Melissa Ximena Golebiowski

Melissa Ximena Golebiowski – Marketer

Writer, Editor & Creative Release Expert

Overview

I'm a writer and editor based in Los Angeles, CA though originally from NYC. I specialize in editing and workshopping pieces at various levels of completion. Whether you are looking to release a creative block within a work or polishing up a finished piece, I'm interested in learning more about you and your process. Happy to advise on seeking an agent, pitching to a publication, or general editing. As a daughter of immigrants with parents from different countries respectively, my work tends to encompass my mixed cultures so I especially enjoy reading ethnic and cultural works.I am currently signed to Massie & McQuikin with a short story collection on the way. I am a former editor at Literary Hub. My work can be seen in Catapult, Lit Hub, Entropy, among others.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Health & Wellbeing Parenting & Families
Fiction
Cultural & Ethnic LGBTQ Fiction Literary Fiction
Awards
  • Tin House Fall Resident Finalist 2021

Work experience

Literary Hub

Jan, 2017 — Sep, 2020 (over 3 years)
Reviewed pitches, sought out writers and edited various works on Literary Hub.

Self

Mar, 2015 — Sep, 2019 (over 4 years)
I have assisted individual authors and literary organizations with their audience and outreach. Past clients have included ALTA (American Literary Translation Association) and Thought Catalog Books. I have also assisted theatre companies and producers with marketing of their shows in New York City such as The Amoralists Theatre Company and a production of Craig Wright's The Pavilion. I am currently developing unique marketing tactics for Matt Sumell's "Making Nice", Carmiel Banasky's "The Suicide of Claire Bishop", and Mike Heppner's "We Came All This Way." I am also currently working with The Prose Bowl, a new reading series for emerging fiction writers in New York City.

Lucinda Literary

Mar, 2015 — Present
Lucinda Literary is one of very few hybrid marketing and literary agencies in today’s evolving publishing landscape. We use a multi-pronged approach—representation, editorial consulting, traditional publicity, online marketing, and lecture events—to help authors identify and reach the broadest range of readers possible. Through our website, newsletter, and social media platforms we touch an audience of 14,000 people interested in literature, with whom we interact regularly. Unlike many traditional agencies or public relations firms, we have not been onlookers, but have actively experienced the rise of new media. We are instinctively familiar and knowledgeable with the myriad forms of promotion available through the Internet. Lucinda’s distinct experience on both the corporate side of online marketing and publicity offers our clients insights into all aspects of the publishing process. Plugged into new media, but maintaining active relationships with traditional media, our greatest value is simply to be tireless, creative, and energetic advocates for books.

Portfolio

We Came All This Way is the first novel in eight years from the author whom Entertainment Weekly calls “... a fearsome cultural critic disguised in a novelist’s clothing,” and the Washington Post calls “... a young master of this old art.” It’s the story of Ro... read more
Greenwich Village, 1959. Claire Bishop sits for a portrait—a gift from her husband—only to discover that what the artist has actually depicted is Claire’s suicide. Haunted by the painting, Claire is forced to redefine herself within a failing marriage and a fa... read more
When Carrie Visintainer became a mother at the age of thirty-two, she worried it was all over, that her adventurous life was done. World travel? Adios. Solo explorations in the mountains? Ciao. Creative outlets? She wondered, are diapers my new white canvas? I... read more
Honey Girl

Lisa Freeman

How to survive Califorina's hottest surf spot: Never go anywhere without a bathing suit. Never cut your hair. Never let them see you panic.The year is 1972. Fifteen-year-old Haunani “Nani” Grace Nuuhiwa is transplanted from her home in Hawaii to Santa Monica, ... read more
The Blue Hour: A Novel

Douglas Kennedy

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Moment and Five Days comes a “completely absorbing and atmospheric” (Philip Kerr) novel about a woman whose husband disappears without a trace amidst the stunning, labyrinthine world of Morocco.Robin knew P... read more
“Beautiful and important on many levels, Course Correction is about rowing and so much more . . . Ultimately it is about the transforming power of love, and, damnit all, it made me cry.”—Daniel James Brown, author of The Boys in the Boat “Written with poetic g... read more
Freddie Steinmark started at safety for the undefeated University of Texas Longhorns in 1969. In the thrilling “Game of the Century,” a come-from-behind victory against Arkansas that ensured Texas the national championship, Steinmark played with pain in his le... read more

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