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Developmental editing for memoir, romance and young adult manuscripts
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Line editing and copyediting for fiction and nonfiction
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Proofreading for fiction
Hello, writers!
Looking for support in any of these areas?
Rewriting your memoir
Rewriting your romance or young adult novel
Line or copy editing your book
Meeting creative goals
Explore how you can work with me:
Developmental editing
You have a full draft of a novel or memoir and plan to revise it. Here, I give notes on story elements like character development and motivation, pacing, point of view, and conflict. Feedback formats can be varied to suit different writing and learning styles.
Sentence-level editing
You need some support making the language in your novel shine. In line editing and copyediting, I'll take a look at grammar and the music of each line. I work to retain your unique voice while focusing on honing consistency and clarity and on elimating factual errors and repetition.
Creativity coaching
Is your writing stuck in a rut? Having trouble finishing a project? I offer email coaching support for writers block, loss of motivation, and other emotional issues that get in the way of finishing and releasing writing projects. Available for beginning writers in all genres.
Hi, I'm Joy
Freelance book editor (she/her)
I’m an American expat living in France, mother of two, and creative nonfiction writer. I help creative writers start their work, improve and finish their writing, and share their books with the world. I have a BA in English literature and more than 15 years of experience editing for publishing houses and independent writers.
Joy’s ability to visualize what the book could be was extraordinary.
I interviewed three prospective developmental editors for my memoir. When Joy’s sample came in, I was so encouraged. She not only understood my writing style, she was genuinely interested in the story. Other editors sent back my manuscript dripping with red ink, not sounding like me anymore. I believe Joy infinitely improved the quality of my story.
In addition to doing a brilliant developmental edit of my manuscript, I contracted Joy to do a copy edit of the book. Looking at her excellent editing, I thought to myself, “Thank God I found Joy!”