I love helping writers find their path — whatever direction it may lead.
✏️ My work is informed by nearly 20 years working with writers of all ages, in a wide range of contexts, and by my theatre work and language studies. I’ve been a literary magazine editor, a summer poetry camp director, a puppeteer, and a grant writer.
✏️ I was also “born into the family business” and have learned a ton from watching my parents’ literary careers and following publishing news for decades. I caught my first typo for a lit mag at age 8!
✏️ I love helping writers feel supported and helping a story find its form and its audience. Whether you’re writing fiction or memoir, planning on traditional publishing or indie (or not sure about what’s best for you!), I can talk you through your options and help you determine your writing path.
✏️ My developmental editing services focus primarily on contemporary & literary fiction, YA fiction (including light fantasy/sci-fi), cozy mystery, and narrative non-fiction (including memoir). I love supporting writers of all genres in my coaching work, reading widely across genres, and stretching my literary comfort zones, but I wouldn’t be the best editor for sci-fi that involves heavy world-building or high fantasy, police procedurals, thrillers, or middle grade & children’s books.
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Personally, I love translation, literary fiction, experimental/hybrid work, writing for theatre, and writing as a personal practice (my MFA — at the Jack Kerouac School — included contemplative poetics, even for a reluctant meditator like me). But my grant writing career has taught me to balance artistic interest with the practical — supporting writers in finding a market for their work, taking a hard look at the goals of a piece of writing, and compassionately but directly asking what works and what doesn’t toward creating the impact we want for our readers. I am 100% here for the literary quirkiness and a deep focus on craft, but I also want writers to find their audience and make a living.
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