Developmental editor for fiction | Query letter critique service | Lives at desk | Wishes humans didn't require sleep

Joined December 2018
My editing business took a hit when my mom passed last year. I got behind and had to cancel some jobs. I'm back to work full time and within the next week or two my schedule will be clear. If you're interested in a manuscript critique or query package, see my website. Thanks!
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I have openings for manuscript and query critiques! Testimonials are on my website.
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If anyone needs a manuscript critique, query critique, or query package edit, I have openings. See my website in bio!
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Need a second set of eyes on your query materials? I have a proven track record of helping authors increase their full manuscript requests. Some have gone on to sign with agents and sign book deals. See my website for testimonials and query package options.
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I have openings for query critiques and query packages. Reasonable prices and turnaround times. See website in bio for client testimonials!
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I have spots available for manuscript critiques in July if anyone's interested. Faster turnaround on query critiques and query packages. Contact through my website.
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I have open availability next month if anyone is interested in a manuscript critique. Free query critique included. See website.
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Losing the most important person in your life doesn't get any easier with time. Life goes on all around you and you pretend to go back to normal and no one sees that you're empty on the inside.
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Tory is fantastic. Very sharp, very attuned to what an author is trying to achieve, and very creative about marrying solid manuscripts with clever pitches.
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I haven't been around in a while. Did everyone leave? Who's still here?
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How is the Twitter hashtag writing community these days? Did I miss anything?
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*logs on* Jesus Chr-- *logs off*
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I've only seen five episodes of House of the Dragon. So far it sucks. It's a soap opera compared to the first four seasons of GOT. Everybody whispers dramatically at all times. They spoon feed any "subtlety" like we're children. The characters are hollow husks. It takes itself
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too seriously. It insists upon itself. Writers, don't do what this show is doing. A story needs patience, trust in its audience, and heart. Not a disparate sequence of cinematic moments. Hard pass.
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Writers: "The email I just got. 👀 I'm shaking. I'm crying. I vomited in my microwave and set my neighbor's house on fire. I managed to put it out with explosive diarrhea but the cops showed up anyway and I just got tazed. I think I'm vague!" No, you're not vague, but congrats!
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For full manuscript critiques and dev. edits, I'm fully booked for the rest of the year. Limited space for query packages.
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An agent does a shitty thing. It stems from a deeper and more insidious root cause. The writing community douses itself in a golden shower of optimism. The problem deepens, thickens, and spreads. The lifeblood of publishing, the author, is choked out a little more. An agent does-
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Query tip: if you have a MS hyper specific to the agent’s MSWL, it will almost always be rejected.
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