About Me
I bring a 35-plus-year love of the English language to my roles as a fiction story coach, developmental editor, and manuscript evaluator.
Flash fiction, short stories, novellas, or full-length stories, it makes no never mind to me. Working with words is my vocation and my avocation, my job and my deepest love.
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How I Help You
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Working as a story coach, developmental editor, and manuscript evaluator, I collaborate with authors to better bring their story vision to life.
We work to combine well-rounded characters, emotional conflicts, plausible plot events, and a satisfying ending. Specifically, we ensure these foundational pieces fit together and accurately reflect your intent.
Altogether, we ensure the reader has no choice but to continue reading page by page.
My Reading and Writing History
My book obsession started when I was four years old. Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street, Ghostwriter, Wishbone, and Arthur. These are the cultural icons that stoked my love of stories.
I was the preteen child under the covers with a flashlight sneaking one of my mom’s Harlequin novels to read each night. I was the child who spent whole days in their local library.
My fiction writing journey started in sixth grade. Nonfiction writing joined the team seven years later during my freshman year of college. The principles of good writing are the same across categories and genres.
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Traveling these parallel paths throughout my life only deepened my love of writing, of stories, of how people both real and imagined have the power to change lives and the world.
I spent hours upon hours in my local library, continually stoking the fire that would eventually propel me into the freelance editing world.
Thus, helping authors learn how to tell their own stories through both clear and concise writing, impactful emotion, and tension-riddled plots?
It was the only path forward after over a decade spent in military technical documentation.
About My Education
I graduated from Radford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Sociology, as well as a minor in Media Studies.
I’ve completed the University of Washington’s Certificate in Editing program. In the same fashion, I’ve completed the Club Ed Freelancer’s Certificate in Developmental Editing of Fiction program.
I’m constantly reading fiction writing and fiction editing craft books; enrolling in professional development seminars, courses, and writing classes; and participating in writing critique groups.
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When you sign on as a Sage Editing client,
you get someone who has been where you are.
I’d be honored to guide you through the fiction writing process.
Reflecting On Your Story One Word At A Time!