Am I the Right Editor For You?

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Types of Manuscripts/Content I will contract:

• Most Types of Fiction

• Only Manuscripts written in US or Canadian English. However, I will consider providing Editorial Reviews or Line Editing for manuscripts written in UK English since those edits focus on either the story being evaluated as a whole or sentence flow and story clarity  respectively, rather than grammar, spelling and the more minute aspects of language.

• Short stories or novellas, although there may be a minimum price for those documents.

My Specialties:

• Fantasy: I enjoy world-building with authors!

• Historical Fiction: particularly anything from Biblical/Roman empire era to pre-WWI European or American historical fiction

• Literary Fiction: putting that master’s in literature to good use

• Young Adult: all genres—I’ve spent nearly two decades in education and working with youth and drawing on this genre

• Christian Fiction: all genres—I love a good message!

What I am NOT a Good Fit for:

• Most Non-fiction: I just haven’t studied that side of the industry enough to feel like I’d be giving the best product to my clients. With nonfiction, I tend to default to my past in academia, which isn’t what you want.

• Technical documents (e.g. medical documents, etc) or academic documents—even though in editing I’m using the logical side of my brain where technical writing draws from, I still can offer the most consistent product if I limit my editing to fiction.

• Erotica, occultic, paranormal, extremely graphic and/or sexually violent books are all manuscript genres/content I will turn away. As I do not read books in those genres myself, and my editing experience is not in those genres, I would not be the best editor for anyone with manuscripts that fall in those categories. Content I take ought to be no spicier than PG13.

• Content/Development Edits, Proofreads, Book Copy/Blurbs, Proposals, etc. By focusing my services to a few types of edits and services, I can stay in my strengths and feel confident I am offering the best results to my authors.*

*I am always happy to refer others if I don’t offer what you need. Please see Resources and Referrals.