Book Edit

Twenty years editing other people’s work and building my own gives me a working sense of what’s missing, what’s strong, and what needs more work. I’ve spent two decades as an arts and culture writer and editor, working as an editor at Baltimore magazine, an arts writer at Pasatiempo, and the feature editor at The Frederick News-Post. At The News-Post, I built and branded the weekly arts and culture guide 72 Hours, which has consistently grown.

I have also edited two best-selling full-length nonfiction books, both collections of essays. My own writing has won regional (MDDC) and national (CRMA) awards, and an arts newsletter featuring my work won best newsletter in the country (CRMA).

Nearly all of the 20-plus freelancers I work with each week have no journalism background or formal writing training. I take what I’m handed—sometimes barely a draft, sometimes a mess—and shape it into writing that lands.

I offer developmental editing on essays, collections, and full-length manuscripts. I do not offer line editing at this time.

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