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	Type of Text: Poetry What I liked about this project: These poems are dedicated to Gordon’s nieces and nephews. As an aunt to a wonderful nephew, I felt all of the emotions in this piece very personally. It made me feel even more connected to the project and the publishing process.
Type of Text: Poetry What I liked about this project: This was my first time working with a project created by multiple authors. It was fascinating to see how the two voices worked together to make something beautiful, and as an editor I had a new challenge of focusing on keeping continuity in the message.
Click here to order.	Type of Text: Poetry What I liked about this project: Reading Gordon’s poems was a growth experience for me, not just as an editor, but as a person. She portrays chronic pain with beautiful and relatable metaphors. I love working with texts that can have a positive impact on our society, and this work of art will teach many people to understand the tough times others are going through.
Type of Text: Novel What I liked about this project: I’m getting to know the main character, Maddy Reynolds, very well. This has been a great opportunity for me as an editor to think back to previous books in a series to make sure everything connects. The story is thrilling and I love sharing Netti’s books with my friends and family!	Click here to order.
Click here to order.	Type of Text: Poetry What I liked about this project: Merriman was a great communicator and responsive to my feedback. Her writing was beautiful and impressive! I hope more readers get to see her work soon.
Type of Text: Novel What I liked about this project: I got to work on this novel in many stages: from its beginnings on Vella to its publishing on Kindle as a whole novel. Aaron was a very active client, often sending updates and questions about my feedback, and as a result we are both really proud of the final product. Not to mention, communicating with Aaron was delightful—she’s down-to-earth, friendly, and positive.	Click here to order on Kindle or here for paperback.
Crystal County Chronicles Elias Barnes Click here to read on Kindle Vella.	Type of Text: Novel What I liked about this project: Many of the characters in this novel have heavy accents. I really enjoyed seeing how Barnes played with spelling and punctuation to express that, and loved being a part of keeping these mechanics consistent.
Type of Text: Novel What I liked about this project: I’ve worked with Netti before and have gotten to know his writing style, and even got to see growth in his strength as a writer. As always, the story was compelling and I can’t wait for others to get to read it!	Click here to order.
Click here to order.	Type of Text: Novel What I liked about this project: The complexity of this story was interesting as a reader, and a good challenge as a proofreader. While working with Netti, I had to learn to keep track of important events and relationships between characters to ensure their consistency.
Type of Text: Poetry Chapbooks What I liked about these projects: Poetry gives writers and editors alike a lot more freedom in formatting than there is in other types of texts. Joseph and I had to decide how typical grammar rules may help or hinder the overall messages and make decisions as a team.
Click here to order the two-book series.	Type of Text: Novel What I liked about this project: I had not read the first part of When Earth Had a Moon, so I had to communicate with Cunning about plot points and make inferences about events that had occurred in the preceding story. This sparked my interest in working with other series.
Type of Text: Short Story What I liked about this project: There were many characters in this story, so I experienced firsthand the importance of keeping a list of people and places. I will take this knowledge into all of my future editing projects!
Click here to order and read the first three books in the Road Raptors series.	Type of Text: Novella What I liked about this project: I was given free rein in this project, so I got to learn a lot about my style as a proofreader. Lovan put a lot of trust in my services, including my linguistic expertise for his Spanish-speaking characters.

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