Darcie began her work as an editor in 2006 at Thomas Nelson Publishers. She then edited for a media company before she began freelance editing and coaching in 2014. Her clients have included Thomas Nelson, Zondervan, Harvest House, StoryBrand, IF:Gathering, The Readable Bible, Fierce Marriage, and others. The daughter of an artist and an engineer, Darcie finds in editing a …
Ed Curtis
Ed has invested more than 30 years in publishing—part in Christian publishing with Word Publishing, part in the general trade world with Rutledge Hill Press and Cumberland House Publishing, and part with a STEM publisher in South Florida. His genre specialties include history, historical fiction, biography, true crime, political science, and current events. Ed majored in history and religion (with …
Georgette Beatty
Georgette has more than 20 years of professional experience in editing print and digital content, and she’s committed to helping authors produce the best work possible for their audiences. Georgette has a bachelor’s degree in communication from Purdue University, with minors in English and psychology. She started her professional editing career at Scholastic Reading Counts!, a technology-based reading motivation, management, …
Harmony Harkema
Harmony is a seasoned publishing industry professional with over 22 years of experience in magazine and book publishing. She has worked in all areas of editorial, from acquisitions to proofreading to managing editorial, and in many areas of publishing: fiction, nonfiction, academic, Bibles, children’s picture books, and middle grade. She is skilled at all levels of editing and proofreading, indexing, …
Jamie Chavez
Jamie Chavez worked for more than 10 years in the Christian publishing industry (and more than 20 as a freelance copywriter) before she found her niche as an independent writer and editor in 2004. As an editor, Chavez believes goodwill and relationship with an author are as important as her way with that author’s manuscript. She wants to be on …
Jared Austin
Jared has been an editor for more than 10 years, working on both children’s and adult books for multiple publishing houses. He is currently a senior editor for a small publishing company and manages multiple books from start to finish in the editing and designing process. He usually works on religious literature, and he has degrees in Bible and English …
Jean Kavich Bloom
Jean has been in the publishing industry for 37 years, including serving as an executive managing editor for Zondervan. Today, as an independent editor, Jean is engaged by both Christian publishing houses and individual authors. She offers substantive, line, and copy editing for fiction and nonfiction books. Several of her publisher clients request that she work directly with their authors, …
Jennifer Gott
Jennifer has worked in book publishing for 25 years, beginning at Multnomah Publishers in 1999, followed by many years of freelance editing in the Christian, general market, and academic spaces. Most recently, Jennifer served as VP/Publisher for the gift division at HarperCollins Christian Publishing. She has spent her career in nonfiction, fiction, and children’s books, focusing for many years on …
Jennifer Haney Stair
Jennifer has been helping authors make good books great for almost 30 years. Your work will be in the best possible hands with Jennifer, one of the industry’s most accomplished and trusted editors. Jennifer is proficient in all stages of the editorial process, including manuscript critique, developmental and substantive editing, and copy editing. Her additional experience in product development, project …
Jennifer Lonas
Jennifer is a quality-oriented editor, copy editor, and proofreader with more than 30 years of experience in the publishing field. Over the course of her career, Jennifer has skillfully guided hundreds of nonfiction and fiction books to publication. She has also collaborated on a variety of projects with academic and magazine publishers, including Focus on the Family. As a former in-house production editor …