Editors Specializing in Fiction

Bruce Beecher   Bruce is the owner of SDG Proofreading Services. He has over 30 years experience proofreading and copyediting with the U.S. Navy and The Coca-Cola Company.   He loves to read. He hates typos. He conducts business based on his favorite quote by Benjamin Franklin: "Details are but trifles, but trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."   SDG also specializes in graphics and presentation services. Visit his website for more info. Free four page sample edit.   E-mail Bruce                   Visit Bruce's website   Sally Bradley Sally Bradley has worked for two Christian publishers, writing sales and marketing materials, sorting through the slush pile, and proofreading and editing fiction. She has a BA in English and a love for perfecting novels, whether it’s her own work or the work of others. A judge in fiction-writing contests, Sally is a member of ACFW, The Christian PEN, and the Christian Editor Network. She’s a work-at-home mother of three and is married to a pastor who moonlights as a small-town cop. For more information on her services and for happy client referrals, visit sallybradley.com.     Erin Brown Erin Brown, aka The Write Editor, is a full-time, professional freelance editor, proofreader, and writer. She edits book manuscripts, magazine articles, anthologies, short stories, textbooks, and more.   Erin’s formal training, ten years in Christian retailing, twenty-five years in education, and five years as a Christy Award judge affords her a wide knowledge and experience base that she brings to her editing.   Visit her website to view a selected client list and read what editors and authors say about Erin. Free sample edit. Let’s discuss your editing needs! The Write Editor . . . is the right editor!   E-mail Erin         Visit Erin's website     Jeanette Cameron From fiction to memoirs, Jeanette assists and mentors writers to give their readers a powerful emotional experience, helping them to develop their craft along the way. If she does her job well, the reader won't ever notice her in the shadows of the author's inspired story. Through editing and mentoring, she hopes to connect readers with amazing stories told by Christian authors. Jeanette is an acquisitions editor at Marcher Lord Press, holds certificates in editing fiction through The Christian PEN’s Editing Fiction series and Copyediting from UCSD Extension, and is also a member of the Christian Editor Network and ACFW.  E-mail Jeanette               Visit Jeanette's website       Reneé Criswell Specializing in Script Editing Reneé Criswell is a freelance editor and author whose published works include several dramas, articles, devotionals, and short stories. As a former director for her church drama department, she wrote and directed a full-length musical drama, skits, and short plays. She also directed The Gospel According to Scrooge™, JP Music Company, a wonderful adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Her editing experience includes drama scripts, screenplays, short stories, and Web content. E-Mail Reneé               Visit Reneé’s website     Kathy Ide Brea, California   Kathy has been a published author of books, short stories, play scripts, devotionals, and Sunday school curriculum since 1988. She has been a full-time freelance editor since 1998. She offers proofreading, editing, critiquing, and mentoring for aspiring writers, established authors, and book publishers. She also speaks at writers' conferences across the country.   Kathy is the founder and coordinator of The Christian PEN and Christian Editor Network.     E-mail Kathy                  Visit Kathy's website Visit Kathy's blog           Visit Christian Editor Network     Susanne Lakin Susanne Lakin is a published novelist and writing coach who loves to help writers with their books. Because she has written numerous novels in various genres, she has good insight on structure, characterization, and pacing that can be applied to any work of fiction. As a professional freelance copy editor, Susanne not only corrects grammar and punctuation but also respects the author’s voice. With twenty-two years of dealing with agents and publishers, her advice and assistance in preparing materials for acquiring an agent or publisher are invaluable. Client references are available upon request. E-mail Susanne           Visit Susanne's website     Amanda Price Amanda Price of Right Price Editing has been a professional editor for over five years. She has worked both as an in-house editor at a traditional Christian publishing company and as a freelance editor. She offers a wide variety of services for all kinds of editing needs, from a simple proofread to a more in-depth content edit. Check out her website at www.rightpriceediting.com for her rates, levels of editing, and helpful blog for writers or to request a free five page sample edit.   E-mail Amanda           Visit Amanda's website     Rachel Starr Thomson Rachel Starr Thomson edits out of a deep conviction that words matter. With fast turnaround times and competitive rates, Rachel offers services from critiques to substantive editing. Her heart is to make your voice clear. In six years as a freelancer, she has edited fiction, memoir, and nonfiction. She specializes in working with new authors and harbors a particular love for speculative fiction. Rachel is a devoted Christian, a writing coach, an indie publisher, a published writer, and a homeschool grad. In her other life she codirects a Christian ballet company. In all things, her motto is Soli Deo Gloria. E-mail Rachel           Visit Rachel's website Visit Rachel's Blog   Nanette Thorsen-Snipes Nanette Thorsen-Snipes, Buford, Ga., is a full-time freelance writer and editor. Her writing credits include children’s fiction (Focus on the Family’s Clubhouse, Clubhouse Jr., and others), and adult nonfiction, including stories in more than 50 compilation books (Guideposts, Thomas Nelson, Integrity Press, etc.), as well as devotions. Her editing experience includes nonfiction books and articles, children’s books, monthly corporate newsletters and a bimonthly Christian writers’ newsletter, short stories, press releases, promotional materials, business material, and resumes, among others.   Services:   FaithWorks Editorial & Writing, Inc. – Editing services for new and established authors.   E-mail Nanette   Visit FaithWorks Editorial & Writing, Inc. website     Marcy Weydemuller San Francisco, California     Marcy Weydemuller has twenty years experience writing, mentoring and teaching, both in fiction and college composition. She has a BA in History and Sociology, and an MFA in Writing, with a special focus on fantasy and poetry. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, and the Christian Editor Network.   Freelance edit services include as a reader, a substantive editor, and as a manuscript analyst. Her current edits have included historical fiction, an historical Christmas novella, YA contemporary, middle-readers; both historical and contemporary, suspense-mystery, woman’s romance and memoir.    E-mail Marcy            Visit Marcy's website     Nancy Arant Williams Stover, Missouri Nancy is a freelance editor, the author of hundreds of published articles and twenty-seven Christian novels, and is currently working as the associate editor for Beautiful One magazine. She has a gift for getting into the author's head and reading between the lines, bringing "dry bones" to life. She offers a wide range of editing services and can take that dusty manuscript languishing in your bottom drawer and make it "sing." See Nancy for professional editing of books, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as brochures and web content.   E-mail Nancy                 Visit Nancy's website