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About Me
I've spent two decades in the writing business, working with literary agents, publishing houses, and literary magazines. Now, I help writers strengthen their manuscripts and bring their drafts to the best form. I especially love with literary prose, historical fiction, and emotionally layered work, but have edited everything from poetry collections to motivational non-fiction to sci fi.
My editing focuses on clarity, rhythm, imagery, structure, and line-level precision without ever flattening your voice. I work with you to bring your best art forward.
I am...
a published poet with awards
a novelist with 20 years of agented experience
a former managing editor of a Chicago literary magazine
a featured speaker at writing conventions
an author represented by a major literary agency
a recipient of a PEN America grantI
a three-time honorable mention for the Casey Shay Prize
an honorable mention for the Missouri Review’s Editor’s Prize,
&
dedicated to honest feedback---and your career!

My work has appeared in
RHINO 1990 (Maiden name)
The Atlanta Review Spring/Summer 2000 (Maiden name)
Potpourri Vol. 9 No. 3 (Maiden name)
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review No. 11 (Maiden name)
Wisconsin Review Vol. 32 Issue 3 (Maiden name)
The Lyric Issue 7 (Maiden name)Yemassee vol 20.2
Potomac Review issue 54
Naugatuck River Review Issue 12
border crossing vol. 4
Little Patuxent Review Summer 2014
Little Patuxent Review Winter 2026
Conclave: A Journal of Character Issue 1
Ginger Piglet Issue 4
The Woven Tale Press
Sliver of Stone
The Ilanot Review
Fickle Muses
Josephine Quarterly
Damselfly
Burntdistrict
Rose Red Review
Linden Ave.
Extracts
Scholars and Rogues