freelance editor & editorial consultant
manuscript development
With over a decade of experience in developmental editing and editorial acquisition at venues like POETRY, The Georgia Review, West Branch, and more, I am skilled at honing and placing both creative and critical pieces, whether it be a literary journal submission, review, dissertation, chapbook, poetry collection, novel, or more. Manuscripts I’ve worked on have been published at presses like Graywolf, Penguin, HarperCollins, Milkweed, University of Chicago Press, and more, at journals like POETRY, Kenyon Review, and The Nation, and have earned awards and opportunities like Stegner Fellowships, residencies at Yaddo and MacDowell, and The Four Quartets Prize.
My editorial approach is rigorous, personal, and collaborative. I care about making your work not only more meaningful to a reader but more meaningful to you. I’m currently accepting new clients; feel free to reach out.
editorial consultancy
An impactful masthead requires queue readers and editorial assistants committed to curiosity and discernment, prepared to recognize meaningful work when they encounter it. As an editorial consultant, I work with literary journals, presses, and early-career editors through lectures, activities, advising, and operational reviews to align practice with ethos, ensuring an editorial team not of arbiters but stewards.
I’m currently accepting new clients. If you’re a journal with a large staff of volunteer readers, a press with a cycle of editorial assistants, or a new professional finding footing in the editorial world, we might be a great fit. Feel free to reach out!