The Gist of It
Alongside my own writing, I am also the full-time publishing coordinator of Bloom Books, the top romance publisher in the country of 2025, with a history of editing New York Times bestsellers. I am selectively available for freelance work depending on current workload.
To contact me about editing your work, use the CONTACT page above and pick your method of choice! I will get back to you in 1-3 business days.
Books I’ve Edited:
The Curse that Binds
The Conditions of Will
Catch the Sun
New Adult
Remember You Will Die
The Deer and the Dragon
The Fox and the Falcon
The Serpent and the Siren
Burning Daylight
Hexed
Crossed
Twisted
Wretched
I Think I’m in Love with an Alien
Cruel Seduction
Queen of Myth and Monsters
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Damaged Goods
Love Redesigned
Final Offer
A Chill in the Flame
A Frozen Pyre
Kyland
Stinger
Monarch
It Happened One Fight
His Girl Hollywood
A Star is Scorned
The First Day Without You
The Holiday Mix-Up
Salt in the Wound
A Thousand Broken Pieces
Past the Broken Bridges
Dare You to Hate Me
Beg You to Trust Me
Lose You to Find Me
Tall, Duke, and Scandalous
Scorpion Wind
Sara’s Sacrifice
Becoming American
The Dark Queen
The Dark Evolution
The Dark Cage
Three Days to Choose
The Case of Shadow Revenge
Immune
Zana West’s Diary
Kaleidoscope
Saving Melissa
The Slim Chance Tour
The Girl Behind the Numbers
The Tell-all Guide to Airbnb Hosting
Remember Wednesday
And It’ll Be Alright
Line Editing
Line editing is line-by-line attention to your work with a focus on cohesion and consistency. It’s all the nitty-gritty that makes up the big picture when you step back.
What’s Included:
● Basic grammar, punctuation, and formatting. Is the sentence correct? How about the dialogue tags? The spelling? Do you keep the same tense throughout the story? This is not a formal copyedit or proofread, but will catch many of the same errors.
● Style check. I go sentence by sentence and make suggestions for how to improve readability. This may include removing passive voice, unnecessary details, clunky adverbs, and other flow-related work.
● Repetition check. Have you used the same word or phrase twice in the same paragraph? How about page? How about twelve different times across the manuscript? Repetition checks ensure the story is as concise and precise as possible.
● Technical consistency. Spelling, capitalization, hyphenation, you name it. Do you use email and e-mail interchangeably? How about toward/towards? I can and will catch it!
● Story consistency. I will make sure your characters keep the same eye color, your locations stay put, days of the week are in order, and no small plot point turns into a loose, unforgotten thread.
● Smaller developmental suggestions. I will flag small changes that could be made to a scene or moment to improve the overall story arc.
● Point of view. This one gets its own category. I will check your POV switches to make sure they’re clear, they happen where they’re supposed to, and there are no slips in the middle of scenes.
Pricing
● I charge $0.03/word for line edits.
● All line edits are done through the Track Changes feature in Microsoft Word, with clarifying comments left as necessary.
Developmental Editing
Dev editing is the real deal. It’s handling the content of the brain-baby you’ve spent this long nursing, and making sure it’s as healthy as it can be for its respective market. My editing is primarily for audience reaction, marketability, and readability.
What’s Included:
● Line editing. Everything listed above is also included in a full dev edit.
● Hook. How are your first few chapters? Do they provide enough enticement that I want to keep reading? If not, how can you amp them up? Usually, this can be done through faster pacing, less info-dumping, and immediate focus on the main character’s goals.
● Showing, not telling. I watch out for areas where backstory or explanation is dumped into the story, and advise on where it might be gently drizzled in along the way instead.
● Story progression. How is your pacing? Your character development? Do you have transitions that move like clockwork, and an ending that completes the story logically and agreeably? I am not looking to corral authors into traditional story arcs if that’s not their goal, but I am looking for a story that makes sense and will work satisfactorily for your target audience.
● Realism. Making sure your story is plausible for the world it’s in. If it’s fantasy/sci-fi, does your worldbuilding make sense? If it’s a cop drama, are you using correct police protocol? Are your characters getting stabbed through the back and suffering only a day’s bed rest? Could all of your events really happen?
● Scene-by-scene. Does every scene contribute in some way to the plot or character development? If not, I’ll give suggestions to rewrite or cut it out. If I feel like you’re missing a scene that could help you out, I’ll give you suggestions for writing that, too.
Pricing
● I charge $.055/word for developmental editing.
● All line edits are done through the Track Changes feature in Microsoft Word, with all content suggestions done through comments.