​​Approved Editors
​​*Black Rose Writing approved freelance editors
​​(in case an author wants their own personal editor)
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​​CONTENT EDITING
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  • ​​Mary Ellen Bramwell - Mary Ellen has worked with several Black Rose Writing authors specifically on content editing. As an award-winning and best-selling author, she understands what it’s like to put your “baby” out there. She is excellent at finding inconsistencies or plot holes and identifying ways to improve flow and readability. For a quote, email her at mebram1126@gmail.com.
  • ​​MaxieJane Frazier - MaxieJane has worked with many authors, including Cam Torrens from Black Rose Writing, specifically on content editing. She co-founded Birch Bark Editing with Catherine Parnell. Max's superpower is maintaining an author's voice and vision while helping develop thematic threads, consistent plots, and readability.  For a quote, email her at maxiejanefrazierwrites@gmail.com.
  • ​​Cate Perry - Cate Perry has over fifteen years' experience working as a developmental editor for Andrea Hurst & Associates; she knows what publishers are looking for in story, and she is always eager to reinvigorate authors with guidance in restructuring, revising, and fleshing out their stories to keep readers turning pages! She specializes in contemporary fiction, women's fiction, historical fiction, and YA and offers 20% off her rates for BRW authors. She has edited for BRW authors Karen Brees, Janis Robinson Daly, and Ruth Eglash. Email her at justwrite7588@gmail.com. 
  • ​​Linda Kirwin - Linda Kirwin has been providing fiction editing services since 2015. She has edited all of the novels published by BRW by author Pamela Taylor. She provides deep content editing/analysis as well as general proofreading. A published scientific writer, Linda has also worked with playwrights and script writers including James Kahn (Return of the Jedi) and Ed Howard (the “Tuna” series). She has a keen eye for detail and affordable rates for BRW writers. For a quote and/or a call to discuss your needs contact her at lkirwin@msn.com.
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​​GRAMMAR AND PROOF
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  • ​​One Last Look - editwiz4650@gmail.com, Joyce Mochrie, Certified Copy Editor and Proofreader, owner of One Last Look, https://www.onelastlookcopyedits.com. Joyce has over ten years' experience editing all genres and has a proven reputation as an outstanding copy editor with a meticulous eye for detail who will polish your manuscript to ensure that it is publishing ready. Clients include publishers, best-selling and multi-award-winning authors, and THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY. Affordable rates, quick turnaround, sample edit upon request. All BRW authors receive a 5 percent discount.
  • ​​Penni Askew – Penni@WordSummitEditing.com, has been providing developmental edits for romance (only) and line and copy edits to genre fiction authors since 2017. She has edited for small publishers and self-publishing authors alike. She approaches editing as your teammate, cheerleader, and coach all rolled into one. For Black Rose Writing authors, she will provide a 30% discount on her rates and is happy to provide a sample edit.
  • ​​Laura Pulaski -billaurap@verizon.net, I have 10+ years of professional experience as a proofreader with a typesetting firm that worked with publishers such as Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Little Brown and the New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia. I do not edit or suggest re-writes, but once you're happy with the written words, send me your final manuscript and I'll make sure it's ready to go to print. I'll look for typographical errors, consistency in spacing, indents and style. I normally charge $.015 per word but for any Black Rose Writing author, I will offer a 50% discount. 
  • ​​Peggy Joque Williams - pwilliams@uwalumni.com, highly recommended by fellow Black Rose Writing authors. Peggy has been editing for corporate clients and book clients for about eight years. 
  • ​​Book Puma Editing – Award-winning Black Rose Writing author Rick Treon is the editorial director of Book Puma and leads a staff of editors that includes Amazon #1 bestselling YA author Libbi Duncan (another BRW author) and a copy editor who leads a team for Gannett Media, the country’s largest newspaper publisher. For services and pricing, visit BookPumaEdit.com. All BRW authors get a 10 percent discount on prices listed. For more information, email RickyT@BHPubs.com.
  • ​​Rob Carr, BA, English, MA, Creative Writing – writestuff1@sbcglobal.net, 25 years’ experience as a ghostwriter, editor and consultant for fiction and non-fiction books.
  • ​​Sheila Shedd - mountainsheila@gmail.com, Your Diction Mistress. Believes the right word can change the Universe as we know it, or at least your novel, and won't quit until she finds it. Sheila is fluent in secret military jargon, obscure cultural reference, archaic four-letter-words and ludicrous yet plausible apocalyptic scenarios. 300 books later, she is still enormously pleased with herself and her amazing authors.
  • ​​Shawn Custer - shawn@custerediting.com, available to do copyediting, line editing, and proofreading, specializing in fiction, including thriller, urban fantasy, cozy mystery, and popular fiction. Editor for fellow author Karen K. Brees. 
  • ​​Lisa Petrocelli – baci98@hotmail.com, a writer for Examiner.com and works for NY State Library
  • ​​JR Le Fey - jrlefey@gmail.com, JR is a very detailed editor with a keen eye for grammar, spelling, and punctuation. She also specializes in developmental editing and helping writers perfect their craft and have a publish ready manuscript. 
  • ​​Benjamin Davidoff – bfdavidoff@gmail.com, three years’ experience copyediting novels and anthologies for Baen Publishing Enterprises.
  • ​​Jill Hand – jillhand1@yahoo.com, A former newspaper copy editor. She has edited more than three dozen books about true crime, history, and the supernatural.
  • ​​Adele Brinkley – adele@withpeninhand.net, English teacher (28 years), feature writer and columnist, editor for Joe Edd Morris.
  • ​​Virginia Valuenza – virginia.valenzuela917@gmail.com, a double MFA in Creative Writing from The New School and a certificate in copy editing from Columbia University.
  • ​​Barbra Rodriguez – barbra@vitalwordplay.com, developmental editing, line editing (for voice and style), copy editing, and ghostwriting of books and proposals. Barbra provides thoughtful guidance for developing succinct, engaging content on deadline, and develop ancillary materials as best, such as a book map.
  • ​​Mike Robinson - mrobwriter@gmail.com, thirteen years of experience in copy, line and developmental editing, for fiction and non, and for the past year have added book coaching to the repertoire. Genre-wise, my wheelhouse is literary, memoirs and speculative fiction, but I've worked across the spectrum.
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