Andrea and I have become friendly, exchanging a number of emails on a variety of topics. She has a diverse background that has some parallels with mine. One of the reasons, I guess, she asked me to beta read for …
Author: mitusents
Biochemist, MBA, then programmer. Now novelist, screenplay writer and hopefully director. What a strange trip it's been.
Full Dive – T M Rain
Stolen Things – Stephen Parolini
Full disclosure, I used Steve as my development editor for my Contract Killer novel.
I was actually depressed for a while after I read it, thinking if he couldn’t get someone to take on that beautiful gem (he self published), …
Latte Girl – Katia Rose
I’ve read a number of romance novels since I started beta reading through Goodreads. Not something I’d likely ever pick up off the shelf, but that’s part of what I like about beta reading: exposure to new things.
Katia’s website…
Screenplay Editor – Lindsay Howard
Lindsay is a writer/director and does screenplay reviews. I also picked her brains for some ideas I had and she was very helpful and encouraging in her feedback. She’s shifted focus professionally and took down her website as she can’t …
Screenplay Editor – Jennifer Heins
I was given Jennifer’s contact information from Jacque when I mentioned to Jacque my intention to do some screenplay work. Jennifer gave me amazing, excellent advice on my murder mystery script; I feel the second draft is at least 10x …
Editor – Jacque Hamilton
I first contacted Jacque (“Jackie,” for those like me, who keep hearing the French man’s name in their head), with her SoapBox Editorial Services, in May of ‘17 about a novel I considered a romance (at the time), but …
Editor – M. L. Everidge
I made use of M. L. Everidge for proofing my first Diary novel. She found an amazing number of little things, exactly what I expect in a proofer. I have recommended her several times.…
Editor – Sharon Umbaugh
Sharon has impressive credentials, having worked at a big 5 publisher in manuscript acquisition and sales, not to mention manging an independent bookstore. It’s for these reasons that I approached her to do line editing for my Contract Killer…
Editor – Leanna O’Brien, Writing Radically
I have a fondness for strong female characters (SFCs) and wanted input on the quality of my characters and their story arcs, so sought someone who could give me that sort of input. After perusing Leanna’s blog, I found …