Book coach and developmental editor • 22 years in publishing • Self-help, wellness, psychology • First-time authors • BIPOC
As a book coach and developmental editor, I partner with writers to help them through every step of the book-writing process, from concept through to finished manuscript. I coach authors in not only how to *write* a winning book but how to get it *published.*
As a developmental editor, I ensure that each manuscript is serving its purpose: to solve a problem, meet the reader's needs, and offer sustainable, effective solutions. I provide each author with personalized feedback on everything from tone and organization to content weaknesses and strategies for resolving them. As a copy editor, I polish and code each manuscript so that it's ready for production.
New Harbinger Publications is an independent, employee-owned publisher of books on psychology, health, spirituality, and personal growth. These evidence-based self-help books help readers make positive changes to improve mental health and well-being.
I copyedit and write award-winning parenting news articles, video transcripts, product lists, expert answers, opinion pieces, and more for, the world's number one digital parenting resource, with content that reaches more than 100 million people monthly. In the United States, 7 in 10 new and expectant moms online use BabyCenter.
I copyedited more than 100 books for primarily the adult trade and cookbook divisions in the categories of pop culture, art and photography, cooking, crafts, design, travel, parenting, and more.
Chronicle Books is an independent publisher known for producing beautifully designed products, especially unique, on-trend gift books.
I worked on nearly 80 lifestyle books, cookbooks, how-to infographics, and more, ensuring a final polish on each manuscript before it headed to the printer, often marking up galleys in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Weldon Owen produces innovative, richly illustrated books for a global market, specializing in easy-to-read books that are practical, informative, and entertaining.
I managed the editorial flow of roughly 18 books a year written by women for women. These nonfiction titles included travel narratives, essay collections, feminist theory, humor, identity politics, parenting, and more.
Seal Press began as an independent publisher of women writers, making a name for itself in women's studies circles. It now falls under the Perseus imprint, a part of Hatchette Book Group.
I managed the editorial flow of all travel guidebooks in the Foghorn Outdoors series (now part of Moon Travel), as well as worked on individual titles from Moon Travel, Avalon Travel, and Rick Steves to destinations including Panama, Mexico, California, Canada, London, Seattle, Florida, Tokyo, and more. I also edited camping, hiking, and biking guidebooks to more than two dozen destinations.
Avalon Travel Publishing is a leader in travel guidebooks to destinations around the world. It is an imprint of Perseus, part of Hatchette Book Group.
Korb PhD, Alex, Siegel MD, Daniel J.
McKay PhD, Matthew, Wood PsyD, Jeffrey C., Hayes PhD, Steven C.
Byrne PhD, Hugh G.
Marson EdD, Gia, Keenan-Miller PhD, Danielle, Costin LMFT, Carolyn
Hanks PhD LCSW, Julie de Azevedo, Eisler JD, Riane
Sausys MA CMT RYT, Antonio, Prashant PhD, Lyn
Clarke-Fields MSAE, Hunter, Naumburg PhD, Carla
Forencich, Frank
Mazza PsyD, Marisa T., Coyne PhD, Lisa W.
Strosahl PhD, Kirk D., Robinson PhD, Patricia J., Hayes PhD, Steven C.
Lev PsyD, Avigail, McKay PhD, Matthew, Walser PhD, Robyn D.
Robinson Rutherford PhD, Margaret, Marshall, Jennifer
Barnett EdD LCSW, Robin, Kavinoky, Darren
Hanscom, Angela J., Louv, Richard
Floyd NTP HHC CHFS, Margaret, Barry, James
Brown, Bobbi, Duff, Hilary, Paley, Rebecca
Charnin Morrison, Sasha, Mirabella, Grace
Raucher, Dr. Harold
Gherman, Beverly
Heller, Steven, Lustig Cohen, Elaine
Rubin, Susan Goldman
Jenny Lerew, John Lasseter, Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews
Stoller, Debbie
Mode Media, Arora, Samir, Greene, Gael, Wells, Patricia, Yamamoto, Masuhiro
Pascal; La Boulange Rigo
Szasz, Ioan, Labrie, Michael, The Walt Disney Family Museum, Komoroske, Kirsten
Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen
Selby, Nick, Vescent, Heather
The Exploratorium
Richards, Dan, The Editors of Popular Photography
Deja, Andreas
Canemaker, John, Blair, Mary
Geer, Donne and Ginny
Gerber, Stephanie
Gerber, Stephanie
Leigh Morris, Whitney
Wilkinson, Karen, Petrich, Mike
Atwood, Lisa
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Alexander, Chris, Angleberger, Tom
Mandro, Michelle, Bonik, Dona Kopol, Harlan, Amanda
X, Gracie, Queen PhD, Carol
Albers, Susan, Cheung DSc RD, Lilian
Riss, Suzanne, Palagano, Teresa, Borba, Dr. Michele
Kubernik, Harvey, Wilson, Brian, Webster, Guy
Floyd NTP HHC CHFS, Margaret, Barry, James
Thalia, Andrew R. Kramer
George, Sam, Tomson, Shaun
Siwek, Daniel, Bension, Ron, Aykroyd, Dan
Harper MA E-RCYT, Jennifer Cohen, Siegel MD, Daniel J.
Mohrbacher IBCLC FILCA, Nancy
Feuereisen, Patti
Korb PhD, Alex, Whybrow MD, Peter C.
Mudumbai, Yashas
Muhlheim PsyD, Lauren, Collins Lyster-Mensh, Laura
Greiner-Ferris LICSW, Julie, Khalsa EdD, Manjit Kaur
Carson MPH E-RYT, Kimberly, Krucoff, Carol, Carson PhD, Jim, Krucoff MD, Mitchell W.
Solden MS, Sari, Frank PsyD, Michelle, Littman PhD, Ellen
Leigh Wulff, April 2022
Chazz Scott, November 2021
Billye Jones Consulting, August 2021
Joelle Prevost, May 2021
Lois Shapiro, March 2021
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I work with my authors to create engaging manuscripts–creating content that readers reach for, relate to, relish, and remember.
Asheville, NC, USA
Elana is an independent editor with a decade of experience in the publishing world.
New York City, NY, USA