Overview
Though I specialize in developmental edits, helping you discover the story you most want to tell and guiding your manuscript into its most perfect form, I find that every editorial relationship is different -- because, after all, it's a relationship. We will collaborate to find the partnership that works best for your needs. Have a finished draft that needs an extra set of eyes? Have an idea and want someone to help you hash it out? Have a draft you're pleased with overall but that needs some smoothing and polishing line by line? I love joining in at any stage of the process. There are few things quite so brave as welcoming someone else into your creative work -- and, when it goes well, few things quite so rewarding either. I'm always honored and delighted to embark on a new project with someone committed to getting their ideas into the world.
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Awards
- Five stories I edited have received recognition by Best American Short Stories.
Certifications
- A.B. Harvard College
Work experience
Self-employed
I edit manuscripts and coach writers through book-length and shorter projects. Clients have included award-winning fiction, memoir, and science writers. I specialize in seeing the clear narrative in any manuscript and in turning academic prose into fluid and accessible reading. As a trained psychotherapist, I also do coaching around writing anxiety, feelings of stuckness, and issues of motivation and scheduling.
Plympton
Commissioned and edited original fiction from some of the country's premiere writers including Julia Glass, Jane Smiley, Adam Haslett, Molly Antopol, Namwali Serpell, Tova Mirvis, Alan Lightman, and Julian Gough.
The San Francisco Chronicle
I review novels semi-regularly for a variety of publications including The San Francisco Chronicle and The Millions. I'm always on the lookout for exciting new voices to try to highlight.