THE PUBLISHING WORLD CAN BE INSULAR AND FRUSTRATING. I’VE SEEN EDITORS PASS ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE BECOME CELEBRATED WRITING BECAUSE THE WRITER DID NOT FOLLOW A FEW UNSPOKEN RULES. AT TRUANT, I USE MY EXPERIENCE ON THE INSIDE TO GUIDE WRITERS ON THE OUTSIDE. I EDIT MANUSCRIPTS AND HELP CLIENTS NAVIGATE THE OFTEN OPAQUE NORMS BY WHICH THE INDUSTRY OPERATES AND WHICH DETERMINE WHETHER A PITCH, ESSAY, BOOK PROPOSAL, OR QUERY LETTER MAKES IT THROUGH THE DOOR.

AS A SENIOR EDITOR AT HARPER’S MAGAZINE, I WORKED CLOSELY WITH AGENTS, PUBLISHING HOUSES, MAGAZINES, AND LITERARY JOURNALS. I BRING OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN THE INDUSTRY TO HELP YOUR WORK MOVE FORWARD.

Samples of Editorial Work:  "Ghosting the Machine" by Sam Lipsyte (reported essay);  "The Eros Monster" by Agnes Callard (criticism/memoir); “Both Sides Now” by Tess McNulty (memoir); “Numinous Strangers” by Lisa Wells (reported essay); "Five Stories" by Diane Williams (fiction); "Fox" by Anne Carson (fiction)