"Wait," you wonder, "is my project a good fit for you, Amy?"

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For all editing/editing packages, here's what I'm confident with:

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• Young Adult contemporary realistic fiction, particularly romance, friendship books, funny stuff

• Other YA genres that "read like" contemporary fiction, i.e. I'd love to read your paranormal romance, but I'll be useless with your sci-fi or fantasy world-building

• Adult romcoms/contemporary romance

• Commercial women's fiction (I skim over beautiful prose so nothing too literary for me)

• While I have less experience with it, I am a huge reader in the Middle Grade and memoir (of any age group) categories, and would be happy to hear from writers of these genres.

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For query letter critiques and other packages, I'm confident with:

• Young adult fiction, adult contemporary romance/romcoms, women's fiction, general fiction, commercial fiction

• For query letters only, happy to take a look at sci-fi and fantasy; for bigger packages you may want to look above for the types of these manuscripts I'm better at

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I've worked with:

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• Writers who are just about ready to query but want another revision pass before the manuscript goes out into the world

• Writers who have just written their first book--first anything--and need guidance on next steps

• Writers who would eventually like to pursue traditional publishing but are a few steps out from looking for an agent

• Writers who would like to pursue self-publishing but want to work with an editor on big picture stuff as well as sentence-level improvements

• Experienced writers, including multi-published authors

• First-time writers without any background in creative writing or English

• Writers ready to query with all kinds of experience...or lack of, too! It doesn't matter if this is your third attempt to query to find an agent, or your very first.

• In short, if you're interested in working with me and your manuscript or query is a good fit per the above, you're qualified! (And if you're not sure, just reach out!)

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Here's what I bring to the party:

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• Eye on character development, growth, consistency, relatability, inner journeys

• Big focus on real emotional reactions; finding "reality" in fiction

• Help in structure/pacing/story -- all that stuff that makes a book a book

• Lots of specialty work in the romance/romantic comedy genres, so your characters fall in love but hit all those necessary pesky plot and structure beats along the way to their happily-ever-after

• Craft help, from storytelling guidance to grammar

• Knowledge of industry standards across multiple genres

• Textual analysis to guide you to write modern and diverse stories, and avoid inadvertently problematic themes, situations, and representations

  • I can additionally package sensitivity read(s) on: fat representation and bisexual/queer representation​

  • At the end of the day, I'm a middle-class cis white lady, so your work may eventually require more sensitivity reads

• Optimistic, encouraging, super reachable, but still honest. I am your biggest cheerleader but I'll also call out anything I think could be stronger.

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My credentials:

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• Six published contemporary realistic young adult novels, and an additional upcoming YA novel, as well as an adult contemporary romantic comedy​

• Wrote with multiple editors at large and small publishing houses.

• M.A. in Media Studies from The New School with a focus on representation in pop culture/media

• Graduate of the Upright Citizen's Brigade Improvisation Program

• More about me on the "About Amy" section