Overview
I’ve been a developmental book editor for over a decade and have edited hundreds of books. Some published titles I’ve edited are: BREAKING HATE (Christian Picciolini), MADAM IN SILK (Gini Grossenbacher), and THE OCTOPUS HAS THREE HEARTS (Rachel Rose). I also edited Deborah Holt Larkin’s “A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California's Most Notorious Killers.” I’m also a well-published short fiction and nonfiction writer. My work has been published in many literary journals and magazines including: Writers Digest, Writer Unboxed, Creative Penn, Mash, and many more. My short story, “American Freaks” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and published at Concho River Review.
You can find my writing on Substack at "Sincere American Writing."
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Work experience
Self-employed
Developmentally edit manuscripts (adult literary novels, young adult, literature, suspense, memoir) and give written evaluations to authors regarding their book-length works. Most well known client: Christian Picciolini, author of “WHITE AMERICAN YOUTH: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out,” the true tale of one of America’s first neo-Nazi skinheads, how he joined the movement in the late 80s then exited in 1995, changing his life and forming FREE RADICALS, a non-profit that helps extremists disentangle from hate groups. (Released by HACHETTE Book Group,Dec , 2017.)
Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Slush Pile Query/Material Reader. Helped craft editorial letters for acquired clients for acquisitions editors at publishing houses. Edited acquired clients’ novels and memoir, some of which went on to be published. Assisted senior agent working exclusively with her clients and on her personal email/query inbox. Read through fresh pages to determine whether a good fit for the agency and whether said pages should be reviewed by senior agent at firm.
Self-employed
Publications: Concho River Review; Freedom Fiction; Full of Crow; Bethlehem Writers’ Roundtable; Adelaide Literary Magazine; Fiction Magazines; Tincture; Alfie Dog Press; The MacGuffin; Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine; Milvia Street Art & Literary Journal; Mountain Tales Press; Gothic City Press; etc. Defenestration Contest Finalist, Able Muse Contest Finalist, and San Francisco Writers’ Conference International Writing Contest Finalist. Blog pieces published in Writers’ Digest; The San Francisco Writers’ Conference Newsletter; The Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency Blog; Writer Unboxed and MASH. Have been accepted to read my work at the following reading series: Beast Crawl; Lip Service West; Why There are Words (WTAW); Milvia Street Reading Series; Full of Crow Reading Series. My work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. A story was recently a finalist at The New Guard literary review and will be published in 2020. I was also recently on the cover of Books & Buzz Magazine.
Self-employed
Book editing
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