Rozi | Developmental and Copy Editor
I wrangle words and spot plot holes so you don’t have to. Romance, mystery, blog posts—if it has words, I can help. 📖
Big fan of indie authors & women with stories to tell (and tea to spill).
EFA NYC Co-Lead | Speaker at ACES 2025
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Fiction Developmental Editors
A list of fiction developmental editors—perfect for aspiring, indie, and self-publishing authors looking for guidance and expertise on structure, pacing, character development, and all the wonderful things a DE can offer.
@rgins.bsky.social
New York based psychotherapist who dabbles in writing fiction and recording songs
@bryndonovan.bsky.social
Author, blogger at BrynDonovan.com, freelance book editor at LuckyAuthor.com, and hopeful romantic in Chicago. Get my romcom novel HER KNIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: https://amzn.to/3CxgpYF
@kristentate.bsky.social
Editor and writer at the Blue Garret. Southerner by birth, San Franciscan by choice, Italian by some route I have yet to discover. she/her/y'all https://bio.site/kristentate
@redpenrabbit.bsky.social
Fiction editor and proofreader for hire. Advocate of intentional language and respectful representation. Board member of ACES: The Society for Editing. Visit rabbitwitharedpen.com/links for writing and editing resources. She/her.
@kmarford.bsky.social
I’m a freelance writer who would love to share your stories. Work w/ me: kaitlyn.arford@gmail.com kaitlynarford.com 100s of freelance opportunities: @findfreelanceopportunities.com Romance books, Romancelandia job board @romancewithoutapology.com
@mayaberger.bsky.social
#GrantEditor #copyeditor & #proofreader. Creator of #TheEditorsAffairs (TEA). #CIEP Advanced Professional Member. #AmEditing, #EroticaEditor, #ConsciousLanguage, #BasicIncome advocate, #UBI, anti-oppression. https://www.WhatIMeanToSay.com/
@muellershewrote.com
Owner of MSW Media, host of The Daily Beans, UnJustified, and Cleanup on Aisle 45 podcasts. #Leguminati. Veteran. She/Her Substack: muellershewrote.com Secure contact: FedOath@pm.me Signal: muellershewrote.23 Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/TheDailyBeans
@lianabrooks.bsky.social
American Author in Korea -Freelance Editor - Ehlers-Danlos Spoonie - Rroma - Rep'd by Cherry Weiner Literary - She/Her/Your Worship www.LianaBrooks.com Buy My Newest Book: https://tinyurl.com/2s3kkra4
@rachelwight.bsky.social
Fiction Writer | Developmental Editor | Book Enthusiast | ADHD Spice Powers | TTRPG Pantser I post about reading, writing, my spunky cat and the joys of being a creative. May ✨BOOK CLUB✨ - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - Red Rising by Pierce Brown
@editsinthemargins.com
I help writers to shape their stories and hone their skills via developmental editing, coaching, beta reading, workshopping, and more. As a writer, I enjoy kid lit and exploring fantastical worlds. 🐉 https://editsinthemargins.com/social
@rachael-sassara.bsky.social
i've always got one eye on a book, and the other on a movie. will be cross-eyed soon. worth it. freelance editor and writer working in lit. fiction, fantasy, romance, memoir, etc, etc. EFA, ALLi, and AWP member. rachaelsassara.com art: Sergei Danchev
@catherinethorsen.bsky.social
Developmental Editor. Writing Coach. Beta Reader. Cat Enthusiast. Lover of Puzzles. Avid Reader. Terrible Gardener. She/Her. Bookings: Catherine@CartaEdits.com
@acesediting.bsky.social
We are the nation’s leading organization of editing professionals, educators, and students. Follow us for #editing news, events, & training. https://linktr.ee/aceseditors
@drbwerner.bsky.social
Developmental & line editor for academic authors. Historian of Latin America. Former postdoc @Princeton. PhD @UWMadison. She/Her. views mine. https://www.throughlineediting.com/
@kcharperauthor.bsky.social
SHADOWED MOONLIGHT & SHATTERED MOONLIGHT Hodderscape/Hachette out now! REAR VIEW Harlequin/Harper Collins out August 12th, 2025 Rep: Helen Lane she/her 🇨🇦 Developmental Editor https://linktr.ee/kcharperauthor
@editingbyme.bsky.social
Freelance Editor and Proofreader at Editing By ME. She/Her. ISTP. meediting@gmail.com
@racheloestreich.bsky.social
Editor & writing coach for independent authors, specializing in fantasy, science fiction, and horror. She / her www.thewallflowerediting.com
@eacrawley.bsky.social
Developmental editor, SFF writer, forest dweller, tea swiller. PhD Modern British History/STS. Clarion West '19. Nonbinary/transmasc. They/them. Editing & Coaching: lodestareac.com Writing: eacrawley.com
@jenavarre.bsky.social
Kidlit Editor and Book Coach | Once a teacher, always a teacher | Kidlit writer with too many ideas in her head | Historical CB series coming 2025? EFA, ACES, SCBWI, 12x12, Courage to Create, CIEP (Professional Member), ALLi Partner Member jenavarre.com
@sohinighose.bsky.social
Editor. Author. Digital collage maker. Travel seeker. Tea lover. Editors Tea Club Events Co-Coordinator. @ACESEditors. EFA social media volunteer. BookFest Windsor programming committee member. 🇮🇳➡️🇺🇸➡️🇨🇦 www.sohinighose.com
@elementeds.bsky.social
Editor, mother, latte lover. Buyer of boots and books. www.elementeds.com and @elementeds on almost all socials. Join me!
@editorgrainnet.bsky.social
Editor / proofreader / Advanced Professional Member of CIEP and Full Member of AFEPI / Former teacher / Walker and swimmer / Supporter of Breakthrough Cancer Research / Wife and mother, owned by three cats / Dabbling in writing / She/her
@bookrealmrevisions.bsky.social
🌟Developmental and Line Editor for Publishers, Authors, and TTRPG Creators. 🌟Specializes in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, and RPGs. 🌟Bibliophile, Gamer, Cosplayer, and Wanderer. 🌟Community Co-Coordinator of the ETC & EFA MI Chapter Coordinator.
@veewhite.bsky.social
Pronouns: they/them Editing | Writing | Social Justice Founder LGBTQ+ Editors Association: @LGBTQEditors www.LGBTQEditors.org Mentorship program: https://lgbtqeditors.org/mentorship Plagiarism Survey: https://veewhite.com/plagiarism-survey
@nicolewayland.bsky.social
Owner of Nicole Wayland Editing 🩵 Copyeditor & proofreader of children’s, YA, and adult fiction and nonfiction ACES Communications and Publications Committee member ✨ Ballerina 🩰 | yoga teacher 🪷 | outgoing fae 🧚 | enneagram 6️⃣
@geckoedit.com
A hopeless semantic. Copyeditor, line editor, proofreader, alt-text writer, tentacle counter. (she/her). www.geckoedit.com linktr.ee/kirkldk 🦎🏳️🌈🧠🌶️🖖🏻💙📚👀✍️🔥 #amediting Scritcher in Chief to Peaches and Alabaster. 🐈🐈
@mariekekrijnen.bsky.social
Academic copyeditor, she/her, at www.mariekekrijnen.com. PhD from Ghent University. Specializes in urban studies, urban and human geography, Middle East studies, political economy, Chicago style. Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. 🚂 fan!
@lisacordaro.bsky.social
Non-fiction editor of award-winning and bestselling books and other media 📚 Freelance. Also photographer 📸 Loves art 🎨 and the guitar 🎸 CIEP Advanced Professional Member ACES full member. Find me: lisacordaro.com
@nicolabigwood.uk
Proofreader & copyeditor of fiction & non-fiction • Translator into English from French & German • CIEP Professional member • She/her • https://linktr.ee/nicolabigwood • Learning Italian, Welsh, Irish, Gaelic… slowly! 📍Scotland 🏴
@raqueledits.bsky.social
Editing SFF, Horror, Romance, and LitRPGs | #RevPit Editor | Story Coach | SD/PEN Board, EFA, etc. | Wizard Script Scholar: Stet, ⁐, TK, ₰, Ͽ, ⸎ ✨️ www.raquelbrown.com
@kwthomasbooks.bsky.social
Very niche combination of steamy contemporary romance author and plain language health editor. North East England till I die. She/her. mybook.to/TheScoop
@kibblesmith.com
Writer; Television, Comic Books, Book Books. Married to @jenashleywright.bsky.social. Dad.
@rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social
MG/YA author 📖 Race To the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica 📖 Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret Code 📖 Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens 📖 Double Crossed - out winter, 2026 rebeccaefbarone.com
@novarensuma.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author. New novel WAKE THE WILD CREATURES from Little, Brown on May 6, 2025. https://linktr.ee/novaren Newsletter hosted by Ghost: https://newsletter.novaren.com
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary. 📚 Award-winning Author. 👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad. Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
@rockets2writing.bsky.social
Rocket Scientist YA/MG Author Indie Author Project YA runner up Cosplay SciFi Geek SWE Life Member MGminded blog stlwritersguild Treasurer FIRST mentor Snowy Wings Publishing The Tracker Sequence she/her linktr.ee/Rockets2Writing ✡️ 🩷💜💙🖤🩶🤍💜
@jandersoncoats.bsky.social
YA/MG author. Newest: The Loss of the Burying Ground (2024); A Season Most Unfair (2023). Forthcoming: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (2025). She/Her. Located near the Salish Sea. Rep'd by ACM. https://www.jandersoncoats.com/
@dillonac.bsky.social
YA/New Adult author (acdillon.com). Paranormal thrillers with heart & killer #music. Also deals in #zombies and #truecrime with an LGBTQ+ lens. Challenging mental health stereotypes.
@ckingwalker.bsky.social
YA/MG Author of ON THE FRINGE, CHASING MIDNIGHT, and MOLLY PEPPER AND THE NIGHT TRAIN. Once made a rocket ship out of cardboard to get to the moon 🌝
@kesalisbury.bsky.social
Author of twisty YA page-turner The Face That Pins You. Also school librarian, English teacher, IB EE Coordinator and former BBC broadcaster, choir leader and songwriter. She/her https://www.kesalisbury.com/
@amaliejahn.bsky.social
Kidlit Author Rep'd by Ann Rose MG 2024: TEAM CANTEEN ROCKY ROAD (Holiday House) YA 2023: A WALK BETWEEN RAINDROPS (Kirkus ⭐️) YA 2021: PHOEBE UNFIRED TED speaker | potter | anxious | neuro diverse | accomplice https://linktr.ee/AmalieJahn
@hhtahir.bsky.social
YA author & English Instructor rep'd by Rachel Ekstrom Courage. Poetry MFA alumna. Founder and host of Tightwires, a YouTube channel & podcast. Former Tin House Editorial Intern. www.hibatahir.com
@cherylrainfield.bsky.social
I write the books I needed & couldn't find. Award-winning YA author of SCARS, STAINED, HUNTED, VISIONS. Cult torture survivor, neurodivergent, mental health. Repped by Jennifer Wills. They/them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇨🇦 https://beacons.ai/cherylrainfield
@ellenhopkins.bsky.social
NY Times bestselling, often banned author. MARRIED feminist. Mom. Grandma. German shepherd lover. Joy seeker midst the chaos. Staunch ally. Democracy defender. Fighting for our kids' future. Not here to be sold anything. #blueresister
@mistywilsonwrites.bsky.social
Author of the YA romance FALLING LIKE LEAVES (2025) & the award-winning MG graphic memoir PLAY LIKE A GIRL (2022); teacher & RN; @mistywilsonwrites on IG; Rep: Daniel Lazar; she/her
@joknowles.bsky.social
Author: http://www.joknowles.com #kidlit #AABB #PB #MG #Tween #YA Editorial Services: https://www.revise-and-shine.com/jo-knowles Author visits: https://www.joknowles.com/school-visits Teacher: Mountainview #MFA Center For Cartoon Studies (summers)
@rcarterhall.bsky.social
Fantasy/science fiction author for MG/YA/adults. Loves cats, tea, & books of all sorts. Member of SFWA, SCBWI, Codex, Furry Writers' Guild. Blue dot in a red state. Still masking because the pandemic isn't over. She/her. https://linktr.ee/reneecarterhall
@rinaheisel.bsky.social
MG/YA author. Avid anthropomorphizer. 🦇 JOURNEY BEYOND THE BURROW out now from @HarperChildrens. #mgauthorcade