Credentials

Education

• MFA in Fiction, University of New Hampshire
• MA in Writing (Fiction), Salem State University

Professional Development
 

Club Ed Freelancers

• Editorial Toolkit: Book Doctoring and Ghostwriting
• Editorial Toolkit: Creating Classes & Info Products
• Editorial Toolkit: Coaching Writers
• Coaching and Editing Discovery Drafts
• Getting Editorial Work from Book Publishers/Packagers
• Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Editing the Romance
• Editing Mystery/Thriller/Suspense

Editorial Freelancers Association

• Coaching Authors on Narrative Distance and Point of View
• Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Editing Children’s Picture Books
• Editing Romance

UCLA Ext. Certificate in Literary Representation

• Marketing and PR for Writers and Agents
• Contracts, Rights, and Signing Authors
• The Editorial Toolbox
• Developmental Editing
• Copyediting I & II

University-Level Courses Taught

• Intro to Professional Writing
• Editing for Publication
• Special Topics in Writing: Social Media & Blogging
• Advanced Writing
• Undergraduate Senior Portfolio (Writing)

Associations

• Editorial Freelancers Association

• ACES: The Society for Editing

• Editors Tea Club

Speaking Engagements, Interviews, etc.

• [PROPOSED] “Finding Balance and Reconnecting with Your Creative Joy,” Women in Publishing Summit 2026
• [UPCOMING] Interview with In Bloom Magazine
• “Finding and Collaborating with Your Perfect Editor,” Women in Publishing Summit 2025
• Instagram Live Interview with Author Mark MacDonald, 2025
  An editor is a writer’s best friend. Join one author and one editor as they become best friends before your very eyes.

Books

Some of the manuscripts I’ve read are still in production or the authors are in the process of querying. For a list of titles I have worked on, please reach out to me directly or see the testimonials page for kind words from authors I’ve helped.