Colleagues
Meet My Network
Below, you will find my trusted network of fellow publishing professionals who would be happy to assist you with your editing needs. They offer additional expertise and can assist in pointing you in the direction your project needs. Please, feel free to reach out to these wonderful word smiths and creators.
Anne Morgan
Anne Morgan is a developmental editor, writing coach, and marketing coach. She works primarily with independent authors writing mysteries, romance, or fantasy books. Her background as a historian, archivist, and museum curator and exhibit designer means that she is uniquely qualified to work with authors writing historical fiction. When not working, you can usually find her reading, baking, traveling, or working on researching her next book.
Erika M. Weinert
A passionate wordsmith, Erika is a one-woman editing task force who polishes prose one word at a time. Spotting errors in text comes second nature to her, giving Erika that nerdy edge she felt was a curse when she was young. As an adult, she embraces The Werd Nerd within.
Erika’s keen eye tends to be a catchall, so she leans toward combining line and copyediting at an affordable rate. With unrivalled attention to detail, unwavering dedication, and committed follow-through on projects, Erika approaches each new undertaking with the author’s voice in mind.
Her line and copyediting skills have been put to work on fiction manuscripts within the fantasy, mystery, action/adventure, and the thriller and horror genres for Podium Entertainment, Catt Editing, LLC, and on her own.
Whether it’s progression fantasy or a cozy mystery, The Werd Nerd will leave your text radiating the excellence your audience desires and deserves.To learn more, visit www.the-werd-nerd.com, or email Erika at thewerdnerdediting@gmail.com.
Erika’s keen eye tends to be a catchall, so she leans toward combining line and copyediting at an affordable rate. With unrivalled attention to detail, unwavering dedication, and committed follow-through on projects, Erika approaches each new undertaking with the author’s voice in mind.
Her line and copyediting skills have been put to work on fiction manuscripts within the fantasy, mystery, action/adventure, and the thriller and horror genres for Podium Entertainment, Catt Editing, LLC, and on her own.
Whether it’s progression fantasy or a cozy mystery, The Werd Nerd will leave your text radiating the excellence your audience desires and deserves.To learn more, visit www.the-werd-nerd.com, or email Erika at thewerdnerdediting@gmail.com.
Ren Alea
Ren Alea is a freelance localization editor who line edits, copyedits, and proofreads manga and light novels translated from Japanese to English.
Amanda Sorell
Amanda Sorell is a writer and editor with 13+ years of experience in publishing. She edits for Mother Earth News magazine, Grit magazine, and the South Seattle Emerald. She has contributed to a number of alternative media outlets and small-press efforts, as well as established her own platforms for community-building and curation.
Lynn Post
Lynn Post is a developmental editor, book coach, and teacher for writers of fiction and memoir, with 12 years of experience in the book industry.
Clients have included Mountaineers Books, Girl Friday Productions, becker&mayer!, Alaska Airlines magazines, Holland America, and others, but her main focus these days is working directly with authors through her business PostScripts Editing and Reedsy.
She's the founder of Plein-Air Prose, a Seattle-based outdoor writing group and an active member of the Northwest Editors Guild.
Fun fact: Lynn is a semi-professional dancer, performing with the Eclectic Cloggers since 2008!
Evan Nikula
· Worked with several regional businesses, individuals, city officials and sports teams.
· Produce a variety of animated projects, team logos, business cards, book covers, and advertisements.
· Offer web services with content design and support.
· Assemble and deploy custom PC computers for friends, family and clients
Bachelor of Science Degree/Computer Science, California Lutheran University
Julia Thompson
Julia is a Seattle-based freelance editor and considers herself a nonfiction generalist. She received a Certificate in Editing from the University of Washington and especially likes copyediting educational materials, line editing and coaching memoirists, and working with local history in any capacity.
She has a deep passion for storytelling and believes in the power of personal narratives to foster learning and understanding. When not editing, she works part-time in nonprofit communications and does a lot of reading while petting her dog.
Julia is a food and cooking aficionado and a baseball buff/long-suffering Mariners fan.
Nadia Geagea-Pupa
Nadia is a skilled editorial consultant, writer, and book designer with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. With her multidisciplinary approach to publishing, she believes that content and design are equally important—especially throughout the developmental process. She can pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of all types of projects to create the best version possible. With her background in journalism and corporate work experience, she uses a mission-focused, systematic approach to reach the core message of every project.
Nadia is the host of The Editor's Half Hour podcast—a monthly podcast that focuses on the craft of editing, industry trends, and editorial resources for advanced editors.
Nadia is the host of The Editor's Half Hour podcast—a monthly podcast that focuses on the craft of editing, industry trends, and editorial resources for advanced editors.