Manuscript Consultations
Poetry. Hybrid. Prose.
The Bouquet (3-6 pages) $100
A 1-2 paragraph feedback letter on observed themes and structure. This document will formalize thoughts on where I sense the work can be strengthened and on where I sense the work is already performing strongly.
A copy of the submitted pages with my in-line comments.
The Chap (up to 45 pages) $250
A 1-page feedback letter in which I go into detail on observed themes, forms, ordering, narrative arc, etc. This document will formalize thoughts on where I sense the work can be strengthened and on where I sense the work is already performing strongly.
A copy of the submitted collection with my in-line comments.
The MS (45-150 pages) $450
A 2-page feedback letter in which I go into detail on observed themes, forms, ordering, narrative arc, etc. This document will formalize thoughts on where I sense the work can be strengthened and on where I sense the work is already performing strongly.
A copy of the submitted collection with my in-line comments.
A 1-hour meeting in which we discuss the manuscript together.
The above packages are configured with typical page and word counts for poetry and hybrid texts in mind. If you are interested in booking a consultation for an academic or prose manuscript, I’d also be happy to work with you. Please query me.
You may use the contact form on my “About" page to introduce yourself and your project. After I review your initial communication, I will contact you to establish a consultation timeline. No feedback will be delivered until payment is received. I look forward to hearing from you.
Note: I reserve the right to refuse review of work that is racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, or intentionally or unintentionally harmful or derogatory. Please preface work that is potentially triggering with an appropriate warning in the email that accompanies your submission.
Other Services Available
Literary Mentorship
Literary Translation Mentorship
Rebranding / brand conceptualization consultation
Content Development
CV and Cover Letter consultation
Copyediting
Editorial Philosophy
In all of my editorial projects, creative or professional, I begin with a promise to the project itself, an acknowledgement of the initial presentation and order of thought by the writing as sent, as submitted. While I believe strongly in the importance of revision, I also trust in the mind’s pioneering instincts, of its more primitive expressions. Seeking a balance between these two worlds—the one infused by the power of the immediate voice and the one concerned with polish (either for accessibility or marketability concerns)—is my imperative and is what I consider to be most crucial in an editor-writer relationship.
Experience
LITERARY Editorship
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Verse of April, 2015-Present
Poetry Editor, Sundog Lit, 2016-2021
Assistant Editor, Sundog Lit, 2014-2016
Associate Editor, Bayou Magazine, 2011-2013
Literary Translation
Cassandra at point-blank range (co-translation), Diálogos April 2025
Journey of the Luminous Child by Valérie Goutard, October 2023
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
Startup Guide Paris: The Entrepreneur's Handbook, 2017, Startup Guide
COPYEDITING
Hong Kong: Perspectives, Prospectives, Typologies by Pascal Greco, 2018, Infolio Editions