Overview
Services
Fiction
Languages
Awards
- 2018 We Need Diverse Books Walter Dean Myers Grant Recipient
Certifications
- BA Media and Communications Studies, Fordham University
Work experience
FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology
FORESHADOW is a new online platform headed by YA authors Nova Ren Suma and Emily X.R. Pan. FORESHADOW is committed to finding and sharing fresh YA short stories that are freely available for anyone with an internet connection to read. I read short story submissions for potential publication, edit chosen stories, and also compile feedback from the editors-in-chief and/or fiction editors throughout the process. I've edited authors like Courtney Summers and Maya Prasad.
Page Street Publishing
I regularly read queries and manuscripts for potential publication, complete reader reports analyzing the work and its marketability, and provide editorial feedback on contracted work.
Pen Name Publishing
I was Assistant Editor at Pen Name Publishing, a boutique micropublisher. I also interned at PNP for several months, learning best editorial practices and how to be both helpful and supportive to the authors I worked with. Additionally, I participated in the acquisition process.
Self-employed
I prepare detailed manuscript evaluations and sensitivity reads for YA and NA fiction authors and provide in-line commentary to assist manuscript development. I also offer line edits, proofreading, and sensitivity reads.
S&B Manuscript Editing and Critique
I am a copy and line editor at S and B Manuscript Editing and Critique. I know when a sentence lacks clarity and flow, and if your manuscript isn’t conveying the right tone or hitting with enough emotion, I’ll find the weak spots. Trust me.
McIntosh & Otis
I interned at literary agency McIntosh and Otis (Children’s Department working with YA, MG, and picture books), writing reader’s reports, evaluating submissions for potential representation, and, of course, writing kind rejection letters.