What you should know about me

What Matters Most

I was raised by books.

When no one else was there, books have been my parents, my friends, my therapists, guides, and mentors.

All my life I've been nurtured by the love, generosity, and wisdom of authors like you.

Now it's my time to give back.

Your book holds a message that will change someone's life. I’m here to contribute my knowledge and skills in support of your mission.

What I’m Best At

Thinking in webs and spirals, not boxes

Knowing what you meant, even when it’s not quite what you wrote

Questioning assumptions. Questioning everything

Making intuitive connections

Seeing the potential in those rough first drafts

Finding the depth in your story

Holding the frequency for you to become the author of a truly impactful book

What I love

Authors with high standards

The moment that sparks an insight and we both fall silent, listening to the resonance

Writing so honest it gives me shivers

Fresh metaphors and searing imagery

Books with a touch of woo-woo

What I Hate

Jargon, cliché, mumbo-jumbo, fluff

Writers trying to sound like A Historian, A Journalist, or An Enlightened Goddess (even if you are one of these, we still want to hear your real voice)

Experts who don’t live their own message

When fear or shame lead to self-censorship

What Credentials

Editing courses from University of California San Diego, Editorial Freelancers Association, Club Ed, Editorial Arts Academy, and ACES the Society for Editing. Forty years of reading 100+ nonfiction books a year.

Writing courses from Central Washington University. Tutoring writing, writer’s groups, thirty-five years of personal writing study and practice.