Hi #WritingCommunity I thought I'd re-introduce myself!
I’m Melissa—a queer and neurodivergent Fiction Editor living in 🇨🇦 I spent over three years working for PRH and now own my own editing company where I get to do the thing I love most: read!
Also, this is my dog.
A teen outcast from a secret line of Irish plant magicians must harness newfound powers to protect herself from a poison-wielding ancestor who hunts her family across time.
🍄 Plant magic
🌿Poisons + elixirs
💌 Romance subplot
🎂 Magical baking
#amquerying#GhostPit#ya
The dead speak at Innisawen University of Occult Sciences. For one skeptic, answers may rest in a cosmic bargain with a disgraced sorcerer whose web of lies grows tighter by the day.
Unfortunately, falling in love with him wasn’t part of the deal. #PitDark#A#DR#DF
…ANYWAY I am surprise opening to queries from underrepresented/marginalized writers ONLY!
If you’re an underrepresented writer and think we would be a good fit, use this link to query me! 🤩
https://t.co/7atMrNtOw2
If you feel rejected as a white, straight cis person, this is part of the problem. Agents aren’t "rejecting" you, they’re creating space so marginalized stories, ignored for decades, can finally be heard in an industry predominately made of straight/white/cis voices.
"You look happier." Thanks, I left traditional publishing and started my own business as a Fiction Editor. I now work with NYT, USA Today, and indie authors and I've never looked back.
One of the best things you can do for your craft as a writer is read. Read outside your genre. Read outside what comforts you. Challenge your biases. Challenge your taste. Ask questions. See what is/isn't working. Learn from it all and then put it to practice. #WritingCommunity
When I couldn't sleep last night (insomnia), the last thing I expected was to write an entire short story about the cannibalization of grief, and a boy who carries it too long, too deep—until it curls inside his ribs, and the river feeds on him instead. 🤷♀️
Being a 🇨🇦 editor, I know how rough the exchange rate can be. In light of recent events, I’m matching my USD prices for Canadian authors on manuscript evaluations. Just a little way to make things easier. If that helps, let’s connect. #WritingCommunity#ElbowsUp
For #amquerying authors, if you’re unsure if it’s the query or the pages, I’m a fiction editor who previously worked for PRH and would be happy to review your materials! 🖋️
Feel free to DM me for a price list! ✨
Editing tip—before the catalyst hits, you need the calm before the weird. Readers should see your character’s flawed norm. Not just their routine, but how they navigate their world, what they believe, etc. Let the reader settle in *before* you pull the rug out. #WritingCommunity