Developmental/Substantive Editing: For clients looking to develop projects in progress, I provide a close editorial examination of structure, voice, character, narrative arc, and flow. A substantive edit consists of a careful reading of your work that culminates in a detailed editorial letter with suggestions for structural changes, a line-edited manuscript, and a discussion of your work via email or phone.
“Thank you so much for your close scrutiny of The World of a Few Minutes Ago. And I mean everything from commas to suggestions for sentence changes to questions about time shifts, etc. All of it. Your edits helped me to pay a whole new kind of attention to the stories—not seeing them for the first time but rather seeing them shaped a little differently and better for it…I don’t know what writers would do without readers as perceptive
During my time as an editor at HarperCollins, I learned the art of editing from some of the most respected people in publishing, worked one-on-one with authors to make their work the best reflection of their talent, and in concert with the publishing team I helped bring these books to a wide audience. The books I’ve collaborated on have been New York Times best-sellers, multiple award winners, and international successes.
Forthcoming:
Picasso and the Chess Player by Larry Witham (UPNE, 2012)
Jet Lag by Jean-Marie Dru (powerHouse, 2012)
Time and the Digital by Tim Barker (UPNE, 2012)
Why do I need a professional editor?
Professional editors serve several functions. First and foremost, their task is to make certain that a piece of writing is clear, consistent, and free of errors. In a larger sense, they work to ensure that your writing is achieving its goal, whether that goal is to entertain, inform, or persuade. An experienced editor is capable of keeping in mind both the author’s intentions and the reader’s needs, and editing in a way
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Interested in working together? Contact me with a description of your project, goals, budget, and ideal timeline. If you would like a two-page sample edit of your work to help familiarize you with my editing approach and style, email me a Word file. To receive a formal estimate for a book-length edit, please send me any available portion of your
Like most people with a deep appreciation for shrimp and grits, Tar Heel blue, and the sound of tree frogs in summer, I grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I moved to New York for my undergraduate, professional, and graduate education, went west to California upon completing my MFA, and at long last returned to my hometown in 2011. When I’m not editing, writing, or teaching, you can usually find me in the kitchen cooking big
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