DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR
- Started editing career with Rare Bird Editing in 2016 and now works with RUFF!
- Experienced developmental editor, working on fiction manuscripts from young adult to adult across a variety of genres
- Known for thorough content and structural edits that cover every aspect of novel writing
- Her standard editorial letter combined with in-depth suggestions throughout every page of a manuscript go beyond the usual high-level feedback and have been called mini workshops on the craft of writing
- Current sensitivity reader for Harlequin, HarperCollins, and Capstone Publishing
- Former prose editor for Kansas City Voices Magazine
- Die-hard Whovian whose favorite quote is “You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books! The best weapons in the world!” — the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant)
- Dubbed the Plot Whisperer at a recent conference
- Represented by Amy Giufridda at Belcastro Agency
Submission critique package
Are you finally ready to send your work to literary agents or publishers? It’s time to perfect your submission materials. After all, you only get one chance to be chosen from the dreaded slush pile. You need to stand out by showcasing your solid hook, strong voice, well-defined conflict, high stakes, and engaging writing. RUFF!’s submission package critique helps you do just that, giving you invaluable collaborative feedback on everything you’re about to put in front of your dream agent or publisher.
Character, plot, and pacing feedback? Check. Help crafting your pitch and choosing which elements of your work to emphasize? Check. Confidence that the final package won't have any typos or grammar errors that could get your book tossed into the rejection pile? Check.
We’ve got you. You’ve got this.
Full Submission Critique Package: $450
This includes two rounds of edits and feedback on your query letter, synopsis, and first 50 pages. The second round includes proofreading.
À la carte:
Our submission critique package is customizable to fit your needs. Don’t see exactly what you’re looking for? Just ask and we’ll see what we can do.
Note: Although we love editing nonfiction manuscripts, we don’t currently offer editing services for nonfiction book proposals.
Character, plot, and pacing feedback? Check. Help crafting your pitch and choosing which elements of your work to emphasize? Check. Confidence that the final package won't have any typos or grammar errors that could get your book tossed into the rejection pile? Check.
We’ve got you. You’ve got this.
Full Submission Critique Package: $450
This includes two rounds of edits and feedback on your query letter, synopsis, and first 50 pages. The second round includes proofreading.
À la carte:
- Critique of first 10 pages (up to 3,000 words): $100
- Critique of first 50 pages (up to 15,000 words): $375
- Query letter critique: $40
- Synopsis critique (up to 1,000 words): $50
Our submission critique package is customizable to fit your needs. Don’t see exactly what you’re looking for? Just ask and we’ll see what we can do.
Note: Although we love editing nonfiction manuscripts, we don’t currently offer editing services for nonfiction book proposals.
Authenticity or SENSITIVITY Reading
Sensitivity reader as a part of the following culture(s) or identity/identities: Biracial woman (Black & white), Interracial marriage, Black in majority white spaces.
- Analyzes authenticity of characters, dialogue, and plot.
- Provides reader report.
- This does NOT include structural edit, proofreading, or copyediting.
- Fee: $250 up to 80,000 words; $300 up to 95,000 words; and $375 for +96,000
- Timeline: 2-3 weeks depending on length of manuscript
Group Apprenticeship Coaching for Writers
I recently joined forces with Jessica Conoley, founder of The Creatives Apprentice.
WE SIMPLIFY BUSINESS SO YOU HAVE THE BRAIN SPACE TO CREATE.
At TCA, I apply my decades of experience to guide creatives to hone their craft, provide accountability, and to expand their vision for their career by imagining bolder. With the TCA Group Apprenticeship Coaching for Writers, you'll learn how to build a writer support system, demystify the business side of publishing and receive personalized guidance to the next step in your writing career.
This includes:
WE SIMPLIFY BUSINESS SO YOU HAVE THE BRAIN SPACE TO CREATE.
At TCA, I apply my decades of experience to guide creatives to hone their craft, provide accountability, and to expand their vision for their career by imagining bolder. With the TCA Group Apprenticeship Coaching for Writers, you'll learn how to build a writer support system, demystify the business side of publishing and receive personalized guidance to the next step in your writing career.
This includes:
- Sixteen weekly lessons tailored to Uninitiated writers. Includes: deep dive into mindset and career clarity, foundations of building an author platform, book marketing basics, revisions with beta readers, querying, the agent/author relationship & more.
- Small group format ensures you receive personalized feedback.
- Sessions conducted online via Teachable.
- Open coaching allows you to learn from what your fellow writers are going through.
- Opportunity to present a full MS for feedback.
WHAT MY Editing CLIENTS SAY
awards earned by my clients
Gledé Browne Kabonog - Psychological Thriller Author Gledé Browne Kabongo Wins Multiple Book Awards
"Gledé Browne Kabongo is an Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Finalist and category winner, and an IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Award) Silver medalist for her novel Winds of Fear, a 'chilling, edge-of-your-seat' psychological thriller about a suburban mom whose suspicions about her new neighbors lead to a desperate race against time to save her missing son."
"Gledé Browne Kabongo is an Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Finalist and category winner, and an IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Award) Silver medalist for her novel Winds of Fear, a 'chilling, edge-of-your-seat' psychological thriller about a suburban mom whose suspicions about her new neighbors lead to a desperate race against time to save her missing son."
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Steven Ramirez - House of the Shrieking Woman won the 2020 NYC Big Book Award for Paranormal Thriller
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