linda has been the most comfortable one I have yet had with an editor and I sincerely hope we work together on many more books down the road.
-Christopher Heard
Author of In Hemingway's Room
"Linda Hatton—if you are looking for an editor, run to this woman! While editing inside the box, she thinks outside the box. Linda does a terrific job: maintaining a writer's style, correcting grammar and punctuation, suggesting alternatives, meeting deadlines, and staying on budget!"
-C.A. Nichols
Author of EmbraceEmbarkEvolve; Inspirations, Guidance, and Humor to help you fight through your cancer journey!
"With a perfectly balanced palette of skills, both meticulously and creatively toned, Linda's editing brush found the mismatched shades of color my eyes had missed, and brightened the highlights on each and every page of my manuscript. I can't even begin to speak highly enough of her helpful nature and obvious passion for words. Her concern for keeping my story true to my vision, while helping me to see where my words had stumbled from the path, made for a perfect, painless, and wonderful collaboration."
-Greg Dubuque
Fine Artist
"Linda provides editing services for Fountain Blue Publishing. I find her work to be thorough and impeccable. She is detail oriented and knows her way around with a red pen. I would recommend Linda to any author who wants to take their draft manuscript and turn it into a polished piece of work."
-Melanie Fountain
Fountain Blue Publishing, Editor in Chief/Owner
"As a fairly new fiction writer, I find that submitting work for others to read is one of the hardest parts. It is hard to hand over your "baby" and have someone hand it back, holding their nose. So, it was with trepidation that I handed over one of my stories to Linda G. Hatton for editing. I am sorry that I wasted the time worrying about it. Linda was so incredibly good and positive. All of her suggested changes were not only helpful but done in a way that made me feel like we were a team. It was a great experience working with her."
-Carol Early Cooney
Professional Writer
Portfolio (15 selected works)
Best of Luck (The Lucky Series Book 3)
Jill Sanders
Amber has only ever wanted one thing in life. To be a star. When that dream has finally come true, an old friend ends up getting in the way and friendships may end up jeopardizing everything. Now in a time when privacy is a thing of her past, where paparazzi follow her every move, she’ll need to decide what’s more important to her, because it’s more than just her career on the line. Tom has st... read more
Join the ranks of high-earning freelance writers. Earn six figures as a freelance content marketing writer with this comprehensive how-to guide. This book reveals their secrets. Inside is everything you need to know to start or grow a freelance content marketing business. Jennifer shares her proven ideas, step-by-step processes and templates for writers of all career stages. Hundreds of writer... read more
Kernel of Doubt: A Neela Durante Mystery
Hillary Avis
There’s a body in the cornfield at the Broad Earth research center.Corn geneticist Neela Durante should feel relieved. The project that plagued her for over a year is finally off her desk, and now she has time to salvage her floundering marriage and reconnect with her family.But maybe it’s too late—divorce papers arrive on the same day that she learns that her father’s health is failing. Even ... read more
*The second book in the humorous Winston Wong Cozy Mystery series*Winston Wong, expert seniors’ sleuth, takes on a case in his local neighborhood. When the captain of the block, a reclusive robot inventor, has a fatal fall, Winston suspects foul play. But was it the ambitious events coordinator, the slick banker, the eco activist, or the tiger mom? Just as his girlfriend is called out of town,... read more
Wedding Woes (Winston Wong Cozy Mystery)
J.J. Chow, Jennifer J Chow
Winston Wong’s wedding rehearsal goes awry after the eccentric Chan family shows up uninvited. Then the patriarch of the clan dies in a strange way.Winston switches to sleuth mode, placing himself and his bride-to-be in perilous danger. With a killer on the loose, can Winston survive long enough to catch the culprit and enjoy his big day?
Inspector Duke Becker and the Special Investigations Unit, Homicide are down one man, Bobby Green is now on a medical retirement and working as a private investigator. He and Michelle Goldman can now have a real relationship and things are looking up, until a frightened conductor comes to see Green. Little does Green realize Becker and his squad will be investigating the same case and together... read more
The Wizard's Key
Harriett Darling
A fairy's dearest wish is to be a wizard, but she's unwilling to spend the time needed to learn the trade. She steals a magical key from the wizard's house, hoping she can learn by herself. She flies through a portal to another dimension, where she is chased across the mountains by dragons and loses the key. Home again, she is discovered by the wizard who commands her to find the key within th... read more
In Hemingway's Room
Christopher Heard
"There is no one thing that is true. It's all true." ~Ernest HemingwayThat Ernest Hemingway was a giant of American Literature is without question, but he was also a grand adventurer who believed he must go out and live life to the fullest before he could write about it. And where he liked to base his adventures in and from was his favorite hotels around the world. Hemingway picked his favorit... read more
A Love Beyond Time (Power of Love Quartet Book 1)
Dante Craddock
True Love Makes Anything Possible.It is the most powerful of all emotions, through its power even time can be transcended.Ashley Brannock has always thought she was just an ordinary woman, like so many others. She has a loving boyfriend. A great job. She has everything she could have ever wanted. But she has always felt that something was missing. She’s never quite been able to pin down what i... read more
There’s one word to describe these turbulent times in our culture: confusion. It makes sense really – with so much information, no one knows the difference between what’s true and what’s false. Some are even doing the unthinkable and questioning the veracity of authority figures they’ve never questioned before. Th is massive wave of confusion affects everyone, and it’s easy to see how so many ... read more
6200 Carbon Canyon Road
Terri Lenee Peake
Terri was engaged to a notorious strip club owner known as 'Big Mac' McKenna for seven years. He was gunned down in his limousine in his driveway at 6200 Carbon Canyon Road. He took twenty- one bullets in the chest. By sheer luck Terri had escaped being in the limousine with him by leaving Mac three months earlier. She was rocked by the murder and frightened by the prospect of who could have d... read more
Finally, a Practical Guide to Profitable RainmakingNo direct selling. No advertising. No cold calling ever again.This program is ideal for attorneys, bankers, CPAs, consultants, producers, and other professionals. The strategies are universally applicable to all types and sizes of professional service businesses and will provide you with a simple yet extremely effective way to originate new an... read more
Isabelle, the Butterfly: (Authors Autographs Included)
Isabelle Gudelevicius, Christopher Heard
Do you wish you could fly like a butterfly?
Ripped From The Wild Blue Yonder: Ex-Air Force Guy Reveals The REAL Fitness Revolution Hiding Right Under Your Nose...If you're not getting the best workout you can get...You're running the risk of being as far away from your ideal body as the Marianas Trench is from the surface of the Pacific Ocean.That's deep, buddy. Real deep.But here's something else to dive into, all puns aside: how many ... read more
Life it seems is hell-bent on crushing Eva Chapman. Starting with the tragic loss of her brother, for which she is solely to blame, to the unfortunate turn of events that have landed her where she is now; on her knees, hiding behind the counter at a hole-in-the-wall bookstore, in wine-country of all places, with local police in hot pursuit. This was not the life she'd imagined for herself. And... read more
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