Member Profile

Throughout my career, I’ve worked many roles built on the complementary perspectives of evaluating skill and seeking to encourage and improve skill. I taught writing and editing classes for many years through UC Santa Cruz Extension. At the San Jose arts and culture publication Content Magazine, as the first editor to be hired, I developed and implemented editorial standards and processes, built a mentoring program, and established an editing department.

Currently, I edit genre flash fiction at Havok Publishing, and short fiction and creative nonfiction at literary-minded VoiceCatcher. I review indie, hybrid, and small-press books for several services, including Chanticleer Book Reviews and BlueInk Review. I sit on the judges’ panel for writing contests and book awards. And I work with indie authors as a developmental editor, line editor, and book coach.

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Genres:

Expository and narrative nonfiction: big ideas and explainers; creative reflection and memoir, personal essay, cultural commentary, travel. Short and long form.

Flash and short fiction: mystery, suspense, thriller; history and alt history; mainstream, women’s, and literary fiction.
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