Hi! It's nice to meet you!
I’m Kimberly Schebler—an editor who supports authors at every stage of their work. Sometimes that involves developmental editing to resolve big picture issues, line editing to strengthen your story at the sentence level, copy editing to ensure consistent grammar and usage, helping a writer draft an engaging query letter to their dream agent, or coaching a writer through their entire book.
I love collaborating with authors of magical realism, fabulist, speculative, weird, and genre-bending fiction.
My editing philosophy embraces bending the rules to preserve an author’s voice while always remembering the reader.
You should work with me if you want an editor who can sharpen what makes your work marvelous. I’ll help you create a book that’s both accessible to readers and true to your vision.
Professional Development:
- Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing from SUNY New Paltz.
- Specialized Certificate in Copyediting from UC San Diego.
- Editor of Bone Parade.
- Six years as a professional grant writer and editor at a nonprofit.
- Certificate in Editing from The Poynter Institute.
- Editorial Freelancers Association courses completed:
- Book Mapping
- Advanced Copyediting
- Intermediate Developmental Editing of Fiction
- Advanced Developmental Editing of Fiction
- Well versed in the Chicago Manual of Style and the Associated Press Stylebook.
- Conferences attended:
- Editor’s Canada: Editors Transform 2021
- ACES 2021 Virtual
- AWP 2021 Virtual Conference
- ACES 2022 Virtual Conference
- Continually updates skills by attending editing and writing webinars, workshops, and conferences to stay current on changes in the publishing industry.
- Active member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, ACES: The Society for Editing, Professional Editors Network, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, and the Freelancers Union.
When I’m not spending time in the publishing world, I’m a small-time adventurer, reader, writer, music enthusiast, and all-around nerd living in Rhode Island. I started my own editing business so I can work on stories that matter to me and be my authentic self by using as many exclamation points and smiley faces as I want in work emails.
