What if you had someone beside you: to brainstorm, to intentionally help you build your craft, and to create and maintain a writing practice?
I am an intuitive and compassionate developmental editor and book coach who collaborates with early-career speculative, fantasy, and romance authors who are dedicated to building their writing practice and bringing their story to the world.
I’m here for you and your writing. Let’s do this, together.
Book coaching combines the holistic advice and global feedback of a developmental edit with empathetic mentorship to help you grow your craft.
Manuscript Assessments provide a birds-eye view of your writing to help identify strengths and challenges as you take the next step.
Beta Reading provides a sneak peek into how future readers will view, react, and interact with your text, and give you valuable data points to dive into deeper developmental editing.
“Carla’s services were better than other developmental editing services I’ve used. Why? I did not have to wade through track changes in a 90,000-word document. I received thorough, incisive, valuable feedback on every aspect of my novel in a clear, direct analysis. Carla organizes her feedback in a scene-by-scene breakdown AND big picture Cliff Notes-style evaluation. Seeing how she summarized every scene and suggested what to add or what to cut was useful and easy for me to digest without feeling overwhelmed. She got me out of a rut and excited to work on my book again!”
“Carla is a sensitive and intelligent editor who has a knack for seeing both exactly what the story is and exactly what the story needs. Working with her over several projects has been an absolute joy and, more than once, she’s helped me out of a plot hole or through a writing slump that I never would have resolved alone. With her deep understanding of my genres (science fiction and fantasy), she always has a new angle to offer or idea to suggest. And most importantly, she works hard to make sure I’m always happy with the direction the project is going. If you’re considering working with her, I’d wholeheartedly recommend it! She’s the best!”